insights from the digital future
Check out another project I did for the San Jose Mercury News this summer — a look at the 2007 Yahoo Design Expo.
In other news, light blogging continues as I aggressively pursue the dream. New opportunities abound now that I’ve returned to Los Angeles. In lieu of blogging, I’m having fun keeping up with my peeps via twitter and Facebook. Join me.
A couple truly outstanding videos came out of the unexpected police action during the May 1 Immigration Rights Rally at MacArthur Park on Wilshire and Alvarado Streets in LA, Tuesday. So, good, and important to see, that I’m compelled to offer them below.
The first video puts you right in the action, a great piece of live journalism by GameJew, aka Jonathan Mann.
Unbelievable to see cops chasing people like this.
The second video was shot by Sasha Constanza-Chock (his written account of the experience is here. The disturbing footage begins at about 2:00.
MayDay Immigration Rights Rally Melee, MacArthur Park, Los Angeles [ 3:21 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
I posted a nice long interview with James Joyner of Outside the Beltway at LAist. Other videos are going up (as well as more blog posts) on the Knight blog for the Politics and Cyberspace conference that I am covering for them.
Finally, if you’re in LA, drop me a line if you’d like an invite to a little BBQ I’m having this Saturday afternoon to celebrate the end of grad school.
Barack Obama ended his speech at a Feb. 20 LA rally with a shout-out to students who formed the Students for Barack Obama Facebook group. Along with Facebook and the social networking/fundraising hub http://my.barackobama.com, the Obama campaign is diving headfirst into a Web 2.0-driven campaign.
More campaign ’08 coverage and video here.