As the big game starts, I am at the Super Bowl Social Media Command Center going through photos from the last two weeks. I’ve been at the office every day, but was able to spend some time enjoying the festivities with family and friends. It has been a crazy time – here are some highlights via photos.
I’m not a huge sports fan, but it has been amazing to be here and involved!
In 2008, I went to the State Fair.
I saw many things.
I saw many things I wanted to post to Twitter.
I had intended these to be tweets from the state fair, but things where happening too rapidly, so I spoke them into Jott. Now it is 2009, and another trip has been made. This year I was too busy witnessing the sheer joy of a 4 year old on the Tilt a Whirl to pay any attention to the other ridiculousness, so I will share my observations from the past.
Anyway, here we go, love ‘em or leave ‘em.
“Hey fair band – we don’t need the bios of the whole band, save it for your Wikipedia page” – This actually turned into a funny idea for my wife’s “Save it for your blog” shirts.
“Fat kids at the fair.” - Enough Said.
“Favorite part of the fair? They guy yelling “HEY!” at a crowd of thousands of people and expecting his friend to respond.”
“I am so glad that we picked High School Cheerleader day to come to the fair.”
“A lady just referred to the giant pig in the pig barn as “some sausage”"
“Excuse me sir, you weigh 450 lbs, easy. Maybe the Mountain Dew isn’t such a good idea.”
“High School kids are playing the pick up the duck game… and they don’t get it. Pick up a duck. Pick out a prize. It is for 3 year olds.”
Next year I will try to be a bit quicker on the draw. I did manage to tweet out that MC Hammer was playing though.
A quick commentary on this great example of event reporting via Twitter.
“RT BrentDPayne: I just confirmed that @jkrums sold his photo 2 the AP. I guess LATimes.com attempted 2 purchase bu t was 2 late. ” from http://twitter.com/brianwyrick/status/112280555
Translation? This photo was taken right after Flight 1549 hit the Hudson river yesterday, from one of the first boats on the scene. This photo has been seen by over 70,000 people as I am typing this, and this guy has been interviewed by MSNBC and has sold his photo to the Associated Press.
At the exact same time, this photo was taken across the water:
How great is it that we can see two angles of this event in almost real time, and that while I was watching Fox News’s coverage in the evening news, I knew more than they did!
-Brian