Obama has just lost the Sarah Connor vote

McCain might need this to get enough flyers circulated.

Mark of the beast

/there, i said it...

I'm just excited we have a candidate that knows a little something about the Internet.
I just didn't see that in Hillary, Cheney, McCain or even Bush.

That's pretty damn cool.

Joe Sixpack doesn't have an iPhone. Joe Sixpack calls his kids for tech support. Joe Sixpack is angry. You wouldn't like Joe Sixpack when he's angry. Joe Sixpack SMAAAAAASH!

t3knomanser: Joe Sixpack SMAAAAAASH!

Joe Sixpack voted for George Bush. That's why everything is broken.

Etchy333: Joe Sixpack William Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Connor voted for George Bush. That's why everything is broken.

FTFY.

Cause you know, when i'm visiting a city the first thing I do is look up my local campaign office so i can pick up some propaganda.

I'm a fan of the PDA stuff, i've had one for several years, but i think some of these apps are just silly.

Etchy333: t3knomanser: Joe Sixpack SMAAAAAASH!

Joe Sixpack voted for is George Bush. That's why everything is broken.

As someone in IT for 20+ years, it's shiat like this that I want to see from our President. Sure, only elitists have iPhones today, but it wasn't too long ago that Joe Twelvepack couldn't conceive of a cell phone. High Tech can drive our economy for the next 50 years. Longer if we own the best alternative energy technologies too. I want a President that understands this, or at the least, surrounds himself with people who do.

As somebody else who's been in IT for 10+ years its this type of stuff I don't want to see from our President.

People waste time and money on silly projects that don't make sense, and that are used by a small population of the people.

the PDA/Smartphone things isn't going to take off like cell phones did, because they fit a niche. One that gadget and or business people like.

I don't see the normal person having an iPhone or any other PDA, no matter how easy they are to use, they are expensive, both up front, and monthly.

I work in IT at a fairly large university, roughly 30k students. We always thought by this time people would be pretty versed in using computers, and we wouldn't need tech support to guide an 18 year old adult college student how to save a file to the desktop of a computer. Turns out we were wrong.

Normal People don't understand technology now any more than they did 15 years ago.

king_nacho: the PDA/Smartphone things isn't going to take off like cell phones did, because they fit a niche. One that gadget and or business people like.

If only there were a lot of gadget-ophiles and businesspeople in the US. If only...

I work in IT at a fairly large university, roughly 30k students. We always thought by this time people would be pretty versed in using computers, and we wouldn't need tech support to guide an 18 year old adult college student how to save a file to the desktop of a computer. Turns out we were wrong.

You have a point here. I think the point is the the Obama campaign is using several "new" forms of media, not just broadcast and print. They're literally redefining the meaning of political engagement.

See? Obama is the Batman.

/Told you.

Farker Soze: See? Obama is the Batman.

/Told you.

no.

Batman is The Obama.

Obama: Net Neutrality
McCain: Tiered horseshiat

Citations available on their respective websites.

Phhhbt... McCain invented the BlackBerry and the iPhone. Check, meet Mate.

Queue the comparison photos from the Debate Thread. Those were hilarious.

Joe sixpack is a lightweight. Call me Joe Twenty Four Pack and a quarter of dank.

DarnoKonrad: Farker Soze: See? Obama is the Batman.

/Told you.

no.

Batman is The Obama.



I really should photoshop the bat signal into the Obama O-logo. Maybe later :/

I'm all for this, I don't care what platform. Obama could have released this for the Newton OS and it would cap anything McCain has done.

This is bad news...fo

Ah, screw it.

OMG, an iPhone? That just proves Obama is elitist.

I downloaded this last night, haven't done much with it yet. I have a brand new iPod Touch, not an iPhone, so there's no monthly charges at all. The location part doesn't work too well, at least at home. I should try it here at work and see if it works here.

Wight Power:
I really should photoshop the bat signal into the Obama O-logo. Maybe later :/

F*ck it, who am I kidding. I have nothing better to do

Okay, it DOES show nearby activites while I'm at work. My home router must not provide that info.

What, a local teachers union is too hard to find? No one knows where the local newspaper is?

guys, the best one by far is the one that shows palin equaling Jell-O.
can someone please post that one?

king_nacho: I don't see the normal person having an iPhone or any other PDA, no matter how easy they are to use, they are expensive, both up front, and monthly.

My first PC had 256K, 2 floppy drives, and cost close to $7000 in today's dollars. Now they're accessible to almost every American.

/and get off my lawn

i remember mimeographs. i feel old. mccain old. the scent and touch of freshly mimeographed paper was the only thing to look forward to on quiz day.

nice comparison photoshops from everyone.

ExperianScaresCthulhu: the scent and touch of freshly mimeographed paper was the only thing to look forward to on quiz day.

And the smell in the hallway when teachers ran off a shiatload of copies. Mmmm, smells like home...

I can do without the vomit-sweeping powder, though. I'd rather smell the vomit all day, thanks.

It's funny how many of the tech-savvy readers here don't know that John McCain was the guy who started using the Internet as an effective campaign tool - while Obama was still dreaming about being a Senator. Mailing lists, web sites, et cetera. They're keeping it up, by fast online updates to their sites and really fast rebuttals to the Obama campaign (they had a big list of Biden gaffes up within an hour of the finish of the debate last night, for example).

Meanwhile, the Obama people are using lots of new tech - badly. Note the comment for the Obama supporter above: a neatokeen iPhone app that 98% of their people will download - and not use.

OMFG HES ELITIST PALINMCCAIN08!!1! FOR TEH COMMON MAN!!





/HL

cirby: It's funny how many of the tech-savvy readers here don't know that John McCain was the guy who started using the Internet as an effective campaign tool - while Obama was still dreaming about being a Senator.

[CITATION NEEDED]

Does Obama's IPhone app have a built in teleprompter?

Wight Power: F*ck it, who am I kidding. I have nothing better to do



/I can sympathize.

king_nacho: As somebody else who's been in IT for 10+ years its this type of stuff I don't want to see from our President.

People waste time and money on silly projects that don't make sense, and that are used by a small population of the people.

the PDA/Smartphone things isn't going to take off like cell phones did, because they fit a niche. One that gadget and or business people like.

I don't see the normal person having an iPhone or any other PDA, no matter how easy they are to use, they are expensive, both up front, and monthly.

I work in IT at a fairly large university, roughly 30k students. We always thought by this time people would be pretty versed in using computers, and we wouldn't need tech support to guide an 18 year old adult college student how to save a file to the desktop of a computer. Turns out we were wrong.

Normal People don't understand technology now any more than they did 15 years ago.

Right, just like computers will never need more than 640k.

Nobody thought camera phones would take off, but they did.

What about that text messaging? That'll never become commonplace.

Quit your IT job grandpa, you've already fallen out of the loop.

DarnoKonrad:
/I can sympathize.

Nice :D

/this why I love teh Internets

DeRosso: cirby: It's funny how many of the tech-savvy readers here don't know that John McCain was the guy who started using the Internet as an effective campaign tool - while Obama was still dreaming about being a Senator.

[CITATION NEEDED]

He should trying doing it again. According to the polls the last weeks his campaign has been anything but effective. Unless his goal is to lose.

Yes, this is for a small, rather narrowly-defined group.

But guess what? That group is also very likely to the group who will go out and assist Obama, and want to talk and network with other Obama supporters.

This probably took someone a half a day to make, and if it turns a few hundred votes, it's worth it.

ayenull: DeRosso: cirby: It's funny how many of the tech-savvy readers here don't know that John McCain was the guy who started using the Internet as an effective campaign tool - while Obama was still dreaming about being a Senator.

[CITATION NEEDED]

He should trying doing it again. According to the polls the last few weeks his campaign has been anything but effective. Unless his goal is to lose.


Fixed that for me...

someone please start collecting all of these "=" pics and put them in one place!

...not me though, small servers will get royally farked

as an iPhoner who is thinking of voting for Obama, all i can say is : ho hum. king_nacho is right, some of the apps people write for the thing are borderline retardo. Maybe once you download the Obama App you can tell them to just keep track of you by GPS in case Barack or Joe suddenly need YOU to do a special mission... Is it so hard to open Safari and search for the nearest campaign office?

T-Luv: Joe sixpack is a lightweight. Call me Joe Twenty Four Pack and a quarter of dank.

This

NeauxFear: Etchy333: Joe Sixpack William Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Connor voted for George Bush. That's why everything is broken.

FTFY.This.

But, the deaf campaigning and now this. Senator Obama is rocking every resource. it is kind of refreshing...

/nomccain
/gobama

TSE: I just downloaded it. It's pretty cool, give it a shot. It's a contact sheet, event announcer, news aggregate, and reference book wrapped up into one app.

Plus, you get the bonus of an Obama logo on your iPhone.