Comments on: How Technology Won the Presidency, Pt. II http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/how-technology-won-the-presidency-pt-ii/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: links for 2009-04-17 « techGOVERN http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/how-technology-won-the-presidency-pt-ii/#comment-167488 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:38:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=45589#comment-167488 [...] How Technology Won the Presidency, Pt. II (tags: media technology obama web2.0) [...]

]]> By: Will http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/how-technology-won-the-presidency-pt-ii/#comment-167487 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:45:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=45589#comment-167487 The Obama campaign also used Skype extensively to set up phone banks with volunteers. It was a great fit with the grassroot character of the campaign. No additional hardware or phone lines, easy set up, low costs and quick dialling using click-to-call.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/24/skype-election-vote-tech-wire-cx_ew_0924skype.html

http://share.skype.com/sites/us/2008/05/putting_skype_to_work_for_obam.html

]]> By: Nick Cocchiarella http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/how-technology-won-the-presidency-pt-ii/#comment-167486 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:52:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=45589#comment-167486 Hey!

Very good point Krishna! I think what this blog post has said is very true and technology (from the 80′s) has become so much cheaper now then in that time.

]]> By: How Technology Won the Presidency, Pt. II - Local Tech Experts http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/how-technology-won-the-presidency-pt-ii/#comment-167485 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:46:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=45589#comment-167485 [...] rest is here: How Technology Won the Presidency, Pt. II :chicago, gigaom, growing, jobs, network, News, obama, popular, presidency, tag, Technology, [...]

]]> By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Observations: Uses - April 15, 2009 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/how-technology-won-the-presidency-pt-ii/#comment-167484 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:23:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=45589#comment-167484 [...] How Technology Won the Presidency, Pt. II [...]

]]> By: James Stanbridge http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/how-technology-won-the-presidency-pt-ii/#comment-167483 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:24:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=45589#comment-167483 Interesting indeed – I would be interested to know what the O/S platforms running the apps?

]]> By: Krishna Baidya http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/how-technology-won-the-presidency-pt-ii/#comment-167482 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:12:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=45589#comment-167482 your para 1 & 2 points out the how access to technology has become much affordable. i think beyond the technology what is key is how one uses the technology to gain advantage. That is where Team Obama done much better than anytime in the history of American politics. Kudos to him !

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