Comments on: How mobile and IT mismanagement failed Mitt Romney

By: vacantmountain

vacantmountain — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:06:14 +0000

Surely the very fact that it’s close means that accurate data would make an even larger difference? Getting out 100 voters won’t matter if you’re winning/losing by 12 million votes, but in a battleground state with a razor thin margin, finding those 100 voters is going to be absolutely crucial, isn’t it?

By: Kilgore Trout

Kilgore Trout — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:39:03 +0000

Incompetent at so many levels
Amercia dodged a bullet when Mitt lost

By: Ian Kennedy

Ian Kennedy — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:35:14 +0000

Wow. I thought Orca was just the codename for the app. I didn’t think they’d actually put it up there up top. Imagine being approached by a Romney volunteer who starts tapping into into their iPhone after asking you questions. When you ask them what they are doing, they show you this screen that says, “Orca” on top. That would be unsettling.

By: Ron Larson

Ron Larson — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:06:14 +0000

I am both fascinated and mortified that the GOP is “spying” on the polling place to see who voted. Are they recording license plates? Are they taking photos with a zoom lens? Are they allowed to see the list of who checking in? Do they required registered GOP members to notify them when they vote?

By: nerill

nerill — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:39:46 +0000

As a Help Desk analyst for a large international company the problem is simple to identify: I encounter it on a daily basis. As the party of “old-white-men,” (luddites that freeze in the face of any technology) giving them anything more complicated than a toilet-bowl shaped Samsung Jitterbug is a recipe for conversations like this” No sir, there are no capital numbers”, “Yes sir, I see now, please erase the WORD “backslash” and just enter the….”

BTW, I’m 58 years old & IT is my second career: it’s not difficult; I just didn’t bury my head in the sand over the past 20 years.

By: Jobo

Jobo — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:56:12 +0000

Just another small example of not being able to solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that caused it in the first place..

By: montymoose2

montymoose2 — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:00:38 +0000

Those who can truly do it.. aren’t hireable…I can’t say anymore.hehehe

By: Hamish Gordon

Hamish Gordon — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:58:11 +0000

Clearly the head of communications was selected from a binder full of potential candidates. How long will it be before implementation experience of the kind of tools they were seeking to utilise will move someone from the back of the binder to closer to the front I wonder?

By: brown_te

brown_te — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:32:05 +0000

Big Data and all that goes with it is powerful, transformative and deservedly having its moment – but all those doing a parade lap on how much it made a did/didn’t make a difference in this election are probably mistaken. It was close — and with the exception of 2008, the last several General Elections have been close.

By: montymoose2

montymoose2 — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:00:36 +0000

Sounds like gross incompetence by the I.T.staff… not Mitt.
In this day and age everyone should know that nee software “must” be tested and users trained to implement it any other way will give you the resulted you got!! NADA