Why and How I Use Twitter

Hi, my name is Chris and I’m…I’m a Twitter addict.
Hi, Chris.
So, yes, I’m a Twitter addict. Just a moment ago I cursed loudly (LOUDLY!) at Twhirl as it pitifully looked at me and told me that Twitter wasn’t talking to it right now because Twitter was so damned busy. So yeah, I need need NEED [...]

Intro to Politics 2.0: Online Politics 101

The amazing folks over at e.politics have recently released a new edition of “Online Politics 101: The Tools and Tactics of Online Political Advocacy”, a nicely packaged collections of articles from the site explaining the basics of using social media tools for online political activism and campaigning. This 52pp. FREE PDF book covers everything from [...]

The Important Difference Between Media and Social Media (Debate Edition)

Over at It’s Not a Lecture, David Wescott totally gets why the Democratic presidential debates last night show that the debate over whether or not we should just call social media “media” now is bogus:
I hope this debate serves as the wake-up call for the traditional media. This is why we can’t yet say “social [...]

“Hi, I’m an Obama.” “And I’m a Clinton.”

So, the NYT ran a story yesterday comparing Obama to a Mac and Clinton to a PC.
This feels about right to me. There is something very Mac-ish about Obama, though it’s difficult to put my finger on. The NYT article is discussing the styles of their websites and other campaign web presences, but I think [...]

How to Get Blogging Credentials for the DNC Convention

For all you aspiring bloggers out there who wonder how to get press credentials to cover the Democratic nominating convention, DailyKos has a great post explaining this process, with links to supporting material. Very informative, and I hope at least one of our Kentucky blogs will be there.

Social Networks Best Practices (Research Note)

Wanted to put this up as part of my research into social networking and politics 2.0. This is a  powerpoint of a research report by FaberNovel, a French research firm, and it’s quite good. Slide 14 on Virtual Identity and various social networking platforms is very intriguing. I wanted to save this for my own [...]