Reuters reports that Chavez asked Castro and Bolivian President Evo Morales to join Twitter, during a visit to Bolivia.
Chavez joined Twitter on Tuesday, taking the username @chavezcandaga. His arrival on Twitter was a surprise, partly because only 30% of his country has Internet access (though that figure is far higher than it was before he took office) and partly because he called Twitter a potential “tool of terror” just two months ago.
Social media got a mention from Obama in the annual White House Correspondents Dinner last night with ‘But even though the mainstream press gives me a hard time, I hear [...]
Amusing piece here on New York’s ‘other’ Senator… Thanks to Mashable
Congratulations are in order for Cllr Laura McGonigle who has won the “Best Blog of a Politician” in this year’s Irish Blog Awards. ExSite Politics has helped Laura with various aspects of her site including her custom designed header – but all credit goes to Laura who is the most useful and prolific blogger around.
One to watch for next year’s award… I’d say Bill Tormey!
We are delighted and very proud that 2 of our clients, Paschal and Laura, have got down to the last 5 finalists in the the Irish Blog Awards in the Blog by a Politician section… Good luck guys!
ExSite Politics is very proud (and excited!) to announce that three of our clients are nominated for Irish Blog Awards in the category of Best Blog of a Politician. They are: Senator Paschal Donohoe, Deputy Richard Bruton and Cllr. Laura McGonigle
Some of our favourite clients, including Deputies Richard Bruton and Lucinda Creighton, got a mention ‘Today with Pat Kenny’ this morning. Pat was discussing policitions and their holding of clinics [...]
Non profit websites share many of the same best practices as political websites should. They both need to be user friendly, easily navigable, and use appropriate fonts, colors, and other design elements. They both need to offer more than your typical corporate site.
The BBC has a good piece on British politicians caught in a phishing scam. Below is the Huffington Posts take on the story. The original can be found here.
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