by • October 20, 2008
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Someone messed up over at John McCain’s campaign headquarters. It appears the campaign actually quick-turned a user-generated video contest that will create authentic stories to engage the base and resonate with undecided voters. What? Really?!? You mean the same campaign that built a disappointing donation…
by • October 16, 2008
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Democratic nominee Barack Obama is a socialist — no, not that kind; he’s a social networker! (Yes, I’m following Pepe’s advice on provocative headlines) But Obama isn’t just your average social networker — he’s among the best in the business. While both Barack and I…
by • October 3, 2008
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The days of watching a Presidential or Vice Presidential Debate without a scroll on the bottom of the television screen is long gone. This year, CNN showed real-time results from dial testing focus groups, Bloomberg and CNBC scrolled stock tickers and Fox News featured SMS…
by • September 5, 2008
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An interesting use of a Web-based analysis tool, the word cloud (also called a Tag cloud or label cloud). Here’s how it works: a document or Web page is scanned and significant words are pulled out and assigned relative weights based on their frequency of…
by • July 30, 2008
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Earlier this month Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) sent a tweet right from the floor of Congress, which almost automatically caused a stir over the rules governing the use of Internet among Members of Congress. Existing rules governing communications prohibit House members from using social networks,…
by • June 9, 2008
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By EncinoMan Now that the extended Democratic primary has (at long last) concluded its run, it seems fitting to commemorate the occasion with a walk down memory lane courtesy of a handful of imaginative YouTube videos that went viral over the past 18 months. Most…