Barack Obama’s inauguration will be televised. It will also be tweeted, live-streamed and simulated in virtual worlds.
This bodes well for those eager to participate in Tuesday’s festivities without risking frostbite or braving the troubling ratio of port-a-potties available for the millions of political party-goers expected to descend on the nation’s capital Tuesday.
Here at Bits, we’ve compiled a list of some of the inaugural happenings around the Web. Let us know which events we missed in the comments below.
Live Streams: The New York Times will be live-streaming Mr. Obama’s speech from its home page; video Web sites Hulu and Joost are among the other sites broadcasting Tuesday’s events.
Live Tweeting: Similar to its coverage of the presidential debates, Current TV is partnering with micro-blogging site Twitter to showcase inaugural day musings from the Twitter universe, in 140 ch