Comments for Puffbox.com http://puffbox.com Simon Dickson blogs about online news, e-government and the New Politics. Some important people read it. Tue, 13 May 2008 22:02:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on More Gov live blogging by paul canning http://puffbox.com/2008/05/06/more-governmentlive-blogging/#comment-1075 paul canning Sat, 10 May 2008 11:20:37 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=139#comment-1075 Dale: no, that was about the 'political commentariat' Lebanon http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/05/live_coverage_o.php Micah Sifry has a interesting take on the Indiana/NC primaries liveblogging - he ended up watching the ordinary supporters takes http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/25066/come_together_now_the_world_live_web_and_politics Dale: no, that was about the ‘political commentariat’

Lebanon
http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/05/live_coverage_o.php

Micah Sifry has a interesting take on the Indiana/NC primaries liveblogging - he ended up watching the ordinary supporters takes
http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/25066/come_together_now_the_world_live_web_and_politics

]]> Comment on More Gov live blogging by paul canning http://puffbox.com/2008/05/06/more-governmentlive-blogging/#comment-1072 paul canning Sat, 10 May 2008 10:22:28 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=139#comment-1072 Absolutely. There's a great example of where it's extremely useful at the moment - Lebanon. didn't mr dale make some crude sexual reference to the local election results liveblogging? Absolutely. There’s a great example of where it’s extremely useful at the moment - Lebanon.

didn’t mr dale make some crude sexual reference to the local election results liveblogging?

]]> Comment on Blears backs wider use of online petitions by Dave Briggs http://puffbox.com/2008/05/09/blears-backs-online-petitions/#comment-1071 Dave Briggs Sat, 10 May 2008 09:22:23 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=148#comment-1071 Cool. I knew it was open source but had never bothered to download it and have a play. Am doing so now - is it a php/mysql job do you know, or am I going to have to try and learn something else? Cool. I knew it was open source but had never bothered to download it and have a play. Am doing so now - is it a php/mysql job do you know, or am I going to have to try and learn something else?

]]> Comment on Long Term Support for WordPress by Jon Worth http://puffbox.com/2008/05/05/wordpress-needs-lts-release/#comment-1048 Jon Worth Wed, 07 May 2008 07:41:52 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=138#comment-1048 Thanks for pointing this out Simon, and Matt for the clarifications... All we then need to do is turn off the 'Your Wordpress Installation is Out Of Date' bar that appears at the top of outdated installations! Thanks for pointing this out Simon, and Matt for the clarifications… All we then need to do is turn off the ‘Your Wordpress Installation is Out Of Date’ bar that appears at the top of outdated installations!

]]> Comment on UK media endorses ‘presidential’ politics by Mark Pack http://puffbox.com/2008/05/06/uk-media-endorses-presidential-politics/#comment-1046 Mark Pack Tue, 06 May 2008 13:19:05 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=140#comment-1046 Simon - in case you don't know, this is how it was done with the previous Parliamentary boundaries changes in the run up to 1997 too and - I'm pretty sure - the changes previous to that also. Simon - in case you don’t know, this is how it was done with the previous Parliamentary boundaries changes in the run up to 1997 too and - I’m pretty sure - the changes previous to that also.

]]> Comment on More Gov live blogging by Alan in Belfast http://puffbox.com/2008/05/06/more-governmentlive-blogging/#comment-1041 Alan in Belfast Tue, 06 May 2008 10:08:49 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=139#comment-1041 Live blogging's ok as a pure news source about a live story or as an extension to an event. But if you can't hear what's being spoken at a conference, then reading a live blog is pure voyeurism for anyone not actually in the room, and lacks real engagement with the event? It feels like there's a difference between the usefulness of live blogging Steve Jobs at an Apple launch (single voice, agenda understood) and a large event with prepared speeches and lots of participation by attendees (multiple voices, random agenda). Colour commentary on top of an unseen canvas! Live blogging’s ok as a pure news source about a live story or as an extension to an event.

But if you can’t hear what’s being spoken at a conference, then reading a live blog is pure voyeurism for anyone not actually in the room, and lacks real engagement with the event?

It feels like there’s a difference between the usefulness of live blogging Steve Jobs at an Apple launch (single voice, agenda understood) and a large event with prepared speeches and lots of participation by attendees (multiple voices, random agenda).

Colour commentary on top of an unseen canvas!

]]> Comment on Long Term Support for WordPress by Simon http://puffbox.com/2008/05/05/wordpress-needs-lts-release/#comment-1040 Simon Tue, 06 May 2008 07:50:02 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=138#comment-1040 Thanks Matt, I stand corrected. I confess, in all my hits to WordPress.org, and I'm talking dozens daily, I'd never spotted that. That could dramatically change the way I do things. Thanks Matt, I stand corrected. I confess, in all my hits to WordPress.org, and I’m talking dozens daily, I’d never spotted that. That could dramatically change the way I do things.

]]> Comment on Liveblogging the election results by Mick Fealty http://puffbox.com/2008/05/04/downing-streets-liveblogging-leadership/#comment-1034 Mick Fealty Mon, 05 May 2008 23:41:00 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=136#comment-1034 paul, Horses for courses. Personally, I found my own live blog useful after the fact (the twitter feed similarly). My problem with TV and radio is not always the quality, but that they deal in ephemeral material. Once broadcast they are gone. Text is granular and searchable in the way a live feed just isn't. In this case I have a record of some of the verbatim of the night, which proved useful in doing further work.. What my readers made of it? Most of the comments were positive. But I am not about to proselytize any doubters. :-) paul,

Horses for courses.

Personally, I found my own live blog useful after the fact (the twitter feed similarly). My problem with TV and radio is not always the quality, but that they deal in ephemeral material. Once broadcast they are gone.

Text is granular and searchable in the way a live feed just isn’t. In this case I have a record of some of the verbatim of the night, which proved useful in doing further work..

What my readers made of it? Most of the comments were positive. But I am not about to proselytize any doubters. :-)

]]> Comment on Liveblogging the election results by paul canning http://puffbox.com/2008/05/04/downing-streets-liveblogging-leadership/#comment-1033 paul canning Mon, 05 May 2008 18:47:07 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=136#comment-1033 I'm still to be sold on the value of this simon. I wasn't interested in the local election stuff, so convince me otherwiseon the worth of these eforts, but I tried to watch the liveblogging plus the fox news feed or super tuesday and live TV won hands down. there's simply too much information on the liveblog and until/unless it's really edited properly the brain can't cope. when you read it back it's also a rather weird take on the night, as i saw looking at other liveblogging of super tuesday the next day. I’m still to be sold on the value of this simon. I wasn’t interested in the local election stuff, so convince me otherwiseon the worth of these eforts, but I tried to watch the liveblogging plus the fox news feed or super tuesday and live TV won hands down. there’s simply too much information on the liveblog and until/unless it’s really edited properly the brain can’t cope. when you read it back it’s also a rather weird take on the night, as i saw looking at other liveblogging of super tuesday the next day.

]]> Comment on Long Term Support for WordPress by Matt http://puffbox.com/2008/05/05/wordpress-needs-lts-release/#comment-1032 Matt Mon, 05 May 2008 18:28:06 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=138#comment-1032 WordPress 2.0 is supported until 2010. In 2010 we'll pick a new branch to support for 3-5 years, it's our LTS, in line with the Debian model. WordPress 2.0 is supported until 2010. In 2010 we’ll pick a new branch to support for 3-5 years, it’s our LTS, in line with the Debian model.

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