I know that today, my American friends living in Canada and many of my non-American friends will be talking all day long about this momentous and really exciting occasion, particularly on Twitter. This is, indeed, part of the making of history. And something that I noticed is that The National Post is live-blogging using Cover-It-Live and doing a mashup of Twitter commentary. Three friends of mine whom I met through Twitter are in Washington DC for the inauguration (Nadia Nascimento and Anthony Nicalo who hosted an inaugural reception and Tom Williams, who apparently also talked to The National Post).

It’s fascinating that mainstream media and new media are so intimately intertwined in the coverage of the Obama inauguration. Finally, it seems that there is no more divide. Just as Obama offered words that speak to bridging differences (of religious creed, sexual orientation, and race), co-existing together harmoniously and collaborating, I seriously hope that today marks a new day not only for America but for the world, a day where the source from where the news came from (be it mainstream media and new media) is no longer relevant.

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