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4:12pm.</span> <span class="taxonomy"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_21"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/21" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_21">2008</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_9"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/9" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_9">NDN</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_10"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/10" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_10">New Progressive Politics</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_20"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/20" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_20 active">New Tools</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_11"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/11" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_11">Political Technology</a></li> </ul></span> <div class="content"><p> According to a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2008/12/18/18venturebeat-deloitte-survey-shows-were-living-in-a-medi-101647.html?pagewanted=print">new Deloitte survey</a> on the state of the media, we are now living in a diverse media ecosystem where no one type of media is dominant. Unsurprisingly, </p> <blockquote><p> The millennial generation — ages 14 to 25 — is leading this charge now as it accesses content on all sorts of new devices and distribution platforms using a variety of pricing schemes and advertising models. The millennials consume the most media and are more likely to get entertainment from multiple media sources and applications. That’s in contrast to a few decades ago, when media was more expensive and so was consumed most often by older generations with more disposable income... </p></blockquote> <p> Millennials are less likely to watch TV or use conventional news sources, and "their preferred way of absorbing content is watching video on the web and handheld devices or listening to music on mobile phones and MP3 music players." The survey also found that "the iPhone has had a big impact on how users communicate, get their news, and entertain themselves. Many young people are using it as a replacement for a laptop." Within the next few years, many more affordable phones will have functionality comparable with the high-end iPhone. </p> <p> Along with the Deloitte survey, another <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2008/12/17/technology/tech-us-wireless-polls.html?_r=1&ref=technology">just-released study</a> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that 18% of households are now cell-phone only, with migration being accelerated by the recession. </p> <p> These two studies reinforce NDN's message that understanding and adapting to this new media environment is essential for survival in this political day and age. President-elect Obama's media team understood this, and its "any and all" approach to media, advertising and outreach was in tune with Americans' media consumption. To learn more about how to use these tools effectively, check out our New Politics Institute <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/content_areas/new_tools_campaign_2">New Tools</a> campaign, featuring great papers like <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/content_areas/new_tools_campaign/go_mobile">Go Mobile Now</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/content_areas/new_tools_campaign/buy_cable">Buy Cable</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/content_areas/new_tools_campaign/advertise_online">Advertise Online</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/content_areas/new_tools_campaign/social_networking">Leverage Social Networks</a>, and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/content_areas/new_tools_campaign/reimagine_video">Reimagine Video</a>. </p> </div> <div class="links">» <ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/blog/390" title="Read Dan Boscov-Ellen's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Dan Boscov-Ellen's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_add"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/comment/reply/3362#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page." class="comment_add">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3362&title=Thursday+New+Tools+Feature%3A+The+Multi+Media" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_delicious"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/delicious.png" alt="Delicious"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_digg"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3362&title=Thursday+New+Tools+Feature%3A+The+Multi+Media" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_digg"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/digg.png" alt="Digg"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_furl"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3362&t=Thursday+New+Tools+Feature%3A+The+Multi+Media" title="Submit this post on furl.net." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_furl"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/furl.png" alt="Furl"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_facebook"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3362&t=Thursday+New+Tools+Feature%3A+The+Multi+Media" title="Share on Facebook." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_facebook"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/></a></li> <li class="last service_links_technorati"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3362" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_technorati"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/technorati.png" alt="Technorati"/></a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="picture"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/7" title="View user profile."><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-7.jpg" alt="Simon Rosenberg's picture" title="Simon Rosenberg's picture"/></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3343">The Reinvention Of Television, Continued</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/7" title="View user profile.">Simon Rosenberg</a> on Sat, 12/13/2008 - 8:28am.</span> <span class="taxonomy"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_10"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/10" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_10">New Progressive Politics</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_20"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/20" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_20 active">New Tools</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_11"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/11" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_11">Political Technology</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_117"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/117" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_117">reinventing video</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_900"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/900" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_900">The End of Broadcast</a></li> </ul></span> <div class="content"><p> From today's <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/business/media/13shift.html?ref=business">NY Times</a>, some rather remarkable words about the profound change coming to television, what had been the dominant media of politics for the last 50 years: </p> <blockquote> <p> With one sweeping shift this week, the ailing NBC network reordered the playing field of prime-time television. The introduction of a five-night-a-week program starring Mr. Leno, beginning next fall, was a concession that TV norms cannot continue, at least not at fourth-place NBC. </p> <p> The programming and viewing habits of the last 50 years - exemplified by the checkerboard of competing programs on the broadcast networks - are being replaced by an Internet-influenced time-shifting model of scheduling. As a result, the very definition of prime time may be changing. </p> <p> "We do have to continue to rethink what a broadcast network is," Jeffrey Zucker, the chief executive of NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric, said at an industry conference Monday, hours before the news of Mr. Leno's new assignment emerged. He warned that if changes were not undertaken, "the broadcast networks will end up like the newspaper business or, worse, like the car companies." Maybe Mr. Zucker has seen the future; after all, his network has lost 50 percent of its 10 p.m. audience in the last three years. </p> </p></blockquote> <p> For the past several years we've written and discussed how the old model of a campaign - large donors, lots of TV - was being replaced by a new bottom up always on model. For anyone in the advocacy business these trends are ones that need to be closely followed, as a whole new era of political communications is dawning. </p> <p> For more on this visit our affiliate, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/">the New Politics Institute</a>, or check out the video and transcripts from our April <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.ndn.org/events/042408.html">event</a>, "The End of Broadcast." </p> </div> <div class="links">» <ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/blog/7" title="Read Simon Rosenberg's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Simon Rosenberg's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_add"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/comment/reply/3343#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page." class="comment_add">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3343&title=The+Reinvention+Of+Television%2C+Continued" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_delicious"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/delicious.png" alt="Delicious"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_digg"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3343&title=The+Reinvention+Of+Television%2C+Continued" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_digg"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/digg.png" alt="Digg"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_furl"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3343&t=The+Reinvention+Of+Television%2C+Continued" title="Submit this post on furl.net." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_furl"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/furl.png" alt="Furl"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_facebook"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3343&t=The+Reinvention+Of+Television%2C+Continued" title="Share on Facebook." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_facebook"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/></a></li> <li class="last service_links_technorati"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3343" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_technorati"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/technorati.png" alt="Technorati"/></a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="picture"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile."><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-390.jpg" alt="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture" title="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture"/></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3339">Thursday New Tools Feature: "Open for Questions" Now Open for Business</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile.">Dan Boscov-Ellen</a> on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 2:40pm.</span> <span class="taxonomy"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_10"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/10" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_10">New Progressive Politics</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_20"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/20" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_20 active">New Tools</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_11"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/11" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_11">Political Technology</a></li> </ul></span> <div class="content"><p> Back in October, I <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3150">discussed</a> the possibility of President-elect Obama embracing or recreating tools like <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.whitehouse2.org/">WhiteHouse2.org</a> as a way to make government more interactive and participatory. This week, Obama's transition site, Change.gov, did just that by introducing its newest feature, a section called "<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://change.gov/page/content/openforquestions">Open for Questions</a>." Built using the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://moderator.appspot.com/">Google Moderator</a> platform, Open for Questions allows users to sign in, submit their own questions, and vote on other people's questions. The top-rated ones will be answered by the transition team. </p> <p> A few kinks remain to be worked out. After being up for only a couple of days, there are already more than 600,000 votes on more than 7,000 questions. However, the front page displays only the top-rated questions, except for one randomly-selected question at the top. This means that navigation of the questions is difficult, and it's easy for new questions to get quickly buried. </p> <p> Even so, this is a very promising system, and a lot of the top-rated entries are really excellent -- big, important questions that don't often get addressed on the campaign trail or in televised debates. Of course, the first thing on everyone's mind is the economy, and the first-rated question is </p> <blockquote><p> "What will you do to establish transparency and safeguards against waste with the rest of the Wall Street bailout money?" </p></blockquote> <p> But there are a lot of other interesting questions, too. A few examples from the top 20 questions that you might not have heard from George Stephanopoulos: </p> <blockquote> <p> "What will you do to end the use of mercenary forces (ie Blackwater) by our military?" </p> <p> "Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs and create a billion dollar industry right here in the U.S.?" </p> <p> "Why are we rebuilding our national highway system instead of building high-speed passenger rail and revitalizing our cities and towns through the development of mass transit? Is this not key to our long-term economic and environmental well being?" </p> <p> "Our agricultural policy, formed by Pres. Nixon, has resulted in our being both overfed and undernourished. Will you appoint a Secretary of Agriculture who understands that we have been operating using unsustainable/unhealthy farming practices?" </p> </p></blockquote> <p> If they can get the navigation issues worked out, I think this feature has the potential to really shake up the debate and breathe some new life into the American political process. Of course, part of being a leader is prioritizing and making decisions, but I really hope that the Obama Administration works hard not just to ask for our input, but to thoughtfully answer the important questions that the American people are asking. </p> </div> <div class="links">» <ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/blog/390" title="Read Dan Boscov-Ellen's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Dan Boscov-Ellen's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_add"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/comment/reply/3339#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page." class="comment_add">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3339&title=Thursday+New+Tools+Feature%3A+%22Open+for+Questions%22+Now+Open+for+Business" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_delicious"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/delicious.png" alt="Delicious"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_digg"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3339&title=Thursday+New+Tools+Feature%3A+%22Open+for+Questions%22+Now+Open+for+Business" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_digg"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/digg.png" alt="Digg"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_furl"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3339&t=Thursday+New+Tools+Feature%3A+%22Open+for+Questions%22+Now+Open+for+Business" title="Submit this post on furl.net." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_furl"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/furl.png" alt="Furl"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_facebook"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3339&t=Thursday+New+Tools+Feature%3A+%22Open+for+Questions%22+Now+Open+for+Business" title="Share on Facebook." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_facebook"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/></a></li> <li class="last service_links_technorati"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3339" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_technorati"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/technorati.png" alt="Technorati"/></a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="picture"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/557" title="View user profile."><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-557.jpg" alt="Melissa Merz's picture" title="Melissa Merz's picture"/></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3338">Sarah Palin May Have Lost Political War, But She Was a Big Winner in the Google Battle</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/557" title="View user profile.">Melissa Merz</a> on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 2:33pm.</span> <span class="taxonomy"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_21"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/21" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_21">2008</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_76"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/76" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_76">google</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_20"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/20" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_20 active">New Tools</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_801"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/801" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_801">President-elect Obama</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_506"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/506" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_506">Sarah Palin</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_898"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/898" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_898">Search Terms</a></li> </ul></span> <div class="content"><p> In political time, September 3 seems centuries ago. That's when I <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/2747">wrote</a> a post about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's wild popularity among Internet searchers. It seems no one could get enough of the newly minted GOP vice presidential candidate. As TIME Magazine's Bill Tancer <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1838041,00.html">reported</a> then: </p> <blockquote> <p> In the week ending Aug. 30, 2008, searches for Governor Palin were almost four times as popular as Obama searches, eight times as popular as McCain searches and over 10 times more popular than searches for Biden. </p> </p></blockquote> <p> Palin may have lost this election, but according to a new Newsweek <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newsweek.com/id/173460">article</a>, when Google unveiled its massive year-end Zeitgist <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2008/index.html">report</a> (which is a must-read) yesterday, Sarah Palin was the world's fastest rising search term in 2008. And according to reporter Barrett Sheridan, the Alaska governor's popularity went beyond her own name: </p> <blockquote> <p> She (Palin) coined or was somehow related to four of the election season's top 10 most popular buzzwords: "maverick," "bridge to nowhere," "lipstick [on a] pig," and "hockey mom." The most sought-after catchphrase, however, was "Joe the Plumber." Perhaps Joe should capitalize on his popularity and heed the calls for him to run for the House of Representatives in 2010. </p> </p></blockquote> <p> And Palin affected Google searches in other ways. Take a look at this <em>Fey Accompli</em>: </p> <blockquote> <p> For the most part, the list of most popular political news sources is predictable. Fox, CNN and ABC lead the way, with Web-only sites like The Drudge Report and The Huffington Post also making an appearance on the top 10 list. But the ninth most popular news site is a surprise: "Saturday Night Live." Tina Fey's spot-on Palin impression certainly deserves credit for giving the 33-year-old franchise renewed relevance. (Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, strangely, are nowhere to be found.) </p> </p></blockquote> <p> In the end, though, Google searches reflected political reality: "Obama" was the most popular search term on Google this year in absolute terms. </p> <p> Check out the whole report -- it's an amazing glimpse into what people around the world are searching for. </p> </div> <div class="links">» <ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/blog/557" title="Read Melissa Merz's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Melissa Merz's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_add"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/comment/reply/3338#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page." class="comment_add">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3338&title=Sarah+Palin+May+Have+Lost+Political+War%2C+But+She+Was+a+Big+Winner+in+the+Google+Battle" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_delicious"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/delicious.png" alt="Delicious"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_digg"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3338&title=Sarah+Palin+May+Have+Lost+Political+War%2C+But+She+Was+a+Big+Winner+in+the+Google+Battle" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_digg"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/digg.png" alt="Digg"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_furl"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3338&t=Sarah+Palin+May+Have+Lost+Political+War%2C+But+She+Was+a+Big+Winner+in+the+Google+Battle" title="Submit this post on furl.net." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_furl"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/furl.png" alt="Furl"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_facebook"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3338&t=Sarah+Palin+May+Have+Lost+Political+War%2C+But+She+Was+a+Big+Winner+in+the+Google+Battle" title="Share on Facebook." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_facebook"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/></a></li> <li class="last service_links_technorati"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3338" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_technorati"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/technorati.png" alt="Technorati"/></a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="picture"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile."><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-390.jpg" alt="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture" title="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture"/></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3318">Thursday New Tools Feature: Change.gov *(Remix!)*</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile.">Dan Boscov-Ellen</a> on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 2:56pm.</span> <span class="taxonomy"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_9"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/9" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_9">NDN</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_10"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/10" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_10">New Progressive Politics</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_20"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/20" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_20 active">New Tools</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_11"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/11" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_11">Political Technology</a></li> </ul></span> <div class="content"><p> Today, the <em>Washington Post</em> ran an <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120303829_pf.html">excellent piece</a> by Ceci Connolly about how President-elect Obama's incoming administration has "begun to draw on the high-tech organizational tools that helped get him elected to lay the groundwork for an attempt to restructure the U.S. health-care system." From the article: </p> <blockquote> <p> The Obama team, which recruited about 13 million online supporters during the presidential campaign and announced its vice presidential selection via text message, is now moving to apply those tools to the earliest stages of governing. </p> <p> "This is the beginning of the reinvention of what the presidency in the 21st century could be," said Simon Rosenberg, president of the center-left think tank NDN. "This will reinvent the relationship of the president to the American people in a way we probably haven't seen since FDR's use of radio in the 1930s." </p> </p></blockquote> <p> This is something that NDN has been talking about for some time: indeed, healthcare was the specific example used at our October 28, 2008 forum with Simon and Joe Trippi (for the C-SPAN footage, click <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/includes/templates/library/flash_popup.php?pID=282061-1&clipStart=&clipStop=">here</a>). It is good to see that the Obama administration is working to live up to its promise of a more open, bottom-up government. As the <em>Washington Post</em> article reports, </p> <blockquote><p> The Obama team chose to begin its high-tech grass-roots experiment on the issue of health care because "every American is feeling the pressure of high health costs and lack of quality care, and we feel it's important to engage them in the process of reform," said spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter.</p> <p> It started with a simple 63-second video posted on Change.gov, in which health advisers Dora Hughes and Lauren Aronson posed the question "What worries you most about the health-care system in our country?" </p> <p> That triggered 3,700 responses, from personal tales of medical hardship to complaints about "socialized medicine." The cyber-conversation was interactive, allowing individuals to reply to one another and rate responses with a thumbs up or down. The top-scoring comment, a pitch for a "paradigm shift" toward prevention, had 82 thumbs up. </p> </p></blockquote> <p> This is not the only good sign for open-source government coming from the Obama camp. This week, the transition site Change.gov eliminated its old, traditional copyright policy and implemented "an Attribution 3.0 Unported License which allows anyone to use and even 'remix' whatever's found on the site, just as long as they tip their hat to the transition project as the original source of the material," according to TechPresident.</p> <p>This approach of letting anyone use the content in creative ways has already paid dividends; separate versions of Change.gov have been created for the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://ventana.cerado.com/change/v/buzz.php?t=iphone">iPhone</a> and for <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://ventana.cerado.com/change/v/buzz.php?t=mobile">other mobile devices</a>, as well as an embeddable Change.gov widget (below). </p> <p><center></p> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127js_/http://cdn.widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js"></script><script>if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('85a609d1-9592-4335-ba91-070b4f186d7f');</script><p><noscript>Get the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/changegov-cerado">Change.gov</a> widget and many other <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.widgetbox.com/">great free widgets</a> at <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.widgetbox.com/">Widgetbox</a>!</noscript></center></p> <p> For more on how Obama will reinvent the Presidency as we know it, please see: </p> <ul> <li> This CosmicLog report by MSNBC.com Science Editor Alan Boyle, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/21/1684129.aspx">The Wired White House</a>, which extensively quotes Simon and our recent forum panelist Scott Goodstein, the former External Online Director for Obama for America. </li> <li>This recent segment from NPR's All Things Considered, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97722217">The Fate of Obama's Net Roots Network</a>, which quotes Simon. </li> <li> This piece by Jose Antonio Vargas of the <em>Washington Post</em>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/20/obama_raised_half_a_billion_on.html">Obama Raised Half a Billion Online</a>, which quotes Goodstein as well.</li> <li> NDN's recent video on the President-elect's use of new tools and media, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBjx6mL6lOg">Obama to Reinvent the Presidency</a>. </li> <li> The <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/">New Politics Institute's</a> powerful set of work explaining how to best use the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/content_areas/new_tools_campaign_2">new tools</a> of the emerging politics. </li> <li> Video of our event at the Democratic National Convention, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.ndn.org/events/082608-1.html">Two Million Strong, and Growing</a>, with Simon, Joe Trippi, Google's Peter Greenberger and Obama for America Deputy Media Director Macon Phillips. </li> </ul> </div> <div class="links">» <ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/blog/390" title="Read Dan Boscov-Ellen's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Dan Boscov-Ellen's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_comments"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3318#comments" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting." class="comment_comments">1 comment</a></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a 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is using technology to reinvent the presidency, including a front-page story on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/21/1684129.aspx">MSNBC</a>, as well as stories in the <em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/nationalbreaking/ci_10929069">Santa Cruz Sentinel</a></em>, <em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.futuremajority.com/node/4059">Future Majority</a></em>, <em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2430554,00.html">News24</a></em>, and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7860539&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1">Fox</a>. The MSNBC article, which also embedded Simon's recent video blog on how Obama will <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBjx6mL6lOg&eurl=http://ndnblog.org/&feature=player_embedded">Reinvent the Presidency</a> and quoted our Obama Age forum panelist Scott Goodstein, began like this: </p> <blockquote><p> After a historic presidential election, the tech-savvy campaigners who helped put Barack Obama in the White House say the nation is in for an equally historic four years of tech-savvy governance. </p> <p> The way the Obama campaign used blogs, texting, social networking and other Web 2.0 tools to win this month's election is just "the tip of the iceberg," said Simon Rosenberg, president and founder of the political advocacy group NDN. </p></blockquote> <p> Rob was quoted on subjects ranging from the proposed auto industry bailout to the impending economic stimulus in the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3468937/Gordon-Brown-needs-to-cut-average-familys-tax-bill-by-at-least-1000-warns-International-Monetary-Fund.html"><em>Telegraph</em></a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/48a85166aadbfcd042820906ce2cd457.htm">CNN Money</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://business.theage.com.au/business/tax-relief-will-help-ease-uk-recession-imf-chief-20081117-695a.html?page=2"><em>The Age</em></a>, the <em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1087771/Obama-adviser-boosts-New-York-Fed-chiefs-U-S-Treasury-chances.html">Daily Mail</a></em>, and the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-osborne-gets-his-shot-at-redemption-1031028.html"><em>Independent</em></a>. From the <em>Independent</em> article: </p> <blockquote><p> Robert Shapiro, an economic adviser to Barack Obama's campaign and former US under-secretary of commerce for economic affairs, was particularly helpful to the Prime Minister. When Nick Robinson, the BBC's political editor, asked him what was the risk of a big stimulus package, he said there was "no risk, there is a cost – but there is a very large risk if we choose not to do it". </p></blockquote> <p> Our work on building a durable 21st century majority coalition also made its way into the media narrative this week, with <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/11/despite_young_peoples_abysmal.html"><em>New York Magazine</em></a> wondering, "Can Obama Hang On to His Youth Coalition?" and <em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/latino-vote-can-democrats-lock-it-ge">Crooks and Liars</a></em> asking, "The Latino Vote: Can Democrats Lock It Up for a Generation?" Morley and Mike's work on Millennials also got play from <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/14/123444/15/114/660930">DailyKos</a> and the <em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/think_global_buy_local_111908/">Jackson Free Press</a></em>; NDN's work on immigration and Hispanic issues was featured in the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/20/republicans-hispanic-latino-election"><em>Guardian</em></a>, the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-obama-immigrationnov17,0,683323.story"><em>Chicago Tribune</em></a>, the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://blogs.denverpost.com/opinion/2008/11/20/texas-as-a-swing-state/"><em>Denver Post</em></a>, the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2008/11/16/opinion/srv0000004038456.txt"><em>Reporter</em></a>, <em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://juantornoe.blogs.com/hispanictrending/2008/11/advocates-for-i.html">Hispanic Trending</a></em>, the <em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://thelatinojournal.blogspot.com/2008/11/latinos-differ-on-predicting.html">Latino Journal</a></em>, and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.ilw.com/articles/2008,1119-siskind.shtm"><em>Immigration Daily</em></a>. </p> <p> From the <em>New York Magazine</em> article: </p> <blockquote><p> this particular generation of young people are aligned with Obama on social issues. As a group, the "Millennial Generation" — those who will make up the under-30 crowd in the next several elections — are reliably more liberal on issues like gay marriage and stem-cell research than any other generation — and that's not likely to change, said Michael D. Hais and Morley Winograd, authors of Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube and the Future of American Politics. They predict that young people will continue to vote Democratic, catalyzing a "political realignment" in this country that will play out in the next thirty years. </p></blockquote> <p> And from the <em>Denver Post</em> article, "Texas as a Swing State?": </p> <blockquote> <p> Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg, a veteran of the Clinton administration, said that Republicans have alienated Latinos largely because of the immigration issue. Rosenberg is the founder and president of NDN, a Democratic think tank that studies immigration and other issues. </p> <p> He said that Republican rhetoric surrounding recent immigration bills in Congress offended all Hispanics. A major measure that would have given illegal immigrants a path to citizenship failed last year after a revolt from conservatives, who denounced it as an amnesty for lawbreakers. </p> <p> "If they do that again, it’s going to be catastrophic for the Republican Party," he said. </p> <p> Rosenberg said that Texas could become a swing state as early as 2012 depending on the level of Latino participation and whether the Democratic Party will continue to make investments in the community. </p> </p></blockquote> <p> Finally, Simon's recent <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3266">essay</a>, The Long Road Back, was featured on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/18/11130/658/356/662730">DailyKos</a> in Kos's Midday Open Thread, and our report on computer training for American workers was featured in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://progressivestates.org/node/642/research-roundup">Progressive States</a>. </p> </div> <div class="links">» <ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/blog/390" title="Read Dan Boscov-Ellen's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Dan Boscov-Ellen's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_comments"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3294#comments" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting." class="comment_comments">1 comment</a></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3294&title=Monday+Buzz%3A+%22The+Wired+Whitehouse%2C%22+Millennials%27+and+Hispanics%27+Growing+Electoral+Clout%2C+and+More" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_delicious"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/delicious.png" alt="Delicious"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_digg"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3294&title=Monday+Buzz%3A+%22The+Wired+Whitehouse%2C%22+Millennials%27+and+Hispanics%27+Growing+Electoral+Clout%2C+and+More" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_digg"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/digg.png" alt="Digg"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_furl"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3294&t=Monday+Buzz%3A+%22The+Wired+Whitehouse%2C%22+Millennials%27+and+Hispanics%27+Growing+Electoral+Clout%2C+and+More" title="Submit this post on furl.net." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_furl"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/furl.png" alt="Furl"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_facebook"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3294&t=Monday+Buzz%3A+%22The+Wired+Whitehouse%2C%22+Millennials%27+and+Hispanics%27+Growing+Electoral+Clout%2C+and+More" title="Share on Facebook." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_facebook"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/></a></li> <li class="last service_links_technorati"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3294" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_technorati"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/technorati.png" alt="Technorati"/></a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="picture"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile."><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-390.jpg" alt="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture" title="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture"/></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3290">Obama Pledges to Pass Economic Stimulus in Weekly YouTube Address</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile.">Dan Boscov-Ellen</a> on Sat, 11/22/2008 - 8:17pm.</span> <span class="taxonomy"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_60"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/60" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_60">Barack Obama</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_10"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/10" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_10">New Progressive Politics</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_20"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/20" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_20 active">New Tools</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_11"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/11" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_11">Political Technology</a></li> </ul></span> <div class="content"><p> In his weekly YouTube address today, President-elect Obama addressed the worsening state of the economy, and vowed to pass a sweeping economic recovery bill as one of his first acts in office. Listen to his full statement here: </p> <p> <center><object width="425" height="344"><br/> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m17pz0R_qZo&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127oe_/http://www.youtube.com/v/m17pz0R_qZo&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center> </p> <p>NDN has been a strong advocate for a stimulus package that invests in our long-term economic future as well as focusing on short-term recovery. To read some of our recent writing on the topic, check out Simon and Rob's essay, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.ndn.org/ndnthinking/stimuluslongrun2.pdf">A Stimulus for the Long Run</a>, and Michael's essay, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.ndn.org/ndnthinking/investingincleaninfrastructure.pdf">Accelerating the Development of a 21st Century Economy</a>. </p> <p> Aside from the policy Obama is proposing, one interesting thing about this Web video is that Obama is now using the medium to build support for his initiative, using the internet as a powerful tool to advance his agenda by employing and expanding the base of supporters he built through the election.</p> </div> <div class="links">» <ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/blog/390" title="Read Dan Boscov-Ellen's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Dan Boscov-Ellen's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_comments"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3290#comments" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting." class="comment_comments">1 comment</a></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3290&title=Obama+Pledges+to+Pass+Economic+Stimulus+in+Weekly+YouTube+Address" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_delicious"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/delicious.png" alt="Delicious"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_digg"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3290&title=Obama+Pledges+to+Pass+Economic+Stimulus+in+Weekly+YouTube+Address" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_digg"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/digg.png" alt="Digg"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_furl"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3290&t=Obama+Pledges+to+Pass+Economic+Stimulus+in+Weekly+YouTube+Address" title="Submit this post on furl.net." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_furl"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/furl.png" alt="Furl"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_facebook"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3290&t=Obama+Pledges+to+Pass+Economic+Stimulus+in+Weekly+YouTube+Address" title="Share on Facebook." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_facebook"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/></a></li> <li class="last service_links_technorati"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3290" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_technorati"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/technorati.png" alt="Technorati"/></a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="picture"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile."><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-390.jpg" alt="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture" title="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture"/></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3289">More Amazing Numbers from Obama's Online Operations </a></h2> <span class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile.">Dan Boscov-Ellen</a> on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 2:02pm.</span> <span class="taxonomy"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_21"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/21" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_21">2008</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_60"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/60" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_60">Barack Obama</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_20"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/20" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_20 active">New Tools</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_11"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/11" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_11">Political Technology</a></li> </ul></span> <div class="content"><p> Earlier today, we <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3284">noted</a> that President-elect Obama had gathered one million subscribers to his mobile service by the end of the campaign. In an <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/20/obama_raised_half_a_billion_on.html">excellent piece</a> in the <em>Washington Post</em>, Jose Antonio Vargas reports some more amazing figures that show concretely just how effective the Obama team's tech-saavy approach really was. From the article: </p> <blockquote> <p> 3 million donors made a total of 6.5 million donations online adding up to more than $500 million. Of those 6.5 million donations, 6 million were in increments of $100 or less. The average online donation was $80, and the average Obama donor gave more than once... </p> <p> ...In September, his single biggest month of fundraising, Obama amassed more than 65 percent of his record-shattering haul -- $100 million of the $150 million -- from online donations, aides said. </p> <p> ...Obama's e-mail list contains upwards of 13 million addresses...Four years ago, Sen. John F. Kerry had 3 million e-addresses on his list; former Vermont governor Howard Dean had 600,000. </p> <p> ...On MyBarackObama.com, or MyBO, Obama's own socnet, 2 million profiles were created. In addition, 200,000 offline events were planned, about 400,000 blog posts were written and more than 35,000 volunteer groups were created...On their own MyBO fundraising pages, 70,000 people raised $30 million...Obama has 5 million supporters in other socnets. He maintained a profile in more than 15 online communities, including BlackPlanet, a MySpace for African Americans, and Eons, a Facebook for baby boomers. </p> </p></blockquote> <p> Before this election, there were many people who saw these new tools as gimmicky and essentially unimportant; skeptics pointed to examples like the ultimate failure of the Dean campaign as proof that the internet could not win elections. </p> <p> Those skeptics may be reconsidering that position right about now. </p> </div> <div class="links">» <ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/blog/390" title="Read Dan Boscov-Ellen's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Dan Boscov-Ellen's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_comments"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3289#comments" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting." class="comment_comments">1 comment</a></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3289&title=More+Amazing+Numbers+from+Obama%27s+Online+Operations+" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_delicious"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/delicious.png" alt="Delicious"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_digg"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3289&title=More+Amazing+Numbers+from+Obama%27s+Online+Operations+" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_digg"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/digg.png" alt="Digg"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_furl"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3289&t=More+Amazing+Numbers+from+Obama%27s+Online+Operations+" title="Submit this post on furl.net." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_furl"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/furl.png" alt="Furl"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_facebook"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3289&t=More+Amazing+Numbers+from+Obama%27s+Online+Operations+" title="Share on Facebook." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_facebook"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/></a></li> <li class="last service_links_technorati"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3289" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_technorati"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/technorati.png" alt="Technorati"/></a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="picture"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/557" title="View user profile."><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-557.jpg" alt="Melissa Merz's picture" title="Melissa Merz's picture"/></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3288">NDN Weighs In on "The Wired White House"</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/557" title="View user profile.">Melissa Merz</a> on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 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perhaps translated into multiple languages - is likely to become routine. That policy could well filter down to other governmental agencies and even other governments, Rosenberg said. </p> <p class="textBodyBlack"> He pointed to the example of David Cameron, the leader of Britain's Conservative Party, who stars in a series of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.conservatives.com/Video/Webcameron.aspx">"Webcameron" videos</a> that touch upon his party's policies as well as his personal life. "You can watch videos of him <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-407825/David-Camerons-kitchen-sink-drama.html">washing dishes in his sink</a>," Rosenberg said. </p> </p></blockquote> <p class="textBodyBlack"> Boyle also included Simon's vlog on how we can expect Obama to reivent the presidency. You can watch it here: </p> <p><center><object width="425" height="344"><br/> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gBjx6mL6lOg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127oe_/http://www.youtube.com/v/gBjx6mL6lOg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br/> Boyle also interviewed Scott Goodstein, who was a guest panelist at yesterday's NDN/New Politics (NPI) forum on the <em>New Politics in the Age of Obama</em>: </p> <blockquote> <p> Scott Goodstein, who served as external online director at Obama for America, was in charge of attracting millions of social networkers to the cause via <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.facebook.com/barackobama">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.myspace.com/barackobama">MySpace</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://twitter.com/barackobama">Twitter</a> and other gathering places in cyberspace. "I was very lucky and fortunate to have a campaign that was willing to take the time and opportunity to recognize the power of viral communication and more information about these social networks," he told me. </p> <p> Goodstein said the secret of success lay in taking advantage of the networking tools already being used by a rapidly increasing proportion of the population: computers, cell phones and other mobile devices. "Usually, campaigns are 10 or 15 years behind other consumer trends," he said. </p> <p> For instance, one of the tools devised for the campaign was a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/iphone">downloadable application</a> that could turn an iPhone into a hand-held political operative. "We were able to organize people's address books based on who their friends were in battleground states," Goodstein said. The campaign could also send out messages tailored to different geographic areas. </p> </p></blockquote> <p> Simon and Scott, the External Online Director for Obama for America, were joined at the standing room-only forum by Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, and Tim Chambers, long-time NDN/NPI collaborator, co-founder of the Media 50 Group and Principal at Dewey Digital. </p> <p> Visit our <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/">New Politics Institute</a> site to learn more about our powerful <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/content_areas/new_tools_campaign_2">new tools series</a>, which we plan on updating in the months to come. </p> </div> <div class="links">» <ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/blog/557" title="Read Melissa Merz's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Melissa Merz's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_comments"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3288#comments" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting." class="comment_comments">1 comment</a></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3288&title=NDN+Weighs+In+on+%22The+Wired+White+House%22" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_delicious"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/delicious.png" alt="Delicious"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_digg"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3288&title=NDN+Weighs+In+on+%22The+Wired+White+House%22" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_digg"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/digg.png" alt="Digg"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_furl"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3288&t=NDN+Weighs+In+on+%22The+Wired+White+House%22" title="Submit this post on furl.net." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_furl"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/furl.png" alt="Furl"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_facebook"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3288&t=NDN+Weighs+In+on+%22The+Wired+White+House%22" title="Share on Facebook." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_facebook"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/></a></li> <li class="last service_links_technorati"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fndnblog.org%2Fnode%2F3288" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_technorati"><img src="/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/modules/contrib-5/service_links/technorati.png" alt="Technorati"/></a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="picture"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile."><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127im_/http://ndnblog.org/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-390.jpg" alt="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture" title="Dan Boscov-Ellen's picture"/></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/node/3284">Obama Campaign Had One Million Mobile Subscribers</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/user/390" title="View user profile.">Dan Boscov-Ellen</a> on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 9:00am.</span> <span class="taxonomy"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_60"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/60" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_60">Barack Obama</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_9"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/9" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_9">NDN</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_10"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/10" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_10">New Progressive Politics</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_20"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/20" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_20 active">New Tools</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_11"><a href="/web/20081220222127/http://ndnblog.org/taxonomy/term/11" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_11">Political Technology</a></li> </ul></span> <div class="content"><p> Tonight the Obama Camp brought out their mobile numbers: <strong>1 million mobile subscribers</strong>. </p> <p>A million people signed up for Obama's text-messaging program. On the night Obama accepted the Democratic nomination at Invesco Field in Denver, more than 30,000 phones among the crowd of 75,000 were used to text in to join the program. On Election Day, every voter who'd signed up for alerts in battleground states got at least three text messages. Supporters on average received five to 20 text messages per month, depending on where they lived -- the program was divided by states, regions, zip codes and colleges -- and what kind of messages they had opted to receive.</p> <p> And for grins, see this snippet predicting this from our 2006 white paper, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081220222127/http://www.newpolitics.net/sites/ndn-newpol.civicactions.net/files/NPI-Mobile-Media-Report.pdf">Mobile Media in 21st Century Politics</a>: </p> <blockquote><p> Imagine this very realistic scenario: In the heat of the 2008 election, 1 million activists – all of them connected in a collaborative web both on their PC's and their mobiles – conspire in a collective act of mobile democracy. </p> <p> ...let's say a candidate has emerged that "gets" the power of the Internet and its mobile cousin. All their traditional media and Internet action combines with a call to mobile action. No speech ends without a call for those listening to join the campaign on their mobile phones – then and there. 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