Oct
07
2008
0

The Twittered Election

http://election.twitter.com/

I’ve just added an RSS feed showing the last 5 tweets that match the search terms Obama OR Biden Or McCain Or Palin. These tweets are rolling out at an amazing rate, so fast that the RSS feed is delayed quite a bit. I suggest heading over to http://election.twitter.com/ to watch in near-real-time. It’s mesmerizing. I suppose twitter folk are more techno-literate and therefore I also assume they tend to be more liberal as most of the tweets are PrObama. The other side is represented by a lot of hate, and a lot of spammers. What a hoot, or is that tweet?

Tonight you can even comment live on the debate, via Twitter:

How to PARTICIPATE:

  1. 1. Tune in on October 7th at 9pm EST/ 6pm PST for the Live Presidential Debate. Find Current TV on your local cable/satellite provider or come here to watch the live stream of our broadcast.
  2. 2. Make sure you’ve registered with Twitter to participate.
  3. 3. During the debates, chime in by including “#current” in your tweet. Example:
    “This discussion about universal healthcare makes me want to pop some pills! #current”
  4. 4. We won’t be able to air every single tweet on TV, but you can see all of the #current tweets by searching #current on Twitter search.
  5. 5. If you have any questions about participating, send us a tweet @current.

Written by charlie in: 2008 general election, technology | Tags: , ,
Aug
21
2008
0

Barack Obama Live

I’ve gotta hand it to Ustream.tv. Watching http://origin.barackobama.com/live/ I’m amazed by the quality and load balancing. The numbers of viewers regularly exceeds 2,000, yet there’s no chop or stutter. It’s even wrapped into a nice flash app that manages to get through the work firewall, no problem.

More importantly, it’s allowing me to watch Barack each day, recently in various Virginia venues, as he takes questions (Pay attention to the rules people, 1) only start talking when the mic is there, 2) girl, boy, girl, boy…) and showcases just how well he can deal with just about anything thrown at him. Why read an article from a pundit responding to the latest John McNopoly attack when I can hear Barack respond and feel that much better about the election? Granted, some of these speeches have very similar parts, but the Q&A sessions have been all over the map.

Know when to tune in via the latest technology to fill your inbox, on your cellphone, by following Barack on Twitter! You do have your phone tied to your twitter account, right?

if only being this rich was a problem for republicans

if only being this rich was a problem for republicans

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