Comments on: Swap My Vote http://degrunwald.com/tom/2010/05/swap-my-vote-2/ Sat, 08 May 2010 20:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Stray http://degrunwald.com/tom/2010/05/swap-my-vote-2/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Stray Sun, 02 May 2010 21:44:11 +0000 http://tdg.me/2010/05/swap-my-vote/#comment-86 Ok - I'm off... it's not perfect but it's a software tendering tool that will let us get the job done quick, and we can refine if it garners interest. Need some input from you on which parties / what format and so on. Interesting stuff! Ok – I’m off… it’s not perfect but it’s a software tendering tool that will let us get the job done quick, and we can refine if it garners interest. Need some input from you on which parties / what format and so on.

Interesting stuff!

]]> By: Stray http://degrunwald.com/tom/2010/05/swap-my-vote-2/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Stray Sun, 02 May 2010 21:29:28 +0000 http://tdg.me/2010/05/swap-my-vote/#comment-85 I had the same thought earlier. I'm a web dev but I think we could actually get this done via a twitter hashtag and the guardian site you mention... at least you could garner interest via twitter anyway. I'm thinking a typical tweet would be: #swapmyvote Wanted: Labour, Offered: Lib Dem in Skipton/Ribblesdale. At least that way if a site does get up and running then it would be possible to tweet it with that hash tag. Realistically it can take 48 hours just to propogate the domain though, so I think time is a little short - which doesn't mean it's impossible but there would need to be a bunch of developers working on it simultaneously and it needs to work. I wonder if there's a tool we can use that's already out there? I had the same thought earlier. I’m a web dev but I think we could actually get this done via a twitter hashtag and the guardian site you mention…

at least you could garner interest via twitter anyway.

I’m thinking a typical tweet would be:

#swapmyvote Wanted: Labour, Offered: Lib Dem in Skipton/Ribblesdale.

At least that way if a site does get up and running then it would be possible to tweet it with that hash tag. Realistically it can take 48 hours just to propogate the domain though, so I think time is a little short – which doesn’t mean it’s impossible but there would need to be a bunch of developers working on it simultaneously and it needs to work.

I wonder if there’s a tool we can use that’s already out there?

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