A quick search of Facebook reveals that Tony Abbott has a massive presence on Facebook. Tens of thousands of people are fans. Unfortunately, most of those people aren’t fans of Tony’s, but of sanitary napkins or of leaving the country if he’s elected. The biggest fan page for Tony Abbott is “Friends don’t let friends [...]
Disaster at LP
by admin on 19. Jul, 2010 in Blog, Technology
Just when the election starts off, pre-eminent progressive blog Larvatus Prodeo has suffered an attack (and/or code malfunction) that has effectively taken it off air. While they are continuing to blog on a WordPress hosted blog, I must say that this downtime is extraordinarily bad timing.
Google News has destroyed a valuable asset
by admin on 02. Jul, 2010 in Blog, Technology
This won’t be a major issue for most people, but Google once had a very valuable asset: Google News. Google News once aggregated 1000s of news stories from across the web and allowed users to customise “sections” according to their preference – even using news keyword searches. You could even decide how many stories would [...]
Should your union invest in a proprietary CMS?
by admin on 08. Jun, 2010 in Blog, Technology
I’ve been having a few conversations with people around the traps about content management systems for websites. For those who may not be familiar with the lingo, a content management system is the online software that runs websites. Most complicated websites use a content management system (CMS) to look after all the various pages and [...]
Use A/B split-testing for your union website
by admin on 26. May, 2010 in Blog, Technology
Split testing is a very useful tool for online union websites and is used by major businesses, advertisers, campaigns like the Obama campaign, and giants like Google and Facebook. All unions should use split testing for their campaign sites, and should consider how to integrate it into their Joining pages. What is split testing (also [...]
Flip cameras or smart phones for unions?
by admin on 13. May, 2010 in Blog, Technology
I’ve seen a few union organisers around the place with Flip cameras, and have had a discussion about whether they are a useful tool with Atosha. Flip cameras, for those of you who haven’t stumbled across them yet, are small video cameras that purport to make it very easy to upload content to your computer [...]
Why I’m joining Labour
by admin on 12. May, 2010 in Blog, Technology
UK Labour continue to impress, coming out with a very impressive web app only days after the general election.
Google Analytics tip for union webmasters
by admin on 11. May, 2010 in Blog, Technology
Something I just discovered (much to my annoyance) is that Google Analytics does not allow for easy (in fact, any) migration of account data from one account to another. Google Analytics is a very powerful tool for web masters to get information about their site, content and visitors. Every union website should use Google Analytics [...]
HTC Desire Unboxing and Start Up Video
by admin on 30. Apr, 2010 in Blog, Technology
Today my brand new HTC Desire arrived in the post, after much delay, from the UK. Given that I’ve watched a few of the unboxing videos on Youtube and elsewhere, I thought I’d do my own. I plan on doing a review of the HTC Desire in a week or so, after I’ve gotten used [...]
Campaign Monitor has a world-class blog and e-newsletter
by admin on 30. Apr, 2010 in Blog, Technology
I just got a copy of the latest Campaign Monitor e-newsletter and was so impressed that I thought I’d comment on it, and some of the items that I think are worth checking out. Campaign Monitor are an email service provider – that is, they let you manage email campaigns to subscribers and provide analytics. [...]
Political web apps: UK Labour’s linking with Facebook and Twitter
by admin on 30. Apr, 2010 in Blog, Elections, Technology
UK Labour is taking the General Election very seriously – and is steaming ahead with its online engagement. With the polls showing that around a third of the electorate is still undecided, this outreach is especially important. The newest web offering from UK Labour is a web-app that allows Labour supporters to comment on the [...]
Adding Twitter’s @Anywhere
by admin on 19. Apr, 2010 in Blog, Technology
Twitter has launched a new feature, called @Anywhere, for websites to integrate elements of Twitter onto their websites. This allows you to use your Twitter login to join or log into their website, as well as add Twitter-style popups over names that are Twitter accounts (such as @alexanderwhite, @UKLabour, or @climateprogress). This means you can [...]
Don't prosecute the messenger
by admin on 25. Feb, 2010 in Blog, Opinion, Technology
I subscribe to the Google Public Policy Blog and get updates every few days. Today, I got sent a story about a case in Italy where three Google executives have been prosecuted for a video of an autistic student being bullied at school. In late 2006, students at a school in Turin, Italy filmed and [...]
Unions and Twitter
by admin on 23. Feb, 2010 in Blog, Opinion, Technology
The open, conversational nature of social networking offers the perfect elixir to turn this around. Check out my first Media140 blog post, discussing how union leaders can promote themselves, their unions and their activities socially using Twitter.
Don't get Internode
by admin on 08. Feb, 2010 in Blog, Opinion, Technology
Having recently moved house, I decided to ditch Optus and go with the 50gb Internode ADSL2+ Naked Plan. Internode promised that it would take a month to install, but they would send the modem and it would be pre-configured, so I could just plug it in and start surfing. After waiting for a month for [...]
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The Labor-Greens deal
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Blogging will recommence when the count is resolved
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Election Diary, day 35: Why I’m betting on Labor
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Good news for Tony Abbott: Off the deep end on climate change
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