I'd like to welcome two new TechRepublican contributors who will be contributing as we enter the new year and the 2010 election cycle - Jordan Raynor and Wesley Donehue.
Jordan Raynor is an opinion leader, blogger and strategist at the intersection of politics, media and technology. Fascinated by the democratization of information, Jordan is convinced that all of us have something in common - we are all journalists.
Jordan most recently served as the Executive Editor of Sayfie Media, an online news aggregation service, and an Associate of NetPower Strategy, a Republican online strategy firm. During his tenure at Sayfie Media, Jordan executed cutting edge strategies to increase traffic to SayfieReview.com by more than 25%. His work earned SayfieReview.com the title of Best Florida Political Blog by the Washington Post as well as ITFlorida’s first-ever Excellence in Web 2.0 Award. As an Associate of NetPower Strategy, Jordan planned and executed strategic online campaign plans for Republicans on the state and congressional level as well as a Fortune 500 company.
Wesley Donehue is an over-caffeinated, South Carolina based political operative. He owns two Republican web firms - Under The Power Lines and JUMP! New Media. He heads up political strategy for the SC Senate Republican Caucus and web activity for Senator Jim DeMint,
Congressman Joe Wilson, and the SC Republican Party.
Now more than ever, it's important that we can continue to highlight conservative online successes.
A big thanks to our TechRepublican contributor team:
David All, Ethan Demme, Ethan Eilon, Jeff Vreeland, Phillip Copley, Jordan Raynor and Wesley Donehue.
And now that DC is thawing out from #snOMG and gearing up for the upcoming holiday, here are some tech nuggets to tide you over -
Citizentube in London: Looking Ahead at the 2010 UK Elections
With the UK's elections coming up (most likely) in the spring of next year (Gordon Brown must call them by June 3rd), there's been a lot of talk in the UK over how the Internet will play a role in the campaign. The last general election was in May of 2005 - the same month that YouTube was invented - so this will be the first UK election in which video will play a role in the public debate. A few weeks ago, I was in the UK en route to Copenhagen for our COP-15 CNN/YouTube Debate, and met with several MP's and staffers from the British Parliament to discuss video and their strategy.
Tips and Tricks For Deploying Google Apps
Has your company, school or organization decided to "go Google" — but not yet fully "gone?" Perhaps you'd like more guidance on the technical, marketing or training details? Or maybe you could use some resources to help you deploy? Making the decision to go Google can be the easiest part, but we realize that it sometimes takes a little boost to finish the process, which is where we come in.
Privacy Groups Urge FTC to Investigate Facebook Privacy Policy
Privacy advocates filed a complaint Thursday to the Federal Trade Commission about Facebook, saying a change in the popular social networking site's privacy policy violates consumer protection laws.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and nine other consumer protection groups called on the FTC to investigate the change in Facebook's privacy standards that took effect last week. They called for the agency, which oversees consumer protections, to force the Web firm to restore its previous policy.
7 Ways Posterous Improves Your Social Media Presence
Posterous is a social media platform where it’s very easy to post just about anything—photos, videos and words. You can set up your account and publish content simply by sending an email. Yes it’s that simple!
Posterous is known as the most “social” networking place of social media. It’s also the ideal solution for sharing content that’s too long for a tweet and too short for a blog post.
There are many different reasons and motivations to create a free Posterous account. Let’s have a look at the 7 most common reasons for businesses to use Posterous.
