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INAUGURATION 2.0: OBAMA KICKS IT NEW SCHOOL by Marauder

INAUGURATION 2.0: OBAMA KICKS IT NEW SCHOOL

So in true Obama interweb style, the inaugural events have been promoted with the kind of digital fervor this little blogstress looks forward to. And if you want Shepard Fairey’s newest limited edition Obama poster (above), click on the image for a link to the site. Buy it there for $20 which is a whole lot less than the $100 on other sites.

And now, I bring you Obamania 2.0:

Online

Can’t get tickets to the ball? Can’t get a flight to DC for less than $1000? (I just did a search on Orbitz from LA to DC and couldn’t find anything less than $1,200) Watch the ball online for the first time in presidential history. I love these first time presidential digital moments. If I had a child, this could be as exciting as witnessing the first steps.

On top of watching the ball live, you can watch the inauguration itself on the 20th in several places:

• CNN.com & Facebook (above) à So far, this is the most comprehensive online offering I’ve found. Coverage begins at 8AM EST and continues through the swearing-in ceremony at 12PM EST
• CBSnews.com & Cnet.com

• Fox News
• MSNBC News

And finally, HBO is bringing you on-air and online access to the pre-inauguration concert on Sunday.  Viewers can watch online live at 2:30 or at 7.  Or watch on air for the full screen experience.

Mobile

Get continuous mobile updates on your cell.

Or…

Watch the inauguration via iPhone with uStream’s upcoming launching application to be live 1/20 in time for the inauguration itself.

Or…

Download the Point About Inauguration iPhone app to stay on top of events in the DC area if you’re making the trip.  This location-based app gives you some generic features like a countdown to the inauguration and your distance from the steps of the inauguration.  But more useful will be metro and parking garage locations, Wi-fi hot spots, and Zagat guide.  For the out-of-towner like me, it’s my in-the-know-DC-best-friend in my pocket.

In Theatres

MSNBC will be bringing inaugural Obamania to a big screen near you. 27 theatres around the country will be providing MNBC’s new coverage on the big screen from 11a – 3:30 ET capturing the inauguration and the parade. Free tickets are available here.

Coffee Shops (seriously…)

On top of broadcasting to movie theatres, MSNBC will be simulcasting to 650 Starbucks’ in New York, San Francisco and Seattle. Inauguration with your tall non-fat latte? No problem.

Obamania 2.0 = Democracy

Or at least a better version of it than the one we’re used to. If democracy is rule by an entire people, then empowering those people with information to this degree with push us that much closer. This much passion in our government not only instills pride but pushes all of us to move in a better direction. I can’t wait for those Freakanomic guys to some day write about the economic effect.

We at Daily Marauder will be in DC next week for the inauguration. It’s nice to know that all of you will be with us.

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