Saturday, August 16, 2008
LFT411 Photo Album
To go along with the goal of easily submitting news and information about the community and for the community, we have added a community photo album that anyone can submit a photo to by simply emailing pics@lft411.com with your photo.
The photo album is available to all at http://PICS.LFT411.COM
The idea here is to promote the idea of citizen journalism and a more interactive online community. Photos have become an integral part journalism and news. As the old adage goes "a picture is worth a thousand words".
Hopefully as the community begins to use the technologies available to us, and as the proliferation of cell phones and mobile devices with cameras in them continues to rise we will create an army of citizen reporters not only posting news as it is happening but also photos to accompany these posts.
The photo album is available to all at http://PICS.LFT411.COM
The idea here is to promote the idea of citizen journalism and a more interactive online community. Photos have become an integral part journalism and news. As the old adage goes "a picture is worth a thousand words".
Hopefully as the community begins to use the technologies available to us, and as the proliferation of cell phones and mobile devices with cameras in them continues to rise we will create an army of citizen reporters not only posting news as it is happening but also photos to accompany these posts.
Freshman Fair at UL - Today
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will host a Freshman Fair.
Representatives from the Louisiana Board of Regents will discuss
admissions requirements for all Louisiana state colleges and
universities.
Representatives from the Louisiana Board of Regents will discuss
admissions requirements for all Louisiana state colleges and
universities.
Check-in begins at 9:15 a.m. in the UL Lafayette Student Union
Students interested in Info: (337) 482-5780.UL
Marcello’s Wine Tasting - Sat Aug 16, 2008
1-3 p.m., Marcello's. The wine shop holds tastings every Saturday.
Marcello's Wine Market, 2800 Johnston St.
Marcello's Wine Market, 2800 Johnston St.
Games of Acadiana - Today - Cajundome
Aug 16
Over 40 family-friendly competitions such as fastest pitch,
rock/paper/scissors, crab racing, sports trivia, ping pong and hula
hoop. From the barbecue cook-off to duck calling, there's something
for everyone.
Cajundome and Convention Center
Lafayette
Free
10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
337-984-1920
www.gamesofacadiana.org
Over 40 family-friendly competitions such as fastest pitch,
rock/paper/scissors, crab racing, sports trivia, ping pong and hula
hoop. From the barbecue cook-off to duck calling, there's something
for everyone.
Cajundome and Convention Center
Lafayette
Free
10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
337-984-1920
www.gamesofacadiana.org
Thoughts & Suggestions
Currently the site is working as intended. Well minus the lack of participation of course but that is to be expected after only two days.
I am thinking about the future and what more can be done. As things stand there is no advertising, nor do we have any costs to do this.
All I have done is basically mash together a bunch of free stuff to get the info I want.
With no costs there is no need to advertise or make money. Which is great as it should help with adoption and use. No one likes advertising. Look at all the local news sites and you can see why.
Here are some of my current thoughts and future ideas for the site:
1. Speed up the time between posts to blog and posts to Twitter
2. How do you maintain "real time news and info" but prevent abuse / spam?
3. Ensure that mobility is top priority
4. Dedicated individual filtering submissions and farming data from various sources to ensure quality near real time data. (costs money)
Please post your thoughts, ideas and suggestions regarding the site and any of what I have mentioned here as a comment.
Thanks,
Dane
techguy@gmail.com
I am thinking about the future and what more can be done. As things stand there is no advertising, nor do we have any costs to do this.
All I have done is basically mash together a bunch of free stuff to get the info I want.
With no costs there is no need to advertise or make money. Which is great as it should help with adoption and use. No one likes advertising. Look at all the local news sites and you can see why.
Here are some of my current thoughts and future ideas for the site:
1. Speed up the time between posts to blog and posts to Twitter
2. How do you maintain "real time news and info" but prevent abuse / spam?
3. Ensure that mobility is top priority
4. Dedicated individual filtering submissions and farming data from various sources to ensure quality near real time data. (costs money)
Please post your thoughts, ideas and suggestions regarding the site and any of what I have mentioned here as a comment.
Thanks,
Dane
techguy@gmail.com
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