Internet & Technology
Monday, May 21, 2012
Y@ Speak: Voodoo camping, prison escapees and more
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A serious news website redesign
Posted by Kevin Allman on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:32 AM
News website redesigns are all the rage these days, from this much-discussed "improvement" to The Lens' makeover (nice!) and, today, a new WDSU.com (good job). And then there's our new mobile site. But none of them are a patch on what The Baltimore Sun did today to commemorate its 175th anniversary. Check it out.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Y@ Speak: Post-Jazz Fest depression edition
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Introducing the new Gambit mobile site
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Rather than attempting to replicate the experience of reading a newspaper, but doing it on a tiny screen, we've completely rethought what our readers want out of mobile technology. If you like using Yelp! or IMDB on your phone, or if you're out in New Orleans and suddenly need a movie listing, a bar recommendation, the phone number for a restaurant, or just something to do right that minute, we think you'll like Gambit Mobile.
Here are some of the highlights:
Monday, May 7, 2012
Y@ Speak: Jazz Fest weekend 2 edition
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Monday, April 30, 2012
Y@ Speak: Jazz Fest weekend 1 edition
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Friday, April 27, 2012
Klouchebag measures Twitter "asshattery"
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Klout, an ubiquitous Internet plaything that awards users scores and sticks of deodorant for the nebulous accomplishment of being "influential" on Twitter, is probably the most annoying social media toy since Foursquare. Foursquare, at least, has some uses — mainly discovering "tips" at bars, restaurants, etc. and finding people you know at Jazz Fest (although if those people really wanted to meet up, they could just text you, right?). Klout, while possibly useful for brands and businesses, is used by regular people mostly in the context of braggy tweets and for Internet pranks. Its measure of "influence" is limited and arbitrary and it can be easily trolled, so no one takes it seriously.
Tom Scott, a London-based TV and web video producer, voiceover artist and frequent speaker on the Internet and social media, feels the same way about Klout, so he created Klouchebag to measure how much of an "asshat" you are on Twitter. Using anger ("profanity and rage"), retweets ("'please RTs,' no or constant retweeting, and old-style [using the the manuel 'RT' instead of clicking the auto-retweet button]") social apps (Foursquare check-ins, basically) and English misuse (overuse of all-caps and exclamation points, which is what social media is all about) as metrics, Klouchebag generates your admittedly unscientific score. "This is about as scientific as Klout's own measurements — which is to say, it's pretty much a crapshoot," Scott says on the website.
So, how does Gambit's Twitter score?
We are "a bit of a prat." Eh, we've probably been called worse.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Y@ Speak: In the Navy edition
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Monday, April 16, 2012
Y@ Speak: Celebs! They're Just Like Us, Part 2
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Monday, April 9, 2012
Y@ Speak: Easter eggs edition
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Top Commenters
Recent Comments
-
Re: Times-Picayune employees in shock as extent of Newhouse cuts begins to emerge
Dad, really sad. Ibordered delivery of the Sunday paper to my daughter in Covington and…
-
on May 24, 2012
via mobile
-
Re: Times-Picayune employees in shock as extent of Newhouse cuts begins to emerge
Here's an idea, how about Gambit hire some of these folks away and publish it…
- on May 24, 2012
-
Re: Times-Picayune employees in shock as extent of Newhouse cuts begins to emerge
This is the same kind of thing that happened to radio stations starting in the…
- on May 24, 2012
-
Re: Times-Picayune employees in shock as extent of Newhouse cuts begins to emerge
What I would like to know is are my subscription rates going down now. If…
- on May 24, 2012
-
Re: Times-Picayune employees in shock as extent of Newhouse cuts begins to emerge
So now, NOLA.com will get even worse? TP reporters censoring comments to…
-
on May 24, 2012
via mobile
-
Re: Times-Picayune employees in shock as extent of Newhouse cuts begins to emerge
the bad thing about this is that Ricky Mathews and Advance Alabama/Mississippi. (Advance Publications, the…
- on May 24, 2012
-
Re: Casting Confederacy
Great minds think alike Tara!
- on May 24, 2012
-
Re: Casting Confederacy
Great, but I think John Goodman would be better to play Ignatius and he lives…
- on May 24, 2012
-
Re: Public Transit Tuesdays: Kenner Local
I had to laugh at the vision of you, in your floral dress, kicking in…
- on May 24, 2012
-
Re: Times-Picayune employees in shock as extent of Newhouse cuts begins to emerge
Personally, I'm glad they are printing the paper less. I think it is a waste…
- on May 24, 2012
-
Re: Times-Picayune employees in shock as extent of Newhouse cuts begins to emerge
I am sad.
-
on May 24, 2012
via mobile
-
Re: Times-Picayune employees in shock as extent of Newhouse cuts begins to emerge
It's not the market, it's the cretins who own the paper. It has been making…
- on May 24, 2012
- More »
