After president-elect Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech on election night, I headed over to Union Square to take part in the celebrations. Here is some audio of the festivities.
My photos from the evening on Flickr.
Tag: Obama
I watched the Obama-McCain debate tonight, while chatting on AIM with my ITP classmates. Rather amusing indeed, the best part was when both candidates compared their accessories collection.
“I HAVE A BRACELET TOO!” Are bracelets from military families the new yellow ribbons or flag pins?
Show your patriotism with an “I HAVE A BRACELET” T-shirt. Buying stuff is patriotic too.
More on the bracelet battle from Reuters.
And from Michelle Malkin of all people.
Yesterday, I attended a forum on democracy, politics and participation online hosted by OneWebDay at NYU Law School. The forum was part of Internet Week in New York. I have uploaded the entire panel discussion as a podcast for you to experience yourselves.
The Panelists:
Baratunde Thurston – Comedian, Pundit; Web Editor, The Onion
Andrew Rasiej – Founder, Personal Democracy Forum
Jay Rosen – Professor, NYU Department of Journalism; Founder, New Assignment.net
Moderator: Allison Fine – Author, Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age