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Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd's Presidential campaign rolled out a web site change Monday and announced the hiring of Matt Browner-Hamlin as chief blogger.

Browner-Hamlin is an experienced blogger who has contributed to The Huffington Post, My Left Nutmeg and The Right's Field. He plans to travel with Sen. Dodd and offer updates from the campaign trail.

The Dodd campaign, under the direction of internet strategist Tim Tagaris, has been innovative in their implementation of web-based tech tools. They initiated a live two-way conversation between viewers of the first Presidential debate and staff. The technology used for that was, at the time, a month old.

The updated campaign site uses the regular suspects of social networking - facebook, flickr, MySpace and YouTube. The campaign is also trying a fewer of the newer technologies. Browner-Hamlin says he'll be utilizing Twitter to post updates directly to the site's front page. In addition, the campaign plans experimentation with UStream. When the beta web app is working properly, it enables embedding of live video streams.