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
Personal Democracy Forum – May 15th
This year, the Personal Democracy Forum is being held in New York City at the CUNY Graduate Center.
This year, the keynote speaker is Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, candidate for Governor of New York with Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas signing their book, “Crashing the Gate”. Continue reading
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Part 3: Master/Slave and Peer-to-Peer
Following Jock Gill’s post at Greater Democracy, the answer is not just a paradigm shift, but a combination of the two – which allows for campaigns to coordinate the message with the distributed supporter infrastructure to improve efficiencies and results. Continue reading
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Part 2: Greater Democracy – History of DemComm
Creating the DemComm group was a step in the right direction, but the challenges of the campaign priorities and operational efficiencies impacted the potential success of the team’s efforts. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2004
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Part 1: Greater Democracy – History of Demtech
In answering Jock’s post on Greater Democracy, a minor history lesson of the Kerry Campaign is included to describe the community tech efforts attempted during the 2004 Presidential Election. Continue reading
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Movable Type 3.2 – Excellent
This weekend, I spent some time on two client’s blogs – and spent far too much time working with Movable Type 3.2. With this version, I can confidentally say that this product is incredibly powerful, easy to implement (once you have a handle on the MT APIs and CSS), and a joy to use. Continue reading
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