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Obama’s Facebook Application

I was writing a post about Project’s Agape’s new Facebook application that allows people to raise money for causes directly on Facebook (through the new Facebook Platform). Unfortunately, the application is still really buggy so I was unable to get the data I needed for the post. So while I was messing around in Facebook I decided to write a quick post about what the Barack Obama team is doing with their custom Facebook application....

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Link Roundup 5/29/2007

Ads of the World

Website that showcases the best and most interesting ad campaigns from around the globe.

User Generated Ads Don’t Pay Off

Frank Shaw from WagEd offers his take on a recent NY Times story that exposed some of the flaws of ad campaigns relying on user generated content....

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Facebook Platform is a Game Changer

I have a new entry on my list of technologies that will impact the 2008 elections. Facebook Platform.

In a nutshell, Facebook is boldly opening things up, allowing outside developers (like us) to build third party applications right on top of Facebook. Essentially, Facebook is becoming a technology platform,...

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Seth Godin at the Personal Democracy Forum

For me the highlight of the Personal Democracy Forum was seeing Seth Godin speak in person. You can check out the video of his presentation below. If you haven’t heard Godin before, take the 15 minutes and watch it.


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You can see other videos from the conference here....

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Gotcha Moments

Throughout the Personal Democracy Forum a lot of smart people were making impassioned pleas for candidates to use technology to have an open dialogue with the American people. Be real. Be authentic. Tear down the walls that have been erected between the candidates and voters.

It all sounds great....

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