Back to the Basics: A Lesson in the Tech Revolution's Shortcomings
Posted by: phoblog on August 28, 2006
I agree with everything you say, with the caveat that I think its also important to acknowledge that tech-wise, things turn on a dime.
The other caveat: I have literally hundreds of channels sitting in front of me right now as well as hundreds of other OnDemand options and the internet - but there's still nothing to watch.
My base question/argument remains: Dean was brilliant to seize emerging technologies, but based on first-hand evidence relayed to me by Iowa Dean staff - there was no field operation. Do you (reader, previous commenter, anyone) think that new tech will *replace* traditional field operations or other direct-contact methods of voter communication - or will it just augment it, reaching a broader spectrum of people in new ways?
I say, at least for the next few cycles, a candidate that botches either side of this new equation is either out or will burn through resources much less efficiently.
Back to the Basics: A Lesson in the Tech Revolution's Shortcomings
Posted by: phoblog on August 28, 2006I agree with everything you say, with the caveat that I think its also important to acknowledge that tech-wise, things turn on a dime.
The other caveat: I have literally hundreds of channels sitting in front of me right now as well as hundreds of other OnDemand options and the internet - but there's still nothing to watch.
My base question/argument remains: Dean was brilliant to seize emerging technologies, but based on first-hand evidence relayed to me by Iowa Dean staff - there was no field operation. Do you (reader, previous commenter, anyone) think that new tech will *replace* traditional field operations or other direct-contact methods of voter communication - or will it just augment it, reaching a broader spectrum of people in new ways?
I say, at least for the next few cycles, a candidate that botches either side of this new equation is either out or will burn through resources much less efficiently.
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