GOP Convention: First Night Post-Mortem

Interesting analysis from the convention floor in Minneapolis by TPMTV

Obama Speech Post-Mortem

From the field at Ivesco Stadium, TPMTV commentary after the Obama acceptance speech.

Flooding with Fay

Qikker BBrooks ain’t talking, but we’re betting that this is footage of the current downpour of Biblical proportions taking place right now in Florida.

Flooding in Florida

From DirtyBird1977: Looks like video of flooding in Florida from tropical storm Fay. Note the crazy with kayaks in his pickup.

Scoble: New Media Expo Videoblog Test

UberQikker Robert Scoble describes Qik to an audience at New Media Expo. And trust me, having now seen thousands of them, this is hardly the “most boring videoblog ever.”

C-Span: Democratic Convention Location

Live feed from C-Span2, scouting the Denver location of next week’s Democratic Party Convention. Interesting to see the proximity of the convention center and the stadium where Obama will deliver his acceptance speech. And you just know the nearby amusement park, with its roller coaster, is going to be used as a metaphor by an endless number of reporters . . .

UFO?

Indian Qikker BeingTarak seems to have come up with a new use for Qik technology: capturing video images of ephemeral phenomena. Now, frankly, this just looks like a plane with wing lights but ooooooooooooooooooo you never know. Anyway, if you do happen to use your Qikked cellphone to capture that elusive image of the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot or Martians, try to also capture some surrounding geographic features in order to show context, scale, etc.

“X-Files” premiere, London

Qikker Gia Miliinovich gets — briefly — up close and personal with star David Duchovny

Scoble: Sen. Tom Coburn

Qikker Robert Scoble interviews Senator (Dr.) Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) in the U.S. Capitol.

Velocity 2008

From Therman in Burlingame, CA: Mandy Walls of AOL talks about “Actionable Logging”

Vienna: Victory Celebration

from Skylab: This is the celebration in the streets of Vienna after Turkey defeated Croatia 3-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the European (Soccer) Championship

Station Tour: KITS-FM

A quick tour of the offices of “The Woody Show”, Live105 in San Francisco, plus a discussion of the Coldplay copyright theft controversy.

Newsroom

A quick pan of the newsroom at the Sacramento Bee. It’s a long ways from the days of open desks and aisles, clattering Royal typewriters, the concussion of the pressurized tubes carrying stories from editorial to composing, and reporters shouting “Copyboy!” to scurrying pages . . .

High School Graduation

There it is, the classic high school graduation, Anywhere USA: The chairs on the football field, the parents in the bleachers, latecomers wandering on the track . . .the camera pans to capture the scoreboard and the high school buildings beyond. Just perfect.

Fresno Bee: College World Series

Fresno State beats Rice, 17-5. Closes with a double play and handshakes after a little tension earlier.

Humboldt Fire

Interview by the Sacramento Bee with a nearby resort manager.

John McCain, NH town hall meeting

Live coverage from the Nashua Telegraph

London: Nokia Concept Store

Norway’s MrThanki gives us a quick video tour of Nokia’s new Applesque ‘concept’ store. Looks like it’s in the shopping mall at Victoria Station.

Fire in Humboldt County, California

Shot by Manny Crisostomo of the Sacramento Bee.

TechCrunch: Jobs on stage

A little rough, but Arrington got better audio than most.

TechCrunch: Live at Apple WWDC

Arrington posts — very clear imagery. Nicely done, Michael.

Electrical Fire in Western Springs, IL

Is there anything more unnerving than an electrical fire? It can both burn you and electrocute you at the same time. It makes creepy sounds, too. And no one seems to know how to put one out . . .

Techcrunch: Qik’s new announcement

Qik co-founder Bhaskar Roy tells Michael Arrington about Qik’s announcement today of the expansion of platforms for Qik technology.

Scoble talks with AT&T’s CTO

Scoble wanders the streets of San Francisco down by the Ferry Building and talks with AT&T Chief Technical Officer John Donovan about 3G, etc.

Techcrunch: GMail Labs Announced

Arrington talks with Google GMail product manager, Todd Jackson, about today’s announcement of the new GMail Labs application design tools.

Techcrunch: Google busts Arrington

Our friend Michael Arrington tries to explain to Google, that emblem of New Media, that barring videos but allowing note-taking at a company press conference is completely nuts. Google, as is increasingly the case these days, is inflexible. BTW, take it from this 30 year newspaper veteran: those skinny reporter’s notebooks are worthless. . .

Chaos and Injuries at Sacramento election party

Sacramento Bee reporter covers what may be an explosion or crash at Mayor Heather Fargo’s election party.

Chaos at Sacramento Mayoral Election

Some kind of accident has occured at Mayor Heather Fargo’s election party.

Mayoral Primary in Sacramento

Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo speaks on election night. Hang on, things are about to take a strange turn. Coverage by the Sacramento Bee.

Spore “Tribal Phase” Preview

A sneak preview of Electronic Arts’ Spore: Tribal Phase, due for introduction in early September