Four Points for Technology in Politics From Obama's Jobs Plan
BY Nick Judd | Monday, September 12 2011
President Barack Obama was expected Monday to deliver legislation to Congress aimed at getting more Americans back to work. Photo: Natalie Maynor / Flickr Here are four nuggets from the White House's jobs plan, initially ... Read More
Barack Obama Gains 37,000+ Followers Since Friday's #Compromise Dip; Big Whoop
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, August 1 2011
It was big "news" on Friday in social media circles: "Obama Loses 36,000+ Followers in #Compromise Campaign," Mashable headlined it. Read More
After Leaders' Calls for Public Support, House, Senate Flooded With Electronic Interest
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, July 26 2011
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner were both warning the American public of catastrophe last night if the White House and the Republican leadership in Congress couldn't get together to reach a debt ... Read More
Obama Talks Religion, Compromise and Urban Development at Latest Twitter Crossover Event
BY Nick Judd | Friday, July 22 2011
President Barack Obama speaking at the University of Maryland on Friday. Photo: Alex Howard / Instagram President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Maryland Friday in an event billed as a combination town ... Read More
Grassroots vs Grassrootsy: How to Parse Technology's Role in Politics
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, July 18 2011
For a whole bunch of reasons, we should be on guard against claims that money given online, as well as tallies of small donations versus large donors, or other newer metrics of public participation like Twitter retweets ... Read More
A Tweet Experiment for All Involved: My First Hand Account of the White House Twitter Town Hall & Tweetup
BY Becky Kazansky | Thursday, July 7 2011
President Barack Obama and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey during a Twitter-hosted, town hall-style event Wednesday. Photo: Becky Kazansky / techPresident Yesterday I was at the White House to participate in the first ... Read More
Celebrities, Unions, Members of Congress All #AskObama
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, July 6 2011
Representatives John Boehner, who is the House speaker, Darrell Issa, Patrick McHenry, Bill Johnson, Adam Kinzinger and others in the House and Senate are using the #askObama hashtag to pepper President Barack Obama with ... Read More
How to Make Obama #AnswertheQuestion at the White House Twitter @Townhall
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, July 5 2011
Here's what to watch for during the "First Ever Twitter @Townhall at the White House," whose theme is supposed to be jobs and the economy: Will Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey manage to ask Obama more than 8 questions over the ... Read More
Meet Your Obama Town Hall Tweet 'Curators'
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, July 5 2011
In a blog post on the official Twitter blog, the company explained that questions during the live town hall-style event it's hosting with President Barack Obama will be selected algorithmically and by a team of curators ... Read More
On Twitter and the White House
BY Nick Judd | Friday, July 1 2011
Writing for the Atlantic, techPresident escapee former associate editor Nancy Scola elegantly raises a hard-to-navigate question — What should people think of the head of a growing American corporation hosting a ... Read More