experiencing history…online.

Last night while my friends were out making party at bars, in Time Square, at election parties in every nook and cranny of New York, I was at home dorking out. Yup. I was on Twitter non-stop, I was facebooking, I was watching current tv, I was reading blogs…oh yeah and I had the tv on too. I was tuned in, plugged in, and communicating about it all with as many people as I could.

I have so much to write about as far as what I experienced, the communication that happened, and how exciting it was to be a part of this election in cyberspace, but to begin I’ll start with the shallow ‘omfg it’s me!’ part:

election night 2008 on Gawker

Thats right…I was on Gawker last night. While tweeting with fellow nerds I came across a link. Gawker was asking for election night party photos, and although I lacked the party part of that request, I was still watching the election…so why not, right? I sent in a random photobooth picture I took in about 30 seconds, not thinking it would actually get posted, but I’m guessing their submission level was extremely low (as most people were not sitting at home blogging, micro-blogging, and social networking on this historic night). So, low and behold they posted it! HA. Please take a moment to laugh at the ridiculousness of this photo, especially after knowing that there were absolutely no substances involved, just a lot of dorking out:)

The election night on Twitter is my next subject, but my screen shots are on my other computer, so that post will have to wait.

terrific eye candy

Here’s my second post in my “appreciate it” category:

Two of my very good friends, one of which was my roommate for a little bit when I first moved to Brooklyn, started this site over a year ago: (terrific, whistle) is their baby; it’s what they do when they aren’t working at Magnum Photos and Powerhouse Books.

(terrific, whistle) is a plethora of photography, multimedia(the same type I discussed in my first “appreciate it” post about MediaStorm), and videos. The two of them take wonderfully stimulating photos that are a pleasure to look through. Lately they have been focusing more on their multimedia projects, which I have no qualms with because I love watching them!

The site isn’t jam packed full of too-much-to-look-at, so you can easily spend a few minutes a day without getting completely overwhelmed with the feeling like you are never going to be able to see everything on there. I would definitely recommend checking it out, it’s a fun site to add to you del.icio.us and go back to occassionally.

My only wish is that they would upload more videos, because the videos that I’ve seen outside of (terrific, whistle) are amazing and I would love them to be on the site so everyone could see them.