links for 2008-08-25

• What Obama’s Text Message Campaign Reveals – GigaOM
  Nice rundown on the smart marketing of the text-the-veep campaign.
  (tags: gigaom mobile new.politics obama new.media)
• techPresident – Why I'm Not Going to Denver or Minneapolis
  Micah makes me feel better about not being there.
  (tags: new.media pdf conventions democrats journalism micah.sifry)
• Of Mammals, Dinosaurs, Business Models and Blogs – Daily Kos
  SusanG could not be more right: WHY IS EVERYONE WASTING MONEY SENDING REPORTERS TO A STAGED EVENT!? Link to the people there, don't blow your budget on bullshit.
  (tags: new.media finance msm greed stupidity daily.kos hyperlinks)
• The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived – NYTimes.com
  Awesome picture of Phil.
  (tags: new.media blogging democrats nyt)