In the aftermath of the excitement generated by news of a new law blog at The White House (Volokh had the news here but it was an April Fool’s prank), some wondered if the new blog would allow comments. Which got me thinking about why The White House Blog doesn’t allow public comments (moderated or […]
Category: Social Media
And the first politician with a “promoted tweet” is…
Who will be (or is?) the first candidate to use Twitter’s new “promoted tweet” advertising? If you search for candidates’ names on Twitter, have you ever taken a look at what comes up? More on the program from Twitter here and Searchengineland.com here.
TransparencyCamp 2010 goes mainstream in The Washington Post #tcamp2010
The Post covers TransparencyCamp 2010 in this article today. Monitoring your elected officials and keeping track of your government’s spending? There’s an app for that, as it turns out. Or such was the theme of the second annual TransparencyCamp, held at George Washington University last weekend, an event aimed at bringing programmers and activists together […]