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Fred Gooltz
May 7, 2009

New York State Senate, Advomatic, and the Politics of eGovernment

New York State Senate
Last November, after most of the last century in the minority, the New York State Senate Democrats finally won control of the State’s upper chamber. With the majority came budget control and the power to make Senate-wide infrastructure choices - including internet decisions. This is how... more
Fred Gooltz
Mar 5, 2009

Crazy Idea for Recovery.gov

I don't know how it could possibly happen, but wouldn't it be amazing if the economic stimulus capital being infused back into circulation in order to jump start our stalled economy was tracked on Recovery.gov. Literally tracked. Like Where'sGeorge.com but less sketchy. Is it possible... more
Fred Gooltz
Mar 4, 2009

What LinkedIn's Reorganization and OFA 2.0 Means for Politech Online

Many internet theorists speak of social networks online as a 'map of the relationships between individuals.' Politech thinkers and online organizers like myself, have taken these principles and used them to inform the social software we built for campaigns and political advocacy organizations... more
Fred Gooltz
Oct 27, 2008

Drupal Runs An Election Flash Widget

Drupal has powered a number of politech widget systems this election cycle, such as the Register to Vote widget from Rock the Vote. We are proud to add this new Get-out-the-Vote (GOTV) widget to the ranks of distributed technology systems this year. ... more
Fred Gooltz
Aug 22, 2008

Progressive Movementarians in The New York Times

The New York Times published an article about how bloggers and online activists are finding the experience of preparing for the Democratic National Convention in Denver. They asked... more
Fred Gooltz
Jul 22, 2008

Click-to-Call VoIP As a Political Tool

Advomatic got a great press hit today that we're happy to share with you. VoIP News, a niche news and information publication dedicated to covering all aspects of the VoIP and Internet Telephony marketplaces wrote about... more
Fred Gooltz
Jul 20, 2008

Netroots Nation AdvoStyle

For the third year Advomatic was a major sponsor to the convention of netroots activists now known as Netroots Nation. We spoke on panels, we worked the booth in the exhibitors hall, and we did a great deal of facilitating numerous interpersonal networking events... ie.... more
Fred Gooltz
Jul 7, 2008

Raise Your Voice! - Click to Call Tool

The flexibility of Drupal plus Advomatic's expertise in implementing custom politech solutions for important progressive fights results in the next generation of online advocacy.... more
Fred Gooltz
Feb 21, 2008

Hollywood Influence on Online Politics

When Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am released the "Yes We Can" video mashup of Obama's speech / song, many wondered why the file was uploaded to a relatively unknown site called DipDive.com. Phase 2 of the DipDive project is phenomenal. ... more
Fred Gooltz
Jan 30, 2008

Early Innovators Are We

The Nation, America's oldest weekly magazine and most widely read journal of opinion reported recently on the "new tools and new talent" that is infusing the Democratic Party and buttressing the progressive left. It is fitting... more
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