Last week I wrote a post detailing ways in which the Barack Obama website design has been appropriated by other other political candidates. The post focused on specific elements of the design and how it had influenced others. For the sake of posterity, I also put together a Flickr set of the most blatant rip offs that I’ll update over time. ...
Continue ReadingThe 2008 Barack Obama web program was the most successful online campaign in history. And its not really close. Given its impact, it is no surprise that www.barackobama.com has quickly become the most borrowed from design in the history of politics. If you pay attention, you’ll see echoes of it everywhere....
Continue ReadingWhen you get down to it, campaign websites typically have two main audiences: (1) people looking to learn about a candidate and (2) supporters looking for ways to help the campaign out. Most campaign website designs focus on the supporter audience, taking on a look that is somewhere between a news site and an action center. ...
Continue ReadingOver the last few years we’ve built some pretty cool social networks on the Ning platform for clients such as the Pickens Plan and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Indeed, the Pickens Plan’s 200,000 strong social network, Push, has won a variety of awards and is recognized as one of the best examples of the use of social networking for issues advocacy. ...
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I like Apple, but I am not a fan boy that immediately buys everything they put out. I waited a year before switching to the iPhone, and have only recently started using a Mac as my primary personal computer. As someone who is relatively cautious in my purchases of new gadgets,...
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