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Washington D.C 2009 Inauguration

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I better make this short, because I have to get up in 4 1/2 hours to get in line to see Barack Obama sworn in! I actually got to see him this morning. He was doing community service a block over from where I am staying (thanks for the hospitality Samantha). I wanted to post pictures from today. I also wanted to give one last plug for the face book app Sapient (that’s me and my developers) have developed!. Tomorrow it will be huge. It will pull in twitter, youTube, sms, and Flickr photos realtime As well as stream the NPR national broadcast of the event. All I have to say is thank you Andy Carvin, NPR, and the Inauguration Report for the opportunity to create something I am proud of. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell your folks! Check out the app on Facebook:

http://apps.facebook.com/inaugreport/

Update:

You can now view photos of the actual event hear.

We almost did not make it in past the gates, we were one of the fortunate few who made it past the purple gate.

Washington DC

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Heading down to DC to witness history!

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I haven’t updated in a bit, but it’s with good reason. I have been working on a facebook app that shows content from the Inauguration. I am heading to the events and I am very excited. But I will save my views and experiences for a later post. For the time being I will be posting content to http://inaugurationreport.com. This site is an aggregate of content form people attending the event. It is produced by NPR as a follow up to initiative rolled out at during the elections “Vote Report”. Read more here about “inaug09″  and what it means.

Jumping on my plane from Dallas to DC! So this post is rushed…. But hopefully still informative. Please read about the facebook app that Sapient is working on to support the event below. Right now you can see a bunch of pics I have been uploading during my trip.

“Facebook App to support the initiative.

http://apps.facebook.com/inaugreport/

The App still has some bugs. But you can look at peoples pics going to the event, txts about what is going on in DC as well as listen to the live broadcast of the events on Tuesday. Think of it as the peoples view, instead of ABCs and NBCs. Content is uploaded from people at the event. NPR is streaming the audio broadcast.

Right now you can listen to the Neighborhood ball on the app. Check out the event here:

http://www.pic2009.org/blog/entry/the_first-ever_neigbhorhood_ball/

Please fwd along, and listen along on Tuesday ( I will be there in DC!)

Thanks
Marc Van Norden”

Celtics – Lakers Finals: Game 3

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Building up to this series has been great. I said if the Celtics didn’t make the Eastern Conference Finals the season would be a disappointment. They did not let me down. Watching every game was a heaven. Going from worst to first (the largest turn around in NBA history) was incredible. Watching them run thru the West (particularly the Texas sweep of Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston) gave us confidence. And then it was 2 seven game series thru the East.

Living in LA has made it that much better. There has been a buzz and a little over confidence by Laker fans, those ridiculous car flags, and even the colors purple and gold, all bug the hell out of me. That with the fact every person at ESPN picked the Lakers (except Tim Legler). Then we won both games at home, with some help in game 2 from the refs. Going to LA you knew it was going to be close to impossible to win the first game. Our struggles on the road, compounded by the fact the refs would return the favor made it a long shot to win. It was a must win situation for the Lakers, which made it a great game. The Celtics lost, but that will not take away from my first NBA Finals game. A great experience overall.

Soon to be 2008 NBA Champs