About Political Gastronomica
Political Gastronomica is a discourse on technology and online activism - how the marketplace of governing and ideas is improving with the efficiencies of the Internet.
Author Sanford Dickert, former CTO of John Kerry for President Campaign, works with political campaigns, non-profits and private companies from the Fortune 500 to startups.
Dickert leverages online community engagement techniques and technical vision for brand and message management through effective application of social media and organizational processes.

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Monthly Archives: July 2005
TXTmessaging – lesson from abroad?
One lesson from the 2004 campaign that seemed to resonate was the concept that text messaging – those little 160 character messages people get on their cell phones – was not a very effective mechanism for the campaigns. At ETCon … Continue reading
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Tagged political text messaging, text campaigning, text messaging
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Thoughts on London
At 6:30am EST, I woke up and performed my morning ritual – usual act of stretching and going through my morning email. This morning, I found an unusual email from a friend in London – Loren Gerlach – telling his … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Thoughts
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Long Tail on the Supreme Court
Well – the boom dropped – and now I find my worst fears becoming real… One of the reasons why I took the leap from London to Washington, DC was because of this fact – the next President would have … Continue reading
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