DaveLegg Developer Posted January 10, 2012 Developer Share Posted January 10, 2012 Yesterday marked the first day we've used our new Live Blogging functionality, added for CES. It was used to cover keynotes from Intel, Samsung, Netgear, LG, and of course, Microsoft. I'm interested to hear how many of you may have followed the keynotes using this new feature, and if you did, what you thought of it, and what you'd like to see added to it for future live events we cover. Thanks in advance for the feedback folks :D Wannes 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 You guys blogged live at CES? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted January 10, 2012 Author Developer Share Posted January 10, 2012 ...Yes, that's why I just said we did.... We've been live-blogging keynotes from CES for a few years now, but this is the first time using our in-house tech for it, rather than something like CoverItLive, which we used in past years. Hence why I'm asking for feedback for future events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted January 10, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted January 10, 2012 I checked it out yesterday for a while. All in all it seemed to be a good system. The one thing that did come to mind while watching it was the need for some sort of synopsis. I opened the page midway through the event, and the various reports that came in didn't make any sense to me because they were related to something that had already been introduced earlier. Updates such as "it's beautiful" didn't help me much because I was sat there thinking, "what is?" and while I could have scrolled back and looked at earlier reports, the number of incoming reports would have meant that I'd always be behind. So my comment is more for the reporters than the developers I guess. Just every now and again, include a small synopsis so that those people that are just joining are able to quickly get up to speed. But as I said at the start, the feature is interesting. I look forward to it being available for future events. FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 ...Yes, that's why I just said we did.... We've been live-blogging keynotes from CES for a few years now, but this is the first time using our in-house tech for it, rather than something like CoverItLive, which we used in past years. Hence why I'm asking for feedback for future events. Maybe one tip I can give is to better advertise that you're blogging CES? - I visit the site multiple times a day and had no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted January 10, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted January 10, 2012 I visit the site multiple times a day and had no idea. Really? I was looking at the main page after work and noticed a new flashing icon on the Intel article. Holding the cursor over the icon presented me with a "Live Coverage" message and clicking on the article link brought me to the live updates... I guess you would have had to notice the new icon first like I did, but I didn't exactly find it inconspicuous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted January 10, 2012 Administrators Share Posted January 10, 2012 Really? I was looking at the main page after work and noticed a new flashing icon on the Intel article. Holding the cursor over the icon presented me with a "Live Coverage" message and clicking on the article link brought me to the live updates... I guess you would have had to notice the new icon first like I did, but I didn't exactly find it inconspicuous. Yeah the icon is only active when it's taking place :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Markus Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Followed the Intel and Microsoft keynotes with the live ticker, was working really well! All the messages from the MS keynote appeared 10 seconds before the events in the official video coverage, which was also a pleasant surprise! (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted January 10, 2012 Author Developer Share Posted January 10, 2012 Followed the Intel and Microsoft keynotes with the live ticker, was working really well! All the messages from the MS keynote appeared 10 seconds before the events in the official video coverage, which was also a pleasant surprise! (Y) Tachyon powered laptops... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SionicIon Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Are you going to have support for windows phones when BUILD comes around? Sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted January 10, 2012 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2012 Are you going to have support for windows phones when BUILD comes around? Sigh... I am assuming the live feeds do not appear for the mobile site, not just on WP. (Even if it did, how do you format that much text into a small space?) That said, this simple Live Blogging gets the job done well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 The Live Coverage icon is pretty! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphi Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Maybe one tip I can give is to better advertise that you're blogging CES? - I visit the site multiple times a day and had no idea. Kinda hard to not notice they were live blogging. How could you not see it? I guess the best complement I could give is that I didn't even notice Neowin was using their own live blog code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Yea I was looking at the tickers for all the live blogs you did, good job on the reporting aswell. I enjoyed it, I felt more involved :) FMH 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booboo Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Would be cool next year if you could add a "Blah blah is typing..." so it feels even more live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jub Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I followed them all and had no problems doing so. I enjoyed it a lot, and hope you'll carry on with it in the future. The fact that it was quite "plain" made it easy to follow in contrast to some other sites out there. Good job in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max22 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Neowin should have live streaming feeds like we were all able to find yesterday and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted January 11, 2012 Author Developer Share Posted January 11, 2012 Are you going to have support for windows phones when BUILD comes around? Sigh... Hopefully. At the moment, there's no mobile support, due to the tight timescale of getting it built ready for CES. We simply didn't have the time to build it for mobile too, and test it on the vast range of mobile browsers out there. That's definitely something we'll be working on though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted January 11, 2012 Veteran Share Posted January 11, 2012 We now have mobile support, posts will show up Green when there is a live event. Works on iOS, Android, and WP7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpGreen Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 The one thing I miss from past events where you used "Cover-it live" was seeing the commentary from folks following along. Perhaps adding a method to let those following your feed, comment on what they're seeing would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted January 11, 2012 Author Developer Share Posted January 11, 2012 For now, you can comment in the standard comments area below, but allowing more user interaction with the live event is something we're thinking about how best to implement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpGreen Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 For now, you can comment in the standard comments area below, but allowing more user interaction with the live event is something we're thinking about how best to implement. Yea that I knew. But it doesn't have the same feel to it, as commenting live. Eh, good to know that you're at least thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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