The first Monday after the New Year brings many of us back to reality after a fleeting period of mental freedom (barring any drama with the in-laws, of course). This time of year many choose to reflect on the previous 52 weeks, and determine what kinds of lifestyle changes will make the next year (in our case,...
Continue ReadingLast Thursday, we released the 2009 edition of our newspaper study. There was some great commentary about the study around the blogosphere. The general reaction was relief that newspaper website are getting better, but a sense that whatever they do probably won’t be enough. Below are few of the more interesting points folks made....
Continue ReadingThere are several websites that I frequent at least once a week for entertainment value (thank you, Zero Punctuation), but there are also several sites that I visit purely for information on a once-a-week-or-more basis. Because I live in DC, one of those sites is definitely the official Metro page....
Continue ReadingChange.gov launched a Digg-inspired feature yesterday that allows users to submit questions to the Obama transition teams and vote questions submitted by other visitors up or down. Open for Questions has enjoyed a good deal of activity so far (410,000 votes on over 5,000 questions) even though it is not at all clear what the transition team intends to do with the data it collects. ...
Continue ReadingPatrick Ruffini has a good post up on Next Right about the Obama campaign’s online engagement strategy (use of email, social networks, etc. to get volunteers to support the campaign). In the article, he points to a quote from Chip Saltsman, who is running for the Chairmanship of the Republican National Committee,...
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