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“It’s March Madness, Babyyyyyyyyy!”

Well, it's just about my favorite time of year again…March Madness.  I love the games, I love the upsets, I love the drama, and I especially love hearing Dick Vitale's screaming insanity on my TV 24/7. 

As an ode to the season, I decided to take some time and check out something that should be on everyone's minds….online bracket builders. ...

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Who is the Online Politician of the Year?

I was catching up on my feed reading and came across this interesting post by Bush-Cheney e-campaign veteran Mike Turk.  Paraphasing wildly, Turk thinks the entire poli-tech community is focusing too much on how the Presidential candidates are using the latest technologies (Facebook, YouTube, etc.) instead of whether they are developing strategies that will actually win elections. ...

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Campaign Design Review: McCain for President

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Part 4 of my possibly tiresome campaign site review series finds us staring at the grim, unblinking visage of John McCain! The (mostly) black and white maverick of the campaign design world sure has its share of detractors....

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Edwards, Obama on Twitter

In a post last week I suggested that campaigns start using Twitter to update activists on their activities. 

Lynne Johnson over at TechPresident reports that John Edwards and Barack Obama appear to have done just that and created accounts. 

Obama hasn't posted at all and Edwards has posted only four times since January 7. ...

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China’s at it Again: More Internet Restrictions

Several sources (BBC, CNET, stuff.co.nz) reported this morning that China has banned the establishment of new Internet cafes for the rest of this year. Apparently, this is an effort by the Chinese government to curb the number of cases of Internet addiction:

"Last year, a report from the China National Children's Center, a government think-tank,...

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