Operation Gadget | How VeloNews Built their Cycling Race Ticker
Dave Aiello over at Operation Gadget talked to Jeff Henderson, of Inside Triathlon and One Million Revolutions (I wanted to type "A Million Little Pieces" -- sorry, Jeff) about the new, improved race ticker they've rolled out for the Tour de Georgia.
Byron over at Blog Business Summit also commented on the new ticker, which he considers a Web 2.0-style mashup of disparate content sources.
I only used the new ticker on Tuesday, its first day, but it's a much better experience than the old text-only ticker. It reminds me of the custom video and PointCast (kids, ask your parents) browsers the big media companies built back in the day, but using web tools to simplify the data interchange and to make sure whatever you come up with will work on a wide variety of platforms.
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