Technology

Some Must Have Firefox Extensions

I’m a big fan of Firefox.  At first my infatuation was all about the tabbed browsing and increased security, but at this point the biggest draw for me is the extensions. Internet Explorer users don’t really get the whole extension thing, so I figured I’d list out some of the more useful ones I have installed to show what the fuss is about....

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Best 2006 Senate Campaign Websites

We’ve been working on a study testing how effectively this year’s Senate candidates are using the Internet for their campaign websites. The study won’t be released for a few days, but so far we have been able to identify some of the best campaign websites out there. These websites stand out because they successfully present seemingly complicated web tools in a clear and user-friendly fashion,...

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ImpactWatch Wins the 2006 Iron Sabre

We’ve mentioned our media management and analysis platform, ImpactWatch, several times (in passing) on this blog. Last night, at the 2006 Sabre Awards Dinner in Manhattan, we learned that we had won the Iron Sabre for the Research/Evaluation category, beating out Hill & Knowlton’s Wal-Mart Media Day Analysis case study....

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Participatory Podcasts: A New Tool for Political Campaigns?

Gary wrote an entry a few months ago about politicians holding town hall meetings with voters over the telephone. A promising new podcast service called Waxxi takes this concept even further, combining podcasting with the kind of group conference call services Gary wrote about.

The problem with podcasts is that they typically don’t offer opportunities for group participation or interaction....

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Internet Explorer 7 is a Step in the Right Direction

I just downloaded the beta version of Microsoft’s new version of Internet Explorer. Here are a couple of quick thoughts on it:

(1) This is a very RSS friendly browser, and will go a long way towards getting non-geeks to use the technology. IE 7 has a little RSS icon (shown on left) that is highlighted when you are browsing a site that has an RSS feed associated with it....

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