Inauguration 2009 – Washington D.C | Day 4

These are the last of the photos from a great trip. I lost my ID flying into DC, lost my iPhone flying out of DC, and on top of that I stood in one spot for 6 hours freezing and got sick. But none of that could ruin the experience. I just kind of realize that it has been so easy to be negative about so many things. And sometimes it’s easier if you just let it go. (not my iPhone though….I think I might be getting it back!)

I would like to take the time to thank all the people who where appreciative of the live commentary and updates during the event. It was nice to be able to convey my thoughts and emotions during this historic event, and to provide a different lens for people who could not make it. It made the whole experience that much more gratifying.

Thank You

Lasty, while I do not have my iPhone, I have not been able to upload to the FB app. but people are still uploading content. It is a really great cross section of peoples perspectives.

http://apps.facebook.com/inaugreport

Enjoy the pictures

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Washington D.C 2009 Inauguration | The Event

All I can say is there was a range of emotions from todays events. Some people followed them liveĀ  thru twitter or thru my FB updates (thanks for the encouragment and appreciation). A lot of the the content from the days events can be seen here in this Facebook app.

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

When I got back, I have to say I was amazed at the diversity of the uploads. Babies at home, Classrooms across the country, home (and warm) tv sets. It is worth a look. I wanted to take the opportunity to post the photos from todays event. My words right now cannot describe the experience. But the person I was with Emily Brewer did a fabulous job of crystalizing some of her thoughts. You can read them here More to come. Tomorrow the Smithsonian and the AeroSpace Museum (hopefully).

Washington DC – DAY 2

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Washington D.C 2009 Inauguration

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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