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Greetings from Barcelona

Where a plug and a solid wifi connection never seem exist in the same space. Nonetheless, the PdF Europe Conference has been a vibrant carnival of discussion, quickly moving to its wrap-up in about an hour in the ground floor theater of the Torre Agbar. ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Time for PdF Europe

Blogging will be light (if not nonexistent) today as much of the PdF crew is on its way to Barcelona for the first ever Personal Democracy Forum Europe conference, to be held in Torre Agbar -- a.k.a. the rounded tower rising above the city on the right ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Personal Democracy Forum,  Twitter Inc

Sudan Ads Target Obama's Circle

With President Obama in China, the advocacy group Sudan Now is engaging in some clever Facebook ad tactics. The group, reports Mark Leon Goldberg, is running spots targeted towards two Facebook networks: former staffers from Organizing for America and " ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Facebook Inc.

Obama Runs into the Great Blogger Wall of China

It was rather attention grabbing how President Obama pooh-poohed China's so-called Great Firewall, the somewhat holey and ever shifting set of restrictions on what China's people are able to read, hear, watch, and do when the go online. Given the ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Edward Wong,  White House,  Michael Anti

The Thinking Behind Announcing Biden by Text

More tidbits of new media goodness from Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's book, Going Rogue. Oh wait, that's not right. This one is called Audacity to Win, and in it Plouffe's offers tasty bites from the innerworkings of the innovative campaign. ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  David Plouffe,  Joe Biden,  Joe Rospars

You(r)Tube: Now You Too Can Collaborate, Curate

Say you have in interest in having regular folks whip out their video cameras or cell phones and create wonderful video content for your organization, advocacy group, or news enterprise. There's a great deal of appeal (especially given news and ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  17 Nov 2009

The White House in Drupal World

When the White House made its big switch over to Drupal, some asked whether this was simply a move over to a new content management system or if it was instead meant to be a lifestyle choice; in other words, would the White House engage with the ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Drupal,  Barack Obama

McCain Allies Ask, Who's the Luddite Now?

James Richardson, former RNC e-campaign staffer, asks the somewhat obvious question in the face of Obama's "admission" -- truthful or otherwise -- that his thumbs are simply too dang large to allow him to type on his Blackberry. Were the Obama campaign ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Twitter Inc,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party

The White House's Asia Adventure

Being on the road seems to agree with this White House. During this week and last's Asia trip, the Obama White House has done two things more savvily then they've generally managed to pull off thus far into the Administration. And they both hearken ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Jon Favreau,  Secret Service

Clearing the Cache: A Day in the Life of Afghanistan

"Abdul Qahar, Kunar Provincial Deputy Director of Education, stands watch while members from the Provincial Reconstruction Team Civil Affairs, based at Camp Wright, Afghanistan, deliver a truck load of school supplies." Flickr photo by U.S. Air Force ...

From NANCY SCOLA, techPresident,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Flickr,  Tom Watson,  Andrew Rasiej,  Google Inc.

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