September 6, 2007

A Los Angeles reader of the book and this blog, Jim Colligan, was intrigued enough by my recent posting, "MyPod" (about a new device that allows people to literally turn their cameras inward to take self-portraits), that he sent along this image of CNN's Anderson Cooper, practicing his own version of "autofocus." Yet more evidence that this guy's got it all: A committed journalist, intrepid on-air correspondent, and videographer, to boot. (He's also a hell of a nice guy; Cooper agreed to provide a blurb for Watching the World Change, for which I'm forever grateful.)

PHOTO BY JAMES COLLIGAN

Writes, Colligan: "Your Aug. 21 photo of the MyPod accessory reminded me of a photo I shot at last year's big immigration demonstration here in Los Angeles. AC360 might be interested in the invention."

Here's the image of the new XShot device, from last month, that prompted Colligan's candid: