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Going to the Inauguration? Tech You!
Flickr Photo: TravlrAfter I sent out a message announcing our Drupal Webinar Series, my in-box filled up with "Isn't the first one of those scheduled for Inauguration Day? Aren't you going?" messages. It was only after I started composing an auto-responding "Hey, buddy, some of us have to work" snark that I realized I was jealous.
While we will be projecting coverage on the wall here at the NTEN office, those of you actually attending can help the rest of us share in the inaugural experience, social media-style.
We're still days away, but you can try to make the time go faster by participating in Slate's "The People's Inaugural Address", an experiment in collaborative writing. Then, you have to get there, which may be no easy task. To help:
Community Tweets in the SoCal Fires
Flickr Photo From: thedpqThe fires in Southern California are a tremendous tragedy. I've heard estimates that up to 500,000 people have been asked to evacuate their homes.
As this is one of the most tech-saturated areas of the country, though, it's interesting to see how many individuals and organizations are turning to the web to organize, share, and emote.
I asked the NTEN community to tell me what they were watching yesterday. Here are a few of the things you told me: