The Techie Working as a Politician

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/03/ipad-appears-in-us-house-of-representatives/' target='_blank'>http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/03/ipad...epresentatives/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Politico picked up the story of a Democratic congressman rocking out an iPad while at the podium in the U.S. House of Representatives. The stylish iPad wielder was Henry Cuellar of the Texas 28th, who's described himself as a 'techie.'"</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1291515306.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>I don't know if I'd be "rocking out" to my iPad but I certainly could find it useful in either the House or the Senate. Plenty of bills to read and having them on my iPad certainly would be better than lugging around a stack of papers. Or perhaps that is what the Pages are for, seems fitting doesn't it? Hey Page, carry my pages!&nbsp;</p>

[Sven Johannsen]

Article mentions a couple of apps he uses (or may use) that seem cool. ProPrompter http://www.bodelin.com/proprompter/ seems like a pretty slick product. I'm sure every large corporation and lobbyist has a copy of Congress in your Pocket, http://www.congressinyourpocket.com/, though I figure it doesn't do what they were hoping it did ;)

[ciyp]

Hi,

It was pretty crazy when Rep. Cuellar mentioned our app.

Needless to say, our application cannot LITERALLY put Congress in Your Pocket (but that would be a neat trick, wouldn't it?). But at least citizens and, yes, their lobbyists can find the right contact information as well as other neat stuff.

Here is a shorter link:
http://ciyp.us (http://ciyp.us/)

Happy holidays,

Michael Cohen, Ph.D.
CEO, Congress in Your Pocket
mcohen at ciyp dot us