Inauguration 2.0

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-01-20 08:28:00 UTC
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This is the first presidential inauguration ever conducted with the buzz and swarm of social media. Twitter, Facebook, and basically every other site on the web where people can talk to one another are alive with reflections, excitement, and a generally nonstop stream of chatter. Here's your guide to some of the most interesting content:

1. Twitter

The king of social media for events like this is Twitter. To get a nonstop stream of people messaging about the inauguration, check out the Twitter Search page, or alternately check out Tweet Grid. To get a sense of just how much chatter there is, 189 new messages have been posted since I started typing this paragraph less than a minute ago. You can also follow the official Inauguration Committee account @obamainaugural.

2. The Inauguration on Tumblr

Tumblr is a short blogging service for quick multimedia content updates that fit somewhere between a Tweet and a full blog post. The Presidential Inauguration Committee integrated a live Tumblr feed on the official Inauguration site. There are some really cool celebratory photos, like this one:

3. InaugurationReport09

InaugurationReport09 is a tool for searching and filtering the continuous stream of social media about the inauguration. The filter tool is cool, as you can limit things based on location, event, etc.

4. The Presidential Pledge

A cool initiative launched by MySpace and Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst Media designed to inspire people to pledge to serve their country. The first set of pledge are all from celebrities, but MySpace is asking all of its members to make pledges and aggregating the content.

What are other cool resources?

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Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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