About Political Gastronomica
Political Gastronomica is a discourse on technology and online activism - how the marketplace of governing and ideas is improving with the efficiencies of the Internet.
Author Sanford Dickert, former CTO of John Kerry for President Campaign, works with political campaigns, non-profits and private companies from the Fortune 500 to startups.
Dickert leverages online community engagement techniques and technical vision for brand and message management through effective application of social media and organizational processes.
Author Archives: Sanford
The Real McCain….kind of scary
A friend of mine sent me this link to the video below. And, if it does not concern you – then you are not focused on the campaign. But then again, it is well-worth the watchif you want to learn about the real McCain. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2008
Tagged Campaign 2008, John McCain, TheRealMcCain
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Looking for a few good Democratic developers…
The Obama Campaign is looking for creative, smart people who are willing to work long hours to be part of an effort that will not just win an election, but change the way campaigns are run. If you find someone who doesn’t have the requisite years of experience, but believes they can fill the spot, please encourage them to apply anyway. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2008
Tagged Campaign 2008, Obama08, software developers
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Does three Repub losses foretell a Blue Wave in 2008?
I am not worried about Obama and his past, since he is operating on change, his history and the Dems history is very different and can not be attributed to each other (as the Repubs discovered in the Mississippi election). But, that does not mean the Repubs will not find ways of using the Democratic Congress’s own stories against them – including the lack of performance on the issues of the day that mattered to the people that got them elected. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2008, Political Thoughts
Tagged Campaign 2008, congressional races, democratic chances
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Freedom of Information leads to better engagement?
For example, imaging if Obama was offering a feed of donations to their campaign as an RSS feed and some person took that data, stripped out nothing but the dollars donated and plotted the information on a graphing solution like Trendrr. Now, imagine people are able to generate their own data and make their own assessments with the information, free from the opinions of the pundits and the “opinionmakers”. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2008, Political Tech
Tagged flightaware, John Edwards, political mashups, Ron Paul
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