Welcome to the crazy world of a political operative as he juggles his life, his hobbies, his job and company, the jungle that is DC, and attempts to make his mark on American politics. The feeds and posts here primarily focus on politics, technology, and video games with some original content provided by me. Tumblr (3.0; @schenker)http://schenker.tumblr.com/<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/544089654/lending_the_cto_a_hand_with_oogl">Lending the CTO a Hand with OOGL</a>: <p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20090220-kuu7h4ixcwsaxja2nk6iwy81b.jpg" alt="Sunlight Foundation" align="right"/><a href="http://feedback.sunlightfoundation.com/oogl/">Meet OOGL. </a>On his very first full day in the new job, you might remember, President Obama gave word that the as-yet-unnamed person who will eventually fill the as-yet-pretty-much-undefined…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79999003http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79999003Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:07:21 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/544065006/no_candidate_is_an_island_and_other_lessons_from_republicans_to_their_party">No Candidate Is an Island, and Other Lessons from Republicans to Their Party</a>: <p>In the afterglow of their recent gathering of the tech-minded,<a href="http://goptechsummit.ning.com/"> the RNC launched a Ning network</a>. The aim of the off-the-shelf social network was to capture the wisdom of the GOP grassroots on the…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79999004http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79999004Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:07:21 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/543974074/a_video_for_norm_gop_officials_rally_for_former_senator_coleman">A Video for Norm: GOP Officials Rally for (Former?) Senator Coleman</a>: <p>With what seems to be an ever-shifting pendulum of electability in the Minnesota Senate race now resting closer to Al Franken than Norm Coleman, Coleman could use a couple bucks. Coleman’s best…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79959824http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79959824Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:18:17 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/543448139/daily_digest_putting_the_robots_before_the_recovery">Daily Digest | Putting the Robots Before the Recovery</a>: <ul><li> <p><strong><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/33773/clash_of_the_robots_files_conflating_code_and_closed_government">Clash of the Robots (Files): Conflating Code and Closed Government</a></strong> CNET security watchdog <strong>Christopher Soghoian</strong> wonders if the restrictive robots.txt file on the new Recovery.gov site is…</p> </li></ul>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79750545http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79750545Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:27:23 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/543375247/clearing_the_cache">Clearing the Cache</a>: <p><ul> <li>Why you’re seeing black boxes where your online friends’ smiling faces used to be: <a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha/6247">New Zealand’s experiencing an Internet blackout. </a> </li> <li>Ironies of ironies: <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article976484.ece">Florida’s sunshine laws falling victim…</a> </li> </ul></p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79727100http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79727100Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:40:17 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/543364046/clash_of_the_robots_files_conflating_code_and_closed_government">Clash of the Robots (Files): Conflating Code and Closed Government</a>: <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/1276092_637efb8c6b_m.jpg" align="right" width="160"/>You might remember that the short-and-sweet robot.txt file on the new Obama-era WhiteHouse.gov was <a href="http://kottke.org/09/01/the-countrys-new-robotstxt-file">heralded</a> as the opening bells on a new era of open government. So it’s perhaps not surprising…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79727103http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79727103Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:40:17 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/543356685/eventual_cto_will_sit_on_obama_s_domestic_policy_council">Eventual CTO Will Sit on Obama's Domestic Policy Council </a>: <p>There are two bits of particular interest in <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18969.html">this piece from Politico’s Josh Gerstein</a>. The first has to do with the ongoing question of whether WhiteHouse.gov will serve as the “paper of record,”…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79727105http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79727105Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:40:17 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/543348547/orszag_lays_out_in_house_asks_on_open_stimulus">Orszag Lays Out In-House Asks on Open Stimulus</a>: <p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20090219-fhmt42xcmijwnaws3fjje1uhpk.jpg" alt="Agency Submission Summary.pdf (application/pdf Object)" align="right"/>New incoming Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag gave every department and agency formal notice on what it needs to do to stay on the good side of <a href="http://Recovery.gov">Recovery.gov</a>, in the form…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79703680http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79703680Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:03:16 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/542620000/clearing_the_cache">Clearing the Cache</a>: <p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20090218-r184hgtjk2cc5qabythg1rca9b.jpg" alt="Nick Shalosky - Charleston, SC | Facebook" width="380"/> </p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bilerico.com/2009/02/facebook_got_me_elected_how_the_new_medi.php">“How New Media Helped Make Me the First Openly-Gay Official in South Carolina”</a></li> <li>Some GOP up-and-comers think the party is <a href="http://www.thenextright.com/aaron-marks/rnc-tech-summit-peer-production">ready to embrace “peer production”</a>.</li> <li>Google Moderator gets…</li> </ul>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79432816http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79432816Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:19:48 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/542629003/daily_digest_white_house_goes_open_source_with_the_left_s_cms">Daily Digest | White House Goes Open Source with the Left's CMS?</a>: <ul><li> <p><strong><a href="http://www.personaldemocracy.com/node/2343">Can DC Draw Techies from Silicon Valley?</a></strong> <strong>Matt Asay</strong> in CNET asks, “Where will all the Techies go?” Silicon Valley is just now feeling the effects of the economic downturn. With fewer jobs for…</p> </li></ul>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79432813http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79432813Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:19:47 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/542554572/why_the_white_house_s_embrace_of_drupal_matters">Why the White House's Embrace of Drupal Matters</a>: <p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20090218-e7rekgixyyqxger6nid22pqmg2.jpg" alt="drupal.jpg (JPEG Image, 349x400 pixels)" align="right"/>Drupal developers are abuzz with the realization that the White House’s new <a href="http://www.recovery.gov/">Recovery.gov</a> site was built <a href="http://buytaert.net/obama-using-drupal">using the free and open-source content management platform Drupal</a>. Pre-Recovery.gov,…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79409091http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79409091Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:35:48 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/542558061/obama_s_ellllf_don_t_wanna_be">"Obama's Ellllf, Don't Wanna Be..."</a>: <p>We sober-minded political thinkers, reporters, and analysts here at techPresident have a duty to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_B5UrI7nAI">point you to this video</a>. That Eric Carmen was a precient dude. Actual clip after the jump. </p> <p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A_B5UrI7nAI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="375"></embed></p>…http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79409089http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79409089Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:35:48 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/541928030/gop_solves_excess_pizza">GOP Solves: Excess Pizza</a>: <p>Enough people had fun with the <a href="http://www.gopproblemsolver.com/">GOP Problem Solver </a>last week — the micro-site, <a href="http://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1206781791">inspired by a Jay Rosen tweet</a>, that prescribe a tax cut as the solution for all of life’s woes — that the site was…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79155299http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79155299Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:52:16 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/541944673/daily_digest_looking_to_upgrade_a_gop_tech_revival">Daily Digest | Looking To Upgrade: A GOP Tech Revival?</a>: <ul><li> <p><strong><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/33755/gop_tech_revival_earns_some_amens">GOP Tech Revival Earns Some “Amens”</a></strong> The GOP Tech Summit has passed and the daylong conference seeems to have been well received. Nancy has reactions from online conservatives as well as…</p> </li></ul>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79155296http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79155296Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:52:16 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/541963349/what_s_in_the_new_recovery_gov_and_what_s_missing">What's in the New Recovery.Gov (And What's Missing)</a>: <p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20090217-r9pu57mb49c1un2126pn8n28bw.jpg" alt="Home | Recovery.gov" align="right"/><a href="http://www.recovery.gov/">Recovery.gov</a> just launched. And that, of course, calls for an insta-reaction to what’s on the as-released federal stimulus oversight site and what’s not there, yet. </p> <p><strong>What’s There:</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/timeline">…</a></strong></p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79155295http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79155295Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:52:15 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/541774595/gop_tech_revival_earns_some_amens">GOP Tech Revival Earns Some "Amens"</a>: <p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20090217-bmp4fnw8hr949rnsgfrubj3dcs.jpg" alt="Republican 2022 National 2022 Committee" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="right"/>The RNC knew that they were opening themselves to a good helping of snark, both from the left side of the political spectrum and from articulate critics in their own ranks, for calling an <a href="http://www.gop.com/content/?guid=644656ae-95a4-4c0d-a62b-ddd72478d3c9">…</a></p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79097095http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79097095Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:22:43 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/541793180/if_citizens_critique_a_done_bill_can_a_president_hear_it">If Citizens Critique a Done Bill, Can a President Hear It?</a>: <p>For those of you counting along at home, let’s do some open-government math. The White House has, as we’ve repeated here again and again, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/change_has_come_to_whitehouse-gov/">committed itself to posting non-emergency legislation…</a></p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79097094http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79097094Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:22:43 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/541799897/clearing_the_cache">Clearing the Cache</a>: <p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20090217-n2tyfkiga58shdr9g7qmkwrgiq.jpg" alt="ARRA08" width="380"/></p> <ul> <li>New from White House dot gov: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/02/16/The-story-of-the-economic-recovery-package-photos/">The stimulus (and the Super Bowl), a photo essay</a>.</li> <li> <a href="http://steveradick.com/2009/02/15/twenty-theses-for-government-20-cluetrain-style/">Twenty Theses for Government 2.0, Cluetrain Style:</a> “You can either jump on the Government 2.0 cluetrain or…</li> </ul>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79097092http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79097092Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:22:42 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/541747230/gingrich_eager_for_a_twitter_review_course">Gingrich Eager for a Twitter Review Course</a>: <p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20090217-di6ixbrxd9auir8nqgqy65984s.jpg" alt="Twitter / newtgingrich"/> </p> <p>Is Twitter the great leveler? Maybe. In real life, Newt Gingrich is the former Speaker of the House and, it’s probably fair to say, in most observers’ top five list of the most highly-regarded…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79082929http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/79082929Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:22:40 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/541453243/p2_takes_on_the_progressive_twitter_challenge">#p2 Takes on the Progressive Twitter Challenge</a>: <p>First it was #tcot - a grassroots conservative hashtag organized to get more like-minded people together tweeting about their views on issues and current events. Soon thereafter, #rebelleft and…</p>http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/78979786http://schenker.tumblr.com/post/78979786Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:19:08 -0500