Um, check this out for the ultimate OH CRAP moment:

Yeeaaa, that would be the opening ceremonies of the Olympics… where I hear there’s a pretty decent sized audience.
Get the guy who was managing that feed a tissue. Or… uh, a new job?

Pic via Gizmodo.

Far from your typical txt talk, here’s a sampling of the screen fodder:

“Politics is the art of civic involvement. Without that involvement, we can not have an impact.”

“We need to stop avoiding recession; cutting interest rates is prolonging the problem. This country needs a recession to get back on track.”
It’s always rewarding for us to see Wiffiti affiliated with such well-run events in such great company. We’re looking forward to the next in the series!

LocaModa is excited to be involved! This coming Sunday, August 24th, we’ll be partnering with the Outburst Tour, the Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet, and the University of Denver at a series of forums throughout the day.
[more after the jump]

The WHAT:
The best of the best (and worst of the worst) online tactics of the Democratic Presidential Candidates — and how you can use them to be politically active.

The WHY: Because –clearly– the political dialogue has changed shape (and modes) this time around.

The DEETS: For a full rundown, click on the Dates tab of the official Outburst! site.

You can participate online starting Sunday afternoon.
Check in Monday for a recap!
(and pssssst…. we’ll be in St.Paul for the RNC, too!)

Thanks to Flickrer Zenobia_Joy for the neat photo of the UDenver campus.

If LocaModa was soup right now, it would burn your mouth.

We had two big releases hit the wire/world/interweb TODAY!

First, check out the rundown of of Touchtunes/US Air Guitar event… There’s a link to the full Flickr photostream at the bottom, but you may be satisfied with the featured pic of Shreddy Mercury, complete with his KISS shirt and enviable mullet. Such a cool event– much thanks to TouchTunes (an official sponsor of USAG and a partner of ours) for getting us involved!

We also went live with our announcement of LocaModa as the platform provider for BarCast’s national rollout! I’m in deep, deep love with the new photo app, which you can see in the pic below (user-generated content is alive and well… and sometimes creeeeepy).



And now, while I let all this good buzz sink in, I promise to work on some decent jokes that don’t involve soup.

If anyone is interested in more high-res images of either BarCast apps or Touchtunes/USAG action shots, just drop me a line at Jayne AT locamoda DOT com.

So hey, you’re not alone. As a collective audience, you’re reportedly using new media more than ever before.

According to NBC, “about half of the people who are using mobile phones to pull down video or information about the Olympics have been trying out that technology for the first time.” [continued after the jump]

While the numbers are still relatively low (494,506 on the first Sunday of the games and 476,062 on the first Monday), the lure of the games is certainly urging people to experiment with new media modes. In an AP article published earlier this week, Alan Wurtzel, research president for NBC Universal noted, “To some extent, the Olympics are beginning to influence how people use new technology.”

Nonetheless, viewing the action via TV still captures 95% of the audience, which is unsurprising considering the mobile TV experience remains far from ideal. But given the mass propensity toward new media experimentation during these games, the need for interactive Olympic-themed applications on out-of-home digital signage seems to be a no-brainer.

One question remains…
What’s his name???
We figured we’d help Steve out, Wiffiti-style.
Text @SKBaby [Your Preferred Baby Name] to 25622 to help Steve and Ashley decide on the perfect pick.
Check out the screen and have your say!

The US Air Guitar Championships.
Ummmm…. WOW.

In a gorgeous venue that smelled distinctly of Cool Ranch Doritos, Cuervo, sweat, and 100% organic Airness, I witnessed one of the most amazing sights of the modern world… and Wiffiti captured the breadth of the magical hotness.

My full pictorial can be found on flickr, but I’ve selected some classics to whet your appetite…

You heard me.
The US Air Guitar Championships.

We’ll be supporting our friends at Touchtunes and their role as the Official Digital Jukebox of USAG. I’ll be Wiffiti-ing like a fiend while I’m there; that is, if I can take my eyes off the supreme airness I’m destined to witness.

To whet your appetite for the amazing pics to come, let’s all say hello to the Chicago Air Guitar champ… a one Mr. Nordic Thunder…

Oh my, this is going to be too too good.