http://www.b2gmedia.com Social Media Meets Politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:23:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.b2gmedia.com/a-survey-of-the-california-ag-candidate-websites/ 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 ... http://www.b2gmedia.com/event-success/ 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 ... http://www.b2gmedia.com/our-challenge/ 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." http://www.b2gmedia.com/top-10-political-tech-stories-of-2008-as-seen-by-gop/ 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 ... http://www.b2gmedia.com/from-tech-to-the-top/ 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 ... http://www.b2gmedia.com/gov-2-0-hits-home-in-san-francisco/ 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 of ... http://www.b2gmedia.com/to-gov-2-0-and-beyond/ More like especially in politics. And since these days a campaign is more like a startup anyway, anything that can be kept from being outsourced or managed for a fee in-house is as good as the hourly wage not paid. Here are a few huge savings campaigns typically find by going the ... http://www.b2gmedia.com/time-is-money-even-in-politics/ 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 ... http://www.b2gmedia.com/climbing-the-ict-mountain/