When it comes to new integrations with technology and politics there is a buzz in the air and it is coming from people’s pockets. Among two of the first-ever North American conferences on the integration of the mobile medium with politics took place back to back this September. Last Tuesday (Sept 13th) the Institute of Politics Democracy and the Internet (IPDI) launched their Politics-to-Go Handbook: A Guide to Using Mobile Technology in Politics with a four-hour event that featured a dual panel discussion with mobile industry luminaries from both the commercial and public arena.

The event also featured practical examples by maintaining a mobile website (from which people could register) and a moblog (which allowed people to take pictures at the event with their camera phones and immediately post them to a blog via MMS or Email).

I have spent the last week reading over the “Handbook” -- enough time to determine that it is truly 131 pages, written by a plethora of the industries top innovators and thinkers from around the world, of everything you need to know about implementing the mobile medium for your next political agenda.