Flickr Photo: TravlrAfter I sent out a message announcing our Drupal Webinar Series, my in-box filled up with "Isn't the first one of those scheduled for Inauguration Day? Aren't you going?" messages. It was only after I started composing an auto-responding "Hey, buddy, some of us have to work" snark that I realized I was jealous.

While we will be projecting coverage on the wall here at the NTEN office, those of you actually attending can help the rest of us share in the inaugural experience, social media-style.

We're still days away, but you can try to make the time go faster by participating in Slate's "The People's Inaugural Address", an experiment in collaborative writing. Then, you have to get there, which may be no easy task. To help:

It's photosharing day in the We Are Media toolbox festival!

Does your organization run any events? Do you hire a photographer? We used to. Now, each year at the NTC, we ask our colleagues to upload any digital photos they take into Flickr, and to tag those photos with 07NTC / 08NTC / etc. (and NTEN).

The major down side is that we don't always get the high resolution images we might want for a printed piece of collateral.

But there are many more up sides than down sides. I can't think of a better way to show the energy and enthusiasm of our community than through their own photos! Also, we get a much broader range of photos than we would from a single photographer. Finally, when the photos are in a service like Flickr, we can use them in a multitude of ways.