Link Roundup (1/28/2006)

• Presidential 2008 Site Analysis
  EchoDitto breaks down the features of the 2008 Presidential sites.  Similar to our own post a few days back and our 2006 study. (Via Personal Democracy).
• 2008: Who's Ahead Online (Rs)
  Micah Sifry from PDF breaks down the web efforts so far of the Republican candidates for President. 
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Hillary Clinton Posts Question to Yahoo! Answers

Following in the footsteps of the likes of Bono and as part of her "conversational" Presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton posted a question to Yahoo! Answers two days ago.  I'm not a big fan of Yahoo! Answers, but this seems like a pretty good idea. 

Here's her question: "Based on your own family's experience,...

Snap WordPress Plugin

We implemented a new WordPress plugin (Snap Preview) this week that uses Snap to provide visual previews of  links on mouseover.  Nothing revolutionary going on here, but it is nice plugin candy for people into that sort of thing (me). 

Screenshot below:

Go here if you want to install....

Link Roundup (1/26/2007)

• Anytown, Online
  New York Times on the fascinating super-local news site, American Towns.  Here is the page for my original hometown, San Antonio.
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Online International Political Campaigns: From Second Life to Open Blogs

We are seeing a definite emphasis on words like "conversation" and "interaction" in the 2008 presidential campaign sites so far.  While the 2006 Senate cycle saw a persistence of the top-down form of US politics, it seems that 2008 might be the year of politics "2.0".  It's obvious that the Internet is affecting politics in the US,...