tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post116463385271768959..comments2024-02-10T00:07:22.101-08:00Comments on Shreveport Blog, the site for imagining sustainable suburbs and a schvingy downtown: Gannett, Alan English, digital site building, you and the future of local mediaRobert E Trudeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07554504744066844336noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post-1164988163537068132006-12-01T07:49:00.000-08:002006-12-01T07:49:00.000-08:00The Times has several excellent multimedia slidesh...The Times has several excellent multimedia slideshows on the photo galleries page in addition to the Sci-Port show, and some decent video, but I usually have problems viewing it in one fashion or another. They should stay away from trying to compete with broadcast media and try to work on making moving slideshows if you will. More artsy video rather than reports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post-1164717276220301772006-11-28T04:34:00.000-08:002006-11-28T04:34:00.000-08:00Thanks, Noma, Anons and Crazy, and MF. On LouisiAf...Thanks, Noma, Anons and Crazy, and MF. <BR/><BR/>On LouisiAfrica: in the course of my infotainment on Bayou State musicial history it occurred to me that our state's jazz, Cajun & zydeco musics, Creole cooking, festivals, etc. were the product of an unusual ethnic gumbo. I coined the term to put an emphasis on the contributions of West African peoples.Robert E Trudeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07554504744066844336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post-1164685227149467462006-11-27T19:40:00.000-08:002006-11-27T19:40:00.000-08:00Congratulations on the links from The Times. (I'm ...Congratulations on the links from The Times. (I'm sure if The Times could invent reverse-links to my blog, they would...click on the link and the blog self-destructs!) <BR/><BR/>Something I've wondered about for a while now: why do you say your blog's location is in "LouisiAfrica" rather than Shreveport? What does that mean?<BR/><BR/>-- Marshall FanninAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post-1164680088367157112006-11-27T18:14:00.000-08:002006-11-27T18:14:00.000-08:00True. But nothing says we have to put up with it. ...True. But nothing says we have to put up with it. Art supporters can write witty and erudite posts.Crazy In Shreveporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00388023018756133461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post-1164669326755527652006-11-27T15:15:00.000-08:002006-11-27T15:15:00.000-08:00Noma is right. I think it is great that you are co...Noma is right. I think it is great that you are connected with our local media outlet, but be prepared for the crazy hayseeds to come out of the woodwork to complain about the arts.The user posted comments on The Time's site are insanely hateful, small-minded, and a sad reminder of why so many young men and women get out of Shreveport as soon as they can. <BR/><BR/>Expect a never-ending diatribe about what a waste of money the neon bridge is.<BR/><BR/>Just a warning! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post-1164644332597468712006-11-27T08:18:00.000-08:002006-11-27T08:18:00.000-08:00Noma's got a point. This blog is blessedly bereft...Noma's got a point. This blog is blessedly bereft of the idiot-stick, juvenile attempts at flaming that so often clot up other posting sites. Part of that could be the subject matter, but at least part of it is the moderator's own tone (which I agree is very "warm and comfy").<BR/><BR/>Gannett, and to a lesser extent the Shreveport Times, sees the future, and it aint print media. Since they're in the business of selling advertising (based on putative market responses), they gotta connect with said market, and it will be (if not has already been for some time) via da net. Hence, their "outreach" to The Blogs.<BR/><BR/>Cynical? Perhaps. True? No doubt. <BR/><BR/>As long as the majority of posters can simply avoid trying to be clever, cute or cruel (when they ain't), this or any other blog can keep a direction that make the site seem alive. <BR/><BR/>If this can happen anywhere, it would certainly be here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com