Obama's Mile High acceptance speech

Here's a remarkable photo from last night, from the NY Times coverage of Obama's speech -- beautiful imagery to match the sparkling oratory...



And, once again, for your listening and viewing pleasure:

Follow the convention commentary by Tweet

Just thought I would share with you what I think is really a neat way to watch the convention coverage -- and keep running tabs on what people are saying about it at the same time.

I sat at home last night with my iPhone in hand, open to the Twitteriffic App, and my TV set to C-Span (no commercials/no pundits) with picture-in-picture tuned to CNN (commercials and wall-to-wall punditry by people I'm getting just a tad sick of listening to/shouting back at). I can say that I only rarely switched to CNN to catch reaction from the usual suspects -- cause I sure do prefer the 2 cents of my peeps as they tweet in real time.

But I think I'll try this tonight...


My sense is, this TwitScoop concept would let me see a lot more people tweeting about the convention (you simply add the text "#dnc08" to the message you send to Twitter, and then this site will scoop it up with all the other messages tagged with this ad hoc code for Democratic National Convention 2008). Now of course, this may become annoying if trolls start to invade (like what happened with the #dontgo tag a while back -- poor GOP/Astroturfers!). But why not give it a try?

At a minimum, this will be a good way to find people I'd like to follow. I have a feeling a few people found me this way last night, as I received some new followers since those 2-3 hours I spent contributing my (IMHO) brilliant running commentary last night.

Hooking you up with Jen-feed from Denver!

OK, here are some connections now:

Join the JenGoesToDenver Facebook group

Check out Jen's Flickr photostream

See video's from Jen's channel posted to YouTube

Best of all (IMHO), follow Jen on Twitter -- and get your own account so you can tweet back to her while you watch convention coverage on TV in CT!

And here is Jen's first convention-related video:



Now, let's see if I can get Jen's latest photos from the convention to appear right here in this post....

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Woodbridge represents in Den-Vah!

Yes, our little town is well represented at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week, with two members of the Woodbridge Democratic Town Committee serving as Obama delegates from the CT-3rd Congressional District. Here's a snapshot of Jen Just (front row, wearing tan skirt) and Jerry Weiner (back row, far right) along with the rest of the state delegation.


I'll try to post some links to more material from Denver as it rolls in. In the meantime, remember you can contribute to help defray travel costs by using the ChipIn link, below.

Help send Jen to Denver - an easy way to pitch-in

Okay, everyone who would like a piece of the action as Woodbridge's own Jen Just takes off for her trek to Denver as a delegate from CT's 3rd Congressional District -- here's your chance!

"Friends of Jen" have set up an official 'Chip In' to help defray Jen's hotel costs. We're aiming to raise $500 dollars and EVERYONE is invited to chip in whatever you can. Really, even $5 will help build the fund, and get you in on the ground floor of this Excellent Adventure in Participatory Democracy:



Who is Jen -- and Who Are These Friends of Hers? Well, we wrote about her nomination to represent the CT 3rd CD in a post here earlier this year... Look for more details, coming soon (hint; video interview with Jen? Hhhmmmm...).

Or, you can visit Jen's own LiveJournal: Jen on the Obama Trail to read more, in the first person vein.

Obama's "never gonna tell a lie and hurt you"

Yeah, OK. I'm feeling a bit disheartened by the whole Edwards revelation news...

On the other hand, in his latest speech, Obama says:

We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment is what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

That's right -- you been Barack-Rick-Rolled!