Before anyone hops all over me for posting politics – let me remind you of something that’s somewhat important to know – I can’t vote, so while I do care, I don’t care. I’m pro-bama but not completely Anti-McCain. I truly believe in the concept of “divided we fail”.
Alright … my stupid views aside, this is really cool.
I think we may have achieved a record for the launch of such a complex app in such a short period, and many excellent features were dropped for lack of time. It was really fun to develop, knowing the power of features like Call Friends (which sorts your address book by key battleground states) and Get Involved (which uses CoreLocation to direct you to the nearest Obama Headquarters). The app was designed as a means to donate your time in discreet segments — we call it ‘micro-volunteering’.
First, what makes this cool is that they managed all of this in a month, and second they all volunteered their time to make this happen. They aren’t charging for the application, they’re simply doing what they know best in an effort to do their part in the election. So, if you’re an Obama supporter take a minute head on over to iTunes and download this wonderful effort.
For more information on the app check the Obama iPhone page.
via iPhoneDevCamp
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Regardless of political affiliations, I think we all can agree that this is a brilliant idea. Obama’s camp definitely has the edge in tech sectors because of these sorts of new avenues for campaigning.
Brandon, why can’t you vote? Are you in Canada or something? I can’t vote either as I am not a US citizen (just a Resident). Anyways.
As Psylichon said, Obama has the edge in tech but Ron Paul was the one making a killing off the internet. He had his own iPhone optimized site a year ago. Obviously that wasn’t enough but still, I think Ron Paul was a “web politics pioneer”.
@seb841 – Much like you I’m a Permanent Resident. I’ve been in the US since I was a kid and although I’ve been in the US Army, for many reasons I’ve never wanted to give up my Canadian Citizenship so I never applied to become a Citizen. I still can’t decide one way or the other… sometimes I think I’ll end up wanting to move to someplace like Victoria, BC – sometimes I think I’ll never end up leaving Colorado. Although everyday I wish I could vote, just so I could vote some of these people the heck out of office
@Brandon – this is totally off topic but I thought you had to be a citizen to be in the US Army. Apparently not.
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