tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37650952009-11-20T05:33:40.826-07:00Occasional videos by a poet, podcaster, and photographer living in downtown Denver and Cambridge, Mass.Len Edgerlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956042153633161134noreply@blogger.comBlogger565125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765095.post-53505180461950084252009-09-18T20:59:00.001-06:002009-09-18T20:59:00.184-06:00

Click to Play A demonstration of what it's like to borrow a loaded Kindle from the Belmont, Mass., Public Library. Filmed on September 16, 2009.

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First impressions of my Kindle DX, which arrived today. And a comparison of screen contract among the Kindle 1, Kindle 2, and DX. Plus: the DX's cursor seems to be a lot speedier moving up and down the page, compared with the Kindle 2.

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Clay Shirky may have made history today at South by Southwest when he digitally "signed" my Kindle copy of his book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations.

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Staff of the Denver's Manual High School magazine, Boom!, talk about their work on the final makeup day at Matter, a studio owned by Rick Griffith who donated time and staff to help the students create the high-quality magazine.

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Matter Studio in Denver opened its doors today for a layout session of students and volunteers working on Boom, the magazine of Manual High School in Denver. It was a long day of many creative decisions, high energy, and some tasty Thai food for lunch. To be continued...

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A crack in a window of our high-rise apartment in Denver led to an impressive display of acrobatic installation skills by a crew from EAP Glass of Golden, Colorado. Thanks to Gerardo Martinez, Rory Valley, Kevin Bowles, and Jack Murphy for a job well done!

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My Kindle 2 (and my wife's) arrived a day early, on February 24, 2009. Here is the go-getting and un-boxing video...

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Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal speaks from the heart about the role of art, in the conclusion of his address to the Governor's Arts Awards banquet at Little America Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Feb. 13, 2008.

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A wintery walk in Cambridge past the house where T.S. Eliot lived when he was teaching at Harvard.

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Dave Lester, CEO and a cofounder of Treeless Systems, is a neighbor of mine in Denver who is working on an exciting startup that will bring the full newspaper reading experience (and much more) to a digital, flexible reader the size of a standard newspaper page. The company is still in modified stealth mode, four years from full commercial development, so this is one of Dave's first public

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My wife and I ended a long run of volunteer work for the Obama campaign by helping to set up a satellite office in Denver the last few days before the election. This episode gives a behind-the-scenes look at the enthusiasm and hard work that went into the candidate's successful ground game in battleground states like Colorado.

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The 44th Head of the Charles Regatta was held this past weekend in Cambridge, Mass. I helped with transportation of the 130 umpires whose task was to assure a fair and safe event. The podcast includes excerpts from meetings of the umpires and scenes from the races that I found on YouTube. My favorites are the coxswain-cam videos uploaded by Mike Quinn. They give an up-close view of the Upper

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The Head of the Charles Regatta will be held October 18-19 here in Cambridge, Mass., on the Charles River. I am helping out with transportation of the umpires for the race, which will involve more than 7,000 rowers. I've been working on preparations from Denver until yesterday, when I arrived in Cambridge in time for the weekly meeting of volunteer chairs working on various aspects of the event

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Barack Obama in Golden, Colorado. My wife and I go door to door in Denver neighborhoods, and CNN's John King visits the 999 Bannock Street Obama office. All in a week's work when your state is a key battleground in the presidential election...

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I found myself surrounded by automotive journalists at a luncheon yesterday at Elway's Restaurant hosted by Ford Motor Company and the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press Association. Myself and another social media activist, Paul Swansen, were invited through the good offices of Scott Monty, Ford's new social networking/media guru. I Ustreamed the presentation by David Finnegan, marketing manager

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This is a portion of a talk I gave on August 19, 2008 to the Denver Area Podcasters. The idea was to convey lessons I've learned in starting a new Friday podcast, The Kindle Chronicles, available at the iTunes Store.My Colorado friend Goldie Katsu invited me to address the meeting, and she took my advice to heart by starting a very original new podcast called Goldie's Stories. Goldie is also

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Denver's 16th Street Pedestrian Mall on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention featured impassioned theological discussions and, mercifully, some music.

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Today's anti-abortion protest at the gate to the Pepsi Center perimeter was peaceful and orderly, thanks to preparation by both police and protesters. As I spent time editing these clips, I felt pride in America's Constitutional protection of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, along with common sense limits to such freedoms such as not permitting protesters to block others from getting

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Howard Dean answered a question about Arizona at a blogger BBQ today inside the perimeter of the Pepsi Center. I had a chance to attend as a guest of Dave Winer.This video and others I've done from the Democratic National Convention are being picked up by TheUptake, which has a talented video wizard, Michael McIntee, working late to get new content on their site.

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With my Perimeter pass, I thought I'd see how close to the Pepsi Center I could get on my Segway this evening. The Secret Service had a very clear answer for me.Note: DNC 4, a video of Dave Winer waiting in line yesterday at the Pepsi Center, ran afoul of technical difficulties so had to be pulled. You can see The Uptake's version of it here.

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My Segway is a great way to navigate DNC events, especially a media party at Elitch Gardens last night (August 23, 2008). Someone who knew his way around a camera saw me videoing myself and offered to take a long shot, and he added an artistic touch with a closeup of the wheel. So thanks to my anonymous helper!

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An interview with R. Luke DuBois, the creator of "Hindsight is Always 20/20" on August 23, 2008, near the Pepsi Center on the eve of the Democratic National Convention. Luke's artwork is part of the innovative "Dialog:City" project curated by Seth Goldenberg and coordinated by the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs. Luke's project is brilliant, well worth putting on your must-see list if you are

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One of the excellent Dialog:City art projects during the DNC is titled "Hindsight is Always 20/20", a textual presentation of each of the State of the Union messages. This video is a Segway's view of the lightboards set up last night outside the Pepsi Center, showing each panel of the project. I will next upload an interview with the creator, R. Luke DuBois of New York City.Note: The light bars

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My plan for the Democratic National Convention is to use my Flip Video to record lots of events and people, posting them in my Video Pod Chronicles feed with little editing and prettying up.Last night's videos were shot at a media and guests gala titled "Celebration with Attitude" at the Elitch Gardens amusement park. Our house guest for the week is Dave Winer, whose work on the Internet I've

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In which the Video Pod Chronicles shifts gears to a more minimalist format - less music, smaller screen, less editing - reflecting the demise of my MacBook Pro and the demands of a new audio podcast, The Kindle Chronicles, all about the Kindle and available for free subscription on iTunes. This week's VPC episode chronicles our initial attempt to fly from Boston to Denver, which didn't turn out

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