Written By: Ryan on November 21, 2009 No Comments
A survey of the California AG candidate websites

At B2G we try to stay on top of what everyone’s doing out there, and here in California we expect to see some of the best campaign websites emerge for the 2010 cycle. Most of the field has their developers and designers already tweaking stylesheets and enhancing their flash movies.

As new candidates enter they will [...]

Written By: Drew on October 23, 2009 No Comments

Thank you to all that showed up and all that participated as event panelists.  We have been receiving stellar reviews these past few days and have to give credit where credit is due – to you!

The conversation moved from the simple question of “what does ‘2.0′ really mean” all the way to a concerted search [...]

Written By: Drew on October 13, 2009 1 Comment
Our Challenge…

I came across this quote today.

“We must use all available technologies and methods to open up the federal government, creating a new level of transparency to change the way business is conducted in Washington, and giving Americans the chance to participate in government deliberations and decision-making in ways that were not possible only a few [...]

Written By: Drew on September 28, 2009 No Comments

Whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, Independent or what have you, there is no denying that political technology is changing the game.  See which stories matter to the “future of the GOP.”

Written By: Ryan on September 28, 2009 No Comments

I recently came across this post on CNN about whether tech personalities can break into politics. It is a well-written article that compares Whitman to other political novices who made it into their state’s top office. Jesse Ventura, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Ronald Reagan each made the leap. Meg Whitman, with her tech cred, shouldn’t [...]

Written By: Ryan on September 25, 2009 No Comments

Following up on yesterday’s Gov 2.0 post, I found another, much closer to home example of this trend. San Francisco, home of Twitter and a host of other Web 2.0 companies, launched its very own App Store. In a move to make government more “transparent” and increase “access” to data in SF, Mayor Newsom proudly [...]

Written By: Ryan on September 24, 2009 No Comments

It has been a very active month in the Government 2.0 universe. The Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C. ended this week, just in time for Facebook to launch its government page. Not to be outdone, Google launched a government page recently too.

We appear to be in the midst [...]

Written By: Ryan on September 8, 2009 No Comments
Time is money, even in politics

A few pointers on how campaigns are saving money using political technology

Written By: Drew on September 8, 2009 No Comments
Climbing The ICT Mountain

It is (and has been) my opinion for some time now, that today we stand at the foothills of an unconquered mountain. This mountain is made of new Information and Communication Technology (ICT)  and we have yet to ascend even the foot.

We have however, come into contact with the first plataue – “Web2.0″. Unlike other great techno-cultural [...]

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