New Ron Paul iPhone app Udpate!!!!!!

[Bruise_Lii]

Hi guys,
Just wanted to let you all know that the new Ron Paul iPhone app update came out today.

In addition to news, Austrian Economics, twitter, and all the other stuff on the first version of the app, the new update includes chat, Ron Paul's Facebook page, more content, and almost zero bugs. I've also updated the books tab to include Ron Paul's recommended reading list, and the top libertarian and austrian economics books.

Right now, the app costs $1 so that I can continue to make updates and finish the Ron Paul app for the Android platform. Also, we have a better chance of getting into the top 25 as a paid app rather than a free app. If you feel that $1 is too much, shoot me an email and I can send you a promo code so you can get the app for free. If I run out of promo codes I will seriously send you a dollar. Just please get the app and leave a review so that we can get Ron Paul into the top 25 and make him a primary Presidential Candidate for 2012.

Also, in case anybody was wondering, the app has had over 700 downloads to date. Thank you all for your support. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for future app updates at [email protected]

Thanks,
Dan Chen

 

[torchbearer]

thanks for the update!

 

[Koz]

Let me know when the Android app is available.

 

[AdamT]

Looking forward to getting the Android app (Moto Droid).

 

[bkreigh]

Just purchased it.

 

[silus]

Can any phone get apps? God I suck at technology. nevermind.

 

[JamesButabi]

Also looking forward to android. (moto droid)

 

[0zzy]

Android RonPaulForums.com plz!

 

[GunnyFreedom]

wow! have you thought about exporting cleaned versions of this for other Ron Paul candidates?

 

[ultimaonliner]

@OP

I'm assuming you got Ron Paul's permission to use his name and likeness for your app's name and icon? Otherwise you may put him in an awkward position since you can't legally do this. A famous person's name is their property and you have to get a license permitting you to profit from their celebrity. Most celebs will immediately send a cease and desist letter, eg the Chuck Norris app.

I'm not a lawyer, but there may be an exception for free apps if they are considered for fans of a celebrity. Otherwise every developer would just call their apps "Ron Paul" or "Obama" and make money from the name recognition.

 

[bobbyw24]

Let me know when the Android app is available.

Bump this

 

[itshappening]

you should ask RonPaul.com to sponsor the app and let them give it away free

imagine how many people will download it and the message will spread

 

[FunkBuddha]

Waiting on the Android app as well.

 

[Kludge]

Otherwise you may put him in an awkward position since you can't legally do this. A famous person's name is their property and you have to get a license permitting you to profit from their celebrity. Most celebs will immediately send a cease and desist letter, eg the Chuck Norris app.

Some things are illegal immorally. I'd immediately lose all respect for RP if he tried that, and then I'd probably go into another "everything I know is wrong" schizo loop and end up crying in the corner of a cement room again.

Cheers, OP!

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I would kill for a liberty candidate campaign "Contact Management System" with rich media that fit on an iPad

ETA - Liberty Candidate Campaign Management Tool and actually try and model everything. share a single database with 3 devices and one desktop. iPhone in the deep field, iPad on the canvass (can show movies etc) and any PC, POSIX, or Mac, at HQ.

Picture a liberty canvasser hitting a house and talking issues with the people inside, works on their vote and moves on. they type it into their iPad and all their notes go to a CMS and attach to the registered voter list by address.

four canvassers could do the work of 40

not to mention having a big clear video source on the canvass.

 

[nayjevin]

I would kill for a liberty candidate campaign "Contact Management System" with rich media that fit on an iPad

ETA - Liberty Candidate Campaign Management Tool and actually try and model everything. share a single database with 3 devices and one desktop. iPhone in the deep field, iPad on the canvass (can show movies etc) and any PC, POSIX, or Mac, at HQ.

Picture a liberty canvasser hitting a house and talking issues with the people inside, works on their vote and moves on. they type it into their iPad and all their notes go to a CMS and attach to the registered voter list by address.

four canvassers could do the work of 40

not to mention having a big clear video source on the canvass.

Very good ideas.

Personally I'd kinda feel like a census worker? And I'd be focusing on likely voters in past elections, which (now more than ever) is not representative of likely voters today.

I also would want to insure against all my efforts being neutralized by voter fraud. This via decentralization and diversification of projects.

I very much like the idea though - and am definitely in favor of liberty folk with mobile media - and those who do canvass having video on hand. I think the 'cold call' door to door has it's place - it's certainly proven effective in the past. I would think that is most true locally.

If you feel that $1 is too much, shoot me an email and I can send you a promo code so you can get the app for free. If I run out of promo codes I will seriously send you a dollar. Just please get the app and leave a review so that we can get Ron Paul into the top 25 and make him a primary Presidential Candidate for 2012.

That's awesome!

 

[Perry]

Thanks Dan. You got my $1.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Very good ideas.

Personally I'd kinda feel like a census worker? And I'd be focusing on likely voters in past elections, which (now more than ever) is not representative of likely voters today.

If you are doing it right, you should feel kinda like a Census worker, both are canvassing. The crucial data segment we were missing in 2008 was the back-end. Not what we were telling voters but what the voters were telling us.

Taking data out of the canvass encounter is probably 10x more important than taking data into a canvass encounter. We neglected that badly during RP08.

I also would want to insure against all my efforts being neutralized by voter fraud. This via decentralization and diversification of projects.

set it up on a usenet type backbone and make the whole thing peer to peer, like grassroots should be anyway.

Back to the data collected for voting day, Stuff like are you or are you not interested in early voting, and do you need help with that process? Will you need a ride to the polls on election day? Where are the polls? If we actually record that for every visit then the GOTV side will actually happen in a liberty campaign for once.

Not to mention I believe that a canvass should be as much a poll of the people as an introduction of the candidate, with (as much as possible) an actual conversation taking place with the body politic.

I very much like the idea though - and am definitely in favor of liberty folk with mobile media - and those who do canvass having video on hand. I think the 'cold call' door to door has it's place - it's certainly proven effective in the past. I would think that is most true locally.

I borrow a lot from RP08 but I kinda see things my own way sometimes. We neglected a structure for collecting feedback from the electorate on the canvass in 2008, and I think that hurt us. I intend to tie the campaign process into a real dialogue with the public, and to me that means bringing more data back from a canvass than you took in with you.

If I know before I knock on his door that John's thing is No Child Left Behind and he hates it, then we can reach him in seconds and start getting him excited about how to help kill it.

So say you were walking up to strange address #52 with no clue except the phone canvass shows Ray was laid off from automotive and looking for work. No opinion on Ron Paul. You ring the bell and ask if things have gotten better. if not talk about how Paul will restore open markets and that will put people back to work.

Just being able to recognize somebody by name can be huge. when I meet fifty-leven thousand people the names and faces become a blur. Some....tool... for digging his name out in 50 seconds.

 

[nayjevin]

Taking data out of the canvass encounter is probably 10x more important than taking data into a canvass encounter. We neglected that badly during RP08.

If I were designing such a thing, I am thinking it would be a simple list of contacts that voluntarily choose to be in it. First name or moniker, and preferred contact: i.e. anonymous email, disposable cell phone are still possible. When I ask, I would have the spreadsheet printout right there. Do you want to be in this database that coordinates? You can use anonymous methods if you choose, but I'll keep you informed on whatever you wish to be informed about.

Subscribe to keywords for updates this way without unwanted privacy issues. 'Glen2010' for instance. or 'Glen2010 Precinct Captains'. Use existing precinct records to find potential people - but don't retain the information. You don't need it! Face to face friendships that develop are not in the database.

set it up on a usenet type backbone and make the whole thing peer to peer, like grassroots should be anyway.

Would this truly protect the system? I don't know enough.

Back to the data collected for voting day, Stuff like are you or are you not interested in early voting, and do you need help with that process? Will you need a ride to the polls on election day? Where are the polls? If we actually record that for every visit then the GOTV side will actually happen in a liberty campaign for once.

Needing a ride would require address, but really only for the driver. That would be voluntary.

Not to mention I believe that a canvass should be as much a poll of the people as an introduction of the candidate, with (as much as possible) an actual conversation taking place with the body politic.

I absolutely agree with these sentiments. I'm convinced your approach will succeed - it matches your talents exceptionally.

I borrow a lot from RP08 but I kinda see things my own way sometimes. We neglected a structure for collecting feedback from the electorate on the canvass in 2008, and I think that hurt us.

Here is what I am going to do:

1. Bumper sticker
2. T-Shirt
3. Carry around an address book
4. Carry around flyers with a list of liberty candidate websites and RP2012 etc (give when people say Woot! Ron Paul right on!)
5. Carry around educational flyers about RP/issues (give when people say Who? What?)

Contact to remind of election dates, moneybombs, etc if they choose. Like once a month send out a little calendar or something.

If I know before I knock on his door that John's thing is No Child Left Behind and he hates it, then we can reach him in seconds and start getting him excited about how to help kill it.

This is extremely valuable. But no spreadsheet you could make on a person will match what they choose to type into google or youtube when they get interested, for instance.

So say you were walking up to strange address #52 with no clue except the phone canvass shows Ray was laid off from automotive and looking for work. No opinion on Ron Paul. You ring the bell and ask if things have gotten better. if not talk about how Paul will restore open markets and that will put people back to work.

Just being able to recognize somebody by name can be huge. when I meet fifty-leven thousand people the names and faces become a blur. Some....tool... for digging his name out in 50 seconds.

I'm afraid that's priveledged information. Need to know basis.

 

[Bruise_Lii]

I have thought about it

wow! have you thought about exporting cleaned versions of this for other Ron Paul candidates?

I might be able to just add a tab that list the liberty contacts and provides links, but I haven't really figured out a good way to do it yet. I could also try to come up with a new app but I'm currently overwhelmed with updating the Ron Paul app and creating the android version. If you can think of a good way for me to implement liberty candidates into the Ron Paul app, shoot me an email at [email protected] and I will definitely see what I can do. Currently I am working on a couple bugs and making the aesthetics better but I am all for adding more content.
Also, a lot of the liberty candidates get mentioned in the activism tab, and I've added a contacts tab that makes it easy for us to contact our representatives, so I hope that helps for right now.

Thanks,
Dan Chen