[TBA]: Kickoff 2009 Liveblogging Site Development

[Greg Marra]

The Blue Alliance will again be traveling to Manchester, NH to cover the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition LIVE. Once again, we will be bringing you up-to-the-minute and behind-the-scenes video, photos, and news. To get an idea for what this is like, check out our 2008 and 2007 coverage.

Bookmark thebluealliance.net/kickoff09, and be sure to check back on the evening before Kickoff, when our live coverage begins.

A general information thread exists for people to discuss the announcement of our live coverage.

The purpose of this thread is to request comments from the community about the technical implementation of The Blue Alliance's liveblogging web site. Last year's site can be visited at thebluealliance.net/kickoff08. The goal for this year is to improve upon this site, offering more flexibilty and an easier time for the community to learn and discuss as the Kickoff progresses.

To this extent, we have created a Google Code project for the TBA Liveblogging Site. Please visit the project, download the code, and see what you think about our implementation of features and general content for the site.

Planned Minimum Features:

• iGoogle-like modular interface
• Flickr Photos
• Vimeo Videos
• Twitter Posts
• uStream.tv Module if we can get live streaming on site
• Meebo chat room
• Links to:
  • NASA TV feeds
  • Chief Delphi threads

So lend a thought or a keyboard and let's make this site really awesome