President-elect Obama will be officially inaugurated this afternoon as the 44th president of the United States. If you’re stuck in your office and can’t check out the inauguration on television (or better yet in person) there are plenty of ways you can get your fill on inauguration mania on the web.

Update 23 January 2009: Now that inauguration day has passed, you don’t have to miss out on seeing the inauguration! You can watch Obama’s presidential inauguration swearing-in ceremony at the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies website.

Watch It Live on MSNBC

MSNBC will be streaming the inauguration live on their Web site. After the fact you’ll be able to highlight a particular portion of the text from Obama’s speech and skip forward to that portion of the video.

CNN’s 3D Photo

CNN is soliciting photos from people who are physically at the inauguration. The idea is to use Microsoft’s Photosynth software to stitch together all of the submitted photos into a 3D image of the event that users can later browse through online in 3D form from every angle.

Live Coverage By “Obama Girl”

Amber Ettinger, who made herself famous by posting the YouTube video “I’ve got a crush on Obama” will have live coverage all day on Stickam from her position at the ceremony.

Watch the Inaguration on your iPhone with Ustream

UStream has launched their iPhone app today in conjunction with the inauguration. In addition to watching it live on their website you can watch it while you’re on the move from your iPhone. Learn more here.

Tweet along with the Event with Current

Much like they did with the debates, Current will also be streaming the event live, as well as allowing viewers to chime in with commentary on the event via Twitter. The site will broadcast inauguration tweets in real time alongside the broadcast.

Watch the Inauguration Live With Your Facebook Friends

Facebook and CNN have partnered together to allow users to watch the Inauguration live with friends on Facebook. Once a user RSVP’s to the event their status updates will be posted on CNN.com along with others who are currently watching the Inguration.

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Entry was posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 8:27 am under Blogosphere, Opinion, Politics, Social Media, Technology.

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