Politics
2013 SXSW Interactive Award Winners
Yes I sat through the awards ceremony for you all to bring you this year’s SXSW Interactive Award winners. Subsequently, I realized I could have just got the information off the press release and used those two hours of my … Continue reading
Communicating the Genome
Tuesday morning I went to a SXSW panel on “Personalized Health.” The featured speaker was Dr. Linda Avey, a geneticist and entrepreneur who founded 23andme.com. Much of the talk centered around her work at 23andme and their continued progress since … Continue reading
Closing the gap between people and governments – Jorge Soto
On Thursday evening, an attentive clutch of MCDM faculty and students gathered in the private lounge at Capitol Hill’s Liberty Bar to hear Jorge Soto’s story of how he and partner Oscar Salazar created CitiVox and began connecting the Mexican … Continue reading
Nine Reasons the White House Raised the Petition Threshold
Say you’re sitting around at home, perhaps drinking a few beers, when all of a sudden it hits you. The best idea ever. The idea that would solve all our problems, if only you could somehow gain an audience with … Continue reading
Meet Citivox’s Jorge Soto – a Flip the Media special event.
An evening with Jorge Soto 7:00pm, 31st January Liberty Bar 517 15th Ave E, Seattle Flip the Media is thrilled to be hosting Jorge Soto of Citvox for a special event in Seattle on January 31st at Liberty Bar and … Continue reading
Social Media and the Presidential Election by the Numbers
Last week my colleague Carolyn talked about the kind of influence social networks are having on this year’s presidential election. Whether social will determine the winner of the election is something many of us are wondering, I think. When a … Continue reading
Seattle Times Ad Buy Leads To Newsroom, Reader Protests
Updated 3:43 pm Pacific. On Wednesday, the Seattle times ran a full page ad (on B6) supporting Rob McKenna’s campaign for governor. The sponsor? The paper itself. Continue reading
What’s in a “Like”?: Social Media and the Election
We hear so much about “the power of social media.” But just how much are we influencing others when we post or tweet to those already in our audiences? SEATTLE – You care about the future of your country. In … Continue reading
