Millennials | Maegan Carberry

Is Obama’s Health Care Maelstorm the Birth of Millennial Politics?

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

For a nation enmeshed in a generational and technological realignment, it’s not shocking that doubts have begun to surface about the viability of our unprecedented president’s vision for a new American era. As casual citizens and politicos terrified for years by threats of violence, economic collapse and moral certitude cling to the familiar mechanisms of [...]

How Twitter Will Realize Obama’s Biparatisan Vision

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ June 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As we kick off today’s Personal Democracy Forum, in which political high-rollers from both sides of the aisle will gather in New York to discuss how new media has altered our political process, I’m compelled to revisit the topic of heightened opportunities for bipartisanship or even post-partisanship within the netroots and emerging rightroots. I recently [...]

First Post Live on CauseCast.org

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I recently joined CauseCast’s blogging team, and my first contribution was published Friday. Their site is going through a fab redesign (I checked it out at the Santa Monica offices they share with Mahalo before I left LA!) and soon you’ll see a lot of great blogging from inspired young people based on the most [...]

Helloooo, Manhattan

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ April 16, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I’ve returned to New York with a grueling schedule and a number of wonderful adventures. After my beloved Virgin America airlines destroyed my lucky purple suitcase and an unlicensed cab driver attempted to kidnap me at JFK, I rallied from my redeye flight for a great Wilshire & Washington with Adriel Hampton, an amazing candidate [...]

My Sneak Peek at the Future of Entertainment

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ March 24, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Just got home after screening the first four episodes of Harper’s Globe, the latest project from my friends Miles Becket and Greg Goodfried. Miles & Greg are the notorious creators of LonelyGirl15 and Kate Modern, which for you non-techies out there means essentially that they are Internet Gods whom some consider to be the “founders” [...]

W&W: Politicking Yields Winning Time for Obama, Oscar

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ February 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

NOTE FROM MAEGAN: Please forgive the awful sound of my scratchy Darth Vader voice!! I’ve been pushing myself too hard in New York and I’m permanently sick.
How about that? Mr. Obama came to Washington and got his stimulus. Of course, he didn’t have the “presidential mojo” to sign the bill in DC. But here’s [...]

Introducing Manners 2.0: The Guide to Technetiquette

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ February 16, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Over the last couple years, I’ve noticed with increased frequency the number of times a technological communication has caused a grievance among friends, family, coworkers and paramours. Last April I started documenting them in a notebook because it seemed like a good subject to tackle in a book (until the publishing industry collapsed when our [...]

Live From the “What Would Google Do?” Book Party

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ February 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Popped by the Daylife HQ this evening to listen to Jeff Jarvis give his much-hyped (or hated) Google schpeel and rather enjoyed myself. The q-and-a crowd had lots of disdain for what they perceived to be (if not “evil”) non-transparent behavior on the part of the search juggernaut. It’s a fair criticism, but Jarvis is [...]