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BL Ochman reports: MoveOn.org, which was seeking 500,000 signatures on a petition against proposed Congress’ cancellation of funding to NPR and PBS, has now reached almost a million signatures.
Word of Mouth Marketing Conference Wrap
Cymfony offers a good recap of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association held this week in Chicago. On a separate note, P&G refers to it as Word of Mouth Advocacy — a term I think is more accurate and better explains the phenomenon when executed correctly.
Grassroots Use of Technology Conference
MIT will host a grassroots technology conference in 2 weeks. It certainly tilts left, but online organizing ideas ultimately ignore the political spectrum. The workshop is described as follows: Workshop proposals that were accepted fit into one of these themes: a) Making technology relevant to communities b) Online politics post-2004 c) Uniting movements for social…
Sticking with Firefox: It’s All in the Tabs
I tried. I really, really wanted to go back to Microsoft Internet Explorer. Overall, I prefer that browser to Firefox, mostly because the extensions they have and that many web sites take advantage of. But I couldn’t do it. The MSN search toolbar had me feeling good for a while because it enables tabbed browsing. …
The Online Ad War Begins
Beltway Blogroll offers a good look at the current state of online advocacy ads.
Upon Further Review Let’s Have a Booth Umpire for Baseball
I was just two years old when Larry Barnett served as the home plate umpire of Game 3 of the 1975 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. Needless to say, I have no contemporaneous memory of the game, but I came to learn as a young boy that he had made a controversial non-call in that game that many believe cost the Red Sox a victory.