How Twitter Will Realize Obama’s Biparatisan Vision
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 [...]
The Hybrid Media Takeover
As I left the 140 Characters Conference (a.k.a. “The Davos of Twitter”) yesterday afternoon, I was approached by a lovely suit-by-day-DC-based-lifestyle-blogger-by-night who wanted to chat about the business of blogging. The whimsical tone in her voice implied that her relatively interesting day job was not half as rewarding as the passion project she feeds in [...]
First Post Live on CauseCast.org
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 [...]
#facebookshouldnotbetwitter
My typical late-night routine of catching up on news and friends has taken a serious hit ever since Facebook launched its unfortunate redesign.
I’m a journalist and web site proprietor; I know most redesign backlash is really a learning curve for the lesser evolved among us who will eventually embrace the enhanced services in the [...]
W&W The Week’s Fat Cats Deconstructed: AIG, Meghan McCain and SXSW Techies Revolt
With the AIG bonuses dominating the news, there’s talk of some good old fashioned populist uprising. Hosts Ted Johnson, Teresa Valdez-Klein, and Maegan Carberry tackle the big question: Is it real outrage? Are Americans really going to get up off their couch, grab their pitchforks, and storm Wall Street? We’ve all been hearing the bad [...]
A Very Sociable Week
The idea was that New York would make me a more interesting blogger, but I was so busy attending Social Media Week events, conference panels and doing actual work that I neglected to update until today. Of course, because of Twitter I don’t really dedicate time to lil posts with recommended links anymore. It’s just [...]
W&W: Netroots Activism: Tips for Operating on Governing (Not Campaign!) Mode
Obama promised us Government 2.0, but what really happens after you join the Facebook group to save the whales or add your name to an Overturn Prop 8 email list? Does anyone actually read them? What happens when these thousands upon thousands of letters arrive at the door of Congress? Sarah Schacht, founder and Executive [...]
W&W: Republicans Dominating Online? #topprog Plays Catch-up on Twitter
Looking for a Twitter primer? Listen in to today’s show and hear from Chris Cardinal, CEO of Principal Strategy, Inc., who introduces us to the wide world of hashtags for twitter: #topprog for liberal thoughts and news, #dontgo for conservative thoughts and news, and #tcot for microblog entries from top conservative lawmakers. Are Republicans suddenly [...]
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