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.
Category Archives: Mitzvahs
Switched over from MT 4.1 to WP 2.6.1
Well – after a number of years of thinking about doing it, I finally completed the task of migrating from MovableType 4.1 to WordPress 2.6. Truthfully, after researching and working with both platforms over the past two years with clients … Continue reading
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Is the second canary signalling? You decide…
As someone who recently read and watched Gore’s Inconvenient Truth, looks like the second canary is signaling… Continue reading
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Israelis and Palestinians: Bridging the Divide
In my travels, I have met some very interesting people – some of which are looking to address problems that have have a serious impact on life in this world. Dafna Tal is one of them. Dafna is a photographer from israel that has been frustrated with the division between Israelis and Palestinians and has been working to make a difference in the lives of others. Continue reading
60 Minutes – Revisiting The Horrors Of The Holocaust
How can the decimation of 17 million people be a “myth”? Is there something fundamentally wrong when a story can be misconstrued and facts be rearranged in such a way that they can lead credence to such impossibilities? Just because of a position of power, can a person be assumed to be “correct” just because they claim a “fact”? Continue reading
More on “Land of the Blind”
Last Friday, I took my podcasting kit with me to the Village 7 in the East Village and met up with Writer/Director Robert Edwards to chat about the launch of “Land of the Blind” in New York City. Over the course of two hours, we created a couple of podcasts talking about a number of things including how he came about to create such a film… Continue reading
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