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DNC: The Twitter National Convention: The Democratic National Convention holds the honor of being the first presidential convention featuring Twitter, the microblogging site launched in 2006. Many prominent journalists, bloggers, and tech-savvy people are using Twitter to share their thoughts in fewer than 141 characters. Here are some of the more interesting observations, or “tweets,” on the Democratic National Convention that have been published so far.
Also, follow the search results for #DNC08 on Twitter. It was pretty cool to watch hundreds of reactions fly by during last night’s speeches.
Making The Wire: The HBO series The Wire, a panoramic view of Baltimore through its drug world, schools, government, seaport, and newspaper, has been widely acknowledged as one of the greatest television dramas ever produced. To mark the release of the final season on DVD, the Museum of the Moving Image presented a panel, Making “The Wire”. (via)
“According to Wikipedia, The Wire is Obama’s favorite show, and Omar is his favorite character.” - Awesome.
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