techPresident - Daily Digest: 8/16/07 - Comments

live stream

Tex MacRae — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:53:31 -0400

The live stream is run by the Ron Paul 2008 National Youth director. It's accompanied by live chat and text messaging where supporters have input in where he goes, what camera views they prefer and who he interviews. We (as in supporters) were present through the livestream backstage at the debates, in the Spin Rooms and in the campaign "War Room" getting updates on Carol Paul (who was hospitalized for a heart condition at the Iowa Straw Poll) directly from Dr. Paul.

iPhone = mobile?

Joshua Levy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:15:26 -0400

Ron Paul's campaign created a custom version of its site for the iPhone, much like Digg and Facebook have done. While this was a good idea, it's not what most of us mean by "mobile technology." Mobile means creating mobile campaigns that utilize shortcode and text messaging to create a dialogue with supporters.

Not sure where live-streaming (which was pioneered by the Dodd campaign) fits in with that...

Yes, they do.

Tex MacRae — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:43:48 -0400

>>>Unsurprisingly, no Republican candidates have used mobile yet.

*rolls eyes*

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/iphone

The entire Iowa Straw Poll was live-streamed here:

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/snippets/3/

Every rally and debate since Mountain View's rally has been streamed live on the web.

I don't know why I bother posting here, though. There's no conversation and no feedback. Kinda weird for a blog that's supposedly about Web 2.0.

Daily Digest: 8/16/07

Joshua Levy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:48:59 -0400

Is the "Gays for Giuliani" campaign run by Democrats?; more video fun from Rudy Giuliani's past; after the YouTube debate, MySpace, Slate, Yahoo, and Huff Post are helping to change the face of the debates; mobile technology and the campaigns; and shadowing the campaigns in search of the next "macaca moment."