Folks in East Tennessee bleed orange for their Vols this time of year, so there’s a highly receptive audience hungry for material like this. The video was produced by the University of Tennessee Athletics Department, but it looks like it’s sponsored by the UT Medical Center. It obviously has nothing to do with health care, but that’s beside the point. This video played on the huge HD replay screen at Neyland Stadium last weekend, so that’s about 100,000 views right there — add in the additional hundreds of thousands that are likely to see it on Facebook over the next few days and you’ve got a great, cheap piece that makes an emotional connection with the University’s fan base (and potential patients.)

Good job, Tennessee. Now I hope the team and the coaching staff show as much creativity and imagination on the field against the Gators tomorrow.

I happened to catch the attempt on tape, then ran down to interview the Glitter Girl after she was removed from the hotel by security.

Kudos, Glitter Girl! You really changed the world this weekend. Because what this country needs right now is less rational discourse and more people who throw stuff at elected officials with whom they disagree. You are a fine example of the maturity and logic of the Modern American Left!

Still, it’s fitting to note the Flip’s role in political history, since it helped make early tea party rallies go viral. People around the country used Facebook and Twitter to help organize those first rallies in early 2009, then posted quick videos to show each other how many people had attended, as well as expose illogical, or sometimes even violent, interlopers. In the end, it really is amazing how much technology – and the political environment – has changed in just two short years.

The Flip is dead! Long live the Flip!

I immediately challenged myself to produce a video shooting just from the balcony and using only my Canon 60D DSLR camera. The video is embedded below, but it’s best viewed full screen. Now – back to work!