Barack Obama’s campaign has posted a blog post announcing the launch of its official account on Scribd, the online document repository. The page, which can be accessed at http://scribd.com/barackobama, will serve as a resource for documents related to Obama’s policy, along with official statements.
Y Combinator-funded Scribd is a “YouTube for documents” that allows users to upload an array of filetypes that are converted to a Flash format viewable on most computers. The document viewer, called iPaper, can also be embedded in web pages. Since its launch in 2007, Scribd has seen explosive growth, and now claims to see nearly 20 million monthly unique visitors.
Scribd’s inclusion in the Obama campaign isn’t surprising given the candidate’s adoption of web-centric services like Twitter (his official account has over 52,000 followers). In contrast, opposing candidate John McCain has admitted to not being particularity tech savvy, though as we noted in our endorsements for the candidates, his policies will matter far more than what web 2.0 services he’s fond of.
Obama leading again with innovation.
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Mike,
“Senator Obama is the candidate of optimism and leadership, and he will be getting my personal vote.”
I could not agree more.
What is Obama’s position on Net Neutrality and Telecom Immunity? (and a couple of months ago?)
Even as the Net Neutrality has been painted as a “David vs Goliath” battle, it’s a battle between service providers and the Silicon Valley and Redmond giants, such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.
nobama, Barack Hussein Obama, blah blah zzzzzzz
D Winer – People like you know how to use the internet now?
Yes your vote should definitely be based on the fact that Obama’s middle name is Hussein.
Also, please make sure to only eat Freedom fries. Not French fries.
Brilliance before us! http://www.yout...h?v=D61_wYGHLhY
Yes – Go Obama!
A while a go I came across to this similar tool than Scribd called YUDU! I think that holds a very good promise. You can publish any of your PDF to make it to virtual magazine that is readable in your browser with the typical page-turn etc. features and effects for free.
In my blog i had also described YUDU to be like YouTube for print
http://ratecard...tube-for-print/
So, did Yahoo!’s board gotton completely replaced? No news from TC…
Yes We Can!
d winner, come november, you will ponder !
Obama ‘08 ‘12
Absolutely hate Scribd but I like Obama better than McCain.
I’m 100% a McCain gal, I prefer his policies. But I DO wish he’d get a little more tech-savvy so his supporters would feel more connected.
Kiss Roe vs. Wade bye-bye lol.
How ya like them policies?
What policies? The man’s insane.
The Obama campaign has been very accepting of all forms of New Media from Twitter to Ustream.tv.
Obama for President!
Hope to read more about his exciting energy policy, in which we all just inflate our tires, go to Jiffy Lube, and don’t every have to produce any energy domestically ever again!
oh, just stop trolling already! and your biased attacks just show your IQ level.
So if you back Obama you aren’t biased toward him?
The Messiah indeed has worked Jedi Mind Control on Stalin’s Useful Idiots.
Jason K, this reads like a PR announcement for Scribd. I like the service, and I like Obama, but there was nothing newsworthy about this post.
Mike, when are we gonna see an official Endorsement of either candidates from Techcrunch?
He has also just launched his new website see it here http://www.whic...al_website.html