Random thoughts and 411 on the DNC.

Open the newspaper today and it is just a barrage of DNC news.  Lot’s of interesting facts about how “green” the event is going to be, where local celebs, politico’s and the sort like to hang out, street closures, free bike use, how the event will be covered, and the happenings of the Big Tent!  Phew… I feel totally and completely informed!  Way to go Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News!

A lot of talk surrounding Obama’s choice of a running mate in Biden.  Don’t you love those people that are like, I totally knew it was going to be Biden!  Thanks, arm chair quarterback!  If you were fortunate enough to score a ticket to the acceptance speech on Thursday and have enough patience to sort through all of street closures, etc…I think it is going to be well worth your all day dedication to getting there.

OK, so what I did find really interesting was the social media bend.  And of course that caught my eye, as that is a big part of what I do everyday.  The convention being covered not only by local news and world news, but minute by minute through blogger’s, tweeter’s, and texter’s.  Do you think the local paper will eventually turn into one big tweet, in lots of 140 character segments?  I hope not actually, there is still something I love about reading the paper, sorting through all the articles I want to read, turning the pages, critiquing the writing style, etc…I just don’t think you get all that electronically when you are looking for the “whole story experience..”  However, I absolutely love Twitter and the like, and I think it is very cool to pop out a thought, a tiny url, a twitpic -and I love that during the week when I don’t have th luxury of turning the pages of the paper that the convention for me will be depicted in quick, to the point, tweets.  There is a great article I just read this morning about New Media and the effects it is having on how news is disseminated, whether government will be attuned to New Media and how the general public will accept New Media.  Check it out here.

Enjoy the craziness, the historical factor, the interesting diversity our city will display in the next week, the efforts into greening this convention, the use of social media as a form of news, the all around buzz that Denver will possess.  Have patience-stay away if you don’t- and enjoy history in the making!

Go Obama!