@JohnEkdahl

ace.mu.nu 08 Nov '12, 8pm

@JohnEkdahl

On one of the last conference calls (I believe it was on Saturday night), they told us that our packets would be arriving shortly. Now, there seemed to be a fair amount of confusion about what they meant by "packet". Some people on Twitter were wondering if that meant a packet in the mail or a pdf or what. Finally, my packet arrived at 4PM on Monday afternoon as an emailed 60 page pdf. Nothing came in the mail. Because I was out most of the day, I only got around to seeing it at around 10PM Monday night. So, I sat down and cursed as I would have to print out 60+ pages of instructions and voter rolls on my home printer. Naturally, for reasons I can't begin to comprehend, my printer would not print in black and white with an empty magenta cartridge (No HP, I will never buy another one of your products ever again). So, at this point I became panicked. I was expected to be at ...

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@TomasGlobal » 28 Nov '12, 2pm
Our gotv effort was vastly superior while Romney's precluded 30,000 volunteers from mobilizing. [link]
@geffbeck » 26 Nov '12, 4pm
@prasannavishy [link] 1st hand report on ORCA collapse vs 3rd hand report [link]
@lessviolence » 25 Nov '12, 4am
RT @sdlaw2006: The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA [link] via @sharethis
@sdlaw2006 » 25 Nov '12, 4am
The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA [link] via @sharethis
@jeanniemcbride » 22 Nov '12, 2pm
@RedeyesXBL Read this..... [link] and this..... [link]
@j_littlewood » 21 Nov '12, 8am
"didn't auto-forward the regular http to https - people got a blank page and thought the system was down" #orcafail [link]
@texyellowdogdem » 18 Nov '12, 8pm
Why #Romney GOTV effort failed. Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA | Warning: Conservative Website [link]
@Milkipedia » 18 Nov '12, 7pm
@NFLGoodwitch [link]
@AdamVerdugo » 18 Nov '12, 5pm
ICYMI: Interesting read on Romney's [failed?] ORCA project from a volunteer Romney poll watcher [link]
@bowdenj » 18 Nov '12, 4am
RT @insightspedia: Regardless of your political inclination, this is a good read: "The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA" [link]
@bowdenj » 18 Nov '12, 2am
November 17, 2012 946p EST GOP Election 2012: Project Ocra (and what went wrong with new IT project): [link]
@insightspedia » 17 Nov '12, 4am
Regardless of your political inclination, this is a good read: "The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA" [link]
@ellehardytweets » 16 Nov '12, 7pm
An hilarity of tech and org errors from the Romney get out to vote 'machine' [link] #uspol
@RBerlin » 16 Nov '12, 7pm
Anonymous claim of spearing the ORCA Election Day jibes with a GOP volunteer's account of trying to use it: [link]
@JohnSauter » 16 Nov '12, 5pm
Romney campaign's Project ORCA disaster: [link] @ZackO66
@Fairly_Balanced » 16 Nov '12, 6am
Blog Post by ANGRY @MittRomney GOTV Election Day volunteer | The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA - [link]
@CMORTOLANI » 16 Nov '12, 12am
Dear @AceofSpadesHQ Congratulations,this article willB studied 4 Ever… 'The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project:ORCA'[link]
@SJGulitti » 15 Nov '12, 2pm
Did Republicans supress the vote for themselves?: The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA; [link]
@AureEngland » 15 Nov '12, 4am
RT @scottlgreer: Great fun- the sorrow of the Romney volunteer. So much for the idea that businessmen are always good at running stuff! [link]
@scottlgreer » 15 Nov '12, 4am
Great fun- the sorrow of the Romney volunteer. So much for the idea that businessmen are always good at running stuff! [link]
@chantalmclaugh » 14 Nov '12, 5pm
Fascinting insider take from @JohnEkdahl on epic #fail of #Romney #GOTV #ORCA Project [link] #GOP
@brianpurchia » 13 Nov '12, 5pm
The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA [link] via @JohnEkdahl #Romney says No to #gov20
@cgarfin » 13 Nov '12, 3pm
Designers take heed RT @AndrewKroll This first-hand account of Romney's big Project Orca failure is shocking: [link]
@Communicopia » 13 Nov '12, 3am
A volunteer's account of the epic fail of the Romney Campaign's massive "ORCA" tech driven voter contact system:... [link]
@laynier » 13 Nov '12, 3am
@kemet2000 did you see this? [link]
@PATR2014 » 13 Nov '12, 2am
RT @VictorySessions: "The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA" [link] #GOP #TCOT
@BySilent » 13 Nov '12, 1am
Ace of Spades HQ [link] ^TB
@Hertweeted » 12 Nov '12, 9pm
RT @fallfellow_EV: @BradASchenck @OFA_CA Proud of OFA. We are organized!! for #Obama #Obama2012 Check out- didn't happen for the opp. [link]
@fallfellow_EV » 12 Nov '12, 9pm
@BradASchenck @OFA_CA Proud of OFA. We are organized!! for #Obama #Obama2012 Check out- didn't happen for the opp. [link]
@Bruce_Melendy » 12 Nov '12, 8pm
Some interesting examples of tricky stateholder management in an in-the-field political app: [link] #baot #ux
@rvarelabertone » 12 Nov '12, 5pm
El Proyecto #Orca de #Romney, que lo "ayudó"... a perder#elección. Leer #políticos, #asesores,#desarrolladores [link]
@stko » 12 Nov '12, 4pm
Fascinating post by a Romney volunteer about the hubris & failure of Project Orca, their high-tech GOTV solution. [link]
@DutyOfYouth » 12 Nov '12, 4pm
The Unmitigated Romney Election Disaster Known As Project ORCA [link] Would Have Been Even Worse If He Was President #p2 #p21
@ChristianHGreve » 12 Nov '12, 2pm
This is how you get killed in an election. Let's learn our lessons from this debacle and be better prepared next time. [link]
@matkeep » 12 Nov '12, 9am
How not to implement a "big data" project. Disastrous story of Republican election efforts to target undecided voters: [link]
@coderoshi » 12 Nov '12, 4am
Neat, an internal view of some of the ORCA problems [link]
@FrancisShanahan » 12 Nov '12, 3am
How basic web development fundamentals impacted the Romney campaign. Important reading. [link] [link]
@deongordon » 12 Nov '12, 2am
@dartdog @jvreeland 1st hand account of Orca: [link]
@pqpolitics » 11 Nov '12, 11pm
@rightwingcanuck see how managerially incompetent mitt's crew screwed up GOP Get out the vote? i.e. #orca [link]
@doofusdan » 11 Nov '12, 8pm
"...perhaps "unprecedented" would fit if we're discussing failure." #orca #ux [link]
@tzbauknight » 11 Nov '12, 7pm
Hey @JohnEkdahl, read your posting at [link] ... Sounds like you guys could have used a community organizer. #ORCA
@jena3307 » 11 Nov '12, 6pm
RT @laynier: From a Romney volunteer: The Unmitigated Disaster Known As Project ORCA [link]
@divisionbyzero » 11 Nov '12, 5pm
How things went wrong with GOPs plan to win this election.. [link]
@javierbnsn » 11 Nov '12, 5pm
La tecnología puede ayudar, o no. [link]
@bdarcus » 11 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @fgbjr: Something to share with people who scoff at open source systems and distributed architecture [link]
@408jay » 11 Nov '12, 3pm
Building something? Best test it before putting it into production. [link]
@guyrbailey » 11 Nov '12, 1pm
Project ORCA - How not to run a ground game - or don't let people who know dick about social media run your campaigns [link]
@Sal_Terrae » 11 Nov '12, 1pm
How a spectacular system failure contributed to Romney's loss. [link]
@winterstein » 11 Nov '12, 9am
Romney apptastrophy: a repulican campaigner tells how their "gamechanger" Project Orca app was a fail whale [link]
@DhirenSalian » 11 Nov '12, 8am
Yep, you still need to do a UAT before rollout. [link]