Chris Hughes

How We Unplug

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology


Jose Antonio Vargas

Sometimes, we just need to unplug. No firing off text messages. No updating Facebook profiles. No browsing Craigslist or Yelp or whatever-hot-new-site is trending on Twitter.

Technology Is Anthropology -- Covering an Evolving Solar System

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


Jose Antonio Vargas

Again, the focus is on the people, not the gear. Because here at HuffPostTech, we -- yep, you and I -- are chroniclers of technology's evolving solar system.

Where Is That Online-Powered "Movement" Now?

Chris Hughes | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


Chris Hughes

What went hand in hand with the technology that helped elect Barack Obama was a resolute and unyielding focus on good-old-fashioned political organizing. What's missing now is the organizing leadership.

Obama's Secret Email Network Revealed

Ari Melber | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

Obama's team wants everyone to know -- this massive list of energized activists is the biggest stick Obama will carry in Washington.

How You YouTubed This Election (Video)

Ari Melber | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

In America's first YouTube election, it turns out the voters were mainly in charge -- not the campaigns or news organizations.

Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

Three years ago, web activists were undeniable outcasts in Democratic politics and no bar outside of Berkeley could spell "netroots." Now, the movement has an open line to every player in the party.