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
Defining the main theme of 2006?
I wonder – does Joe actually think that the war is good or is it support for the Administration policies? The people that I know, who know him personal, speak of his incredible integrity and the fact that he would not be so duplicitous. His belief in the country and the threats that exist lead me to believe that he is strong on his convictions, even when faced with a vocal group of constituents who disagree with him. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2006
Tagged Joe Lieberman, Ned Lamont, Political Integrity
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Ummm – Lieberman website crashing?
After learning about Lieberman’s website going down – you could potentially call this “hacking”, but when you are under a large amount of traffic – as long as the traffic is coming from many different hosts, this would not be counted as a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. My gut (and amateur sleuthing) tells me that they were suffering from a underpowered server – not too little bandwidth. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2006
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And just what is the impact of TV on the web?
One of the questions I have been asked in the past two years was what it was like in the trenches when the campaign suddenly began to take off. As I have written in the archives, the change was astounding – but none so remarkable as what occurred on the night of the 19th. As all know, Kerry pulled off an incredible feat in winning the primary in Iowa – but what is not known is how difficult it had been to get Kerry to recognize the power of his own voice when helping the Internet side of the campaign. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2004
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Are you using the Internet as effectively as Hillary?
After going through my candiate emails (and trust me, there are a lot of them), I began to evaluate the rationale of the content (similar to what I did for the English eCampaigning in 2005). In going through the emails, I began to notice a trend that should be noted such that the other candidates are better equipped for the upcoming online battle ahead. Continue reading
Posted in eCampaigning
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The Emails Keep On Comin’
One thing I noticed is that all (of the Democrats) are beginning to follow the basic premise of emails gained from the Dean campaign. Most are beginning to use the basic format of links in the body and such. But, what seems to be missing from some is an engaging narrative that solves the problems that recruits, retains and involves the supporters. Continue reading
Posted in eCampaigning
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