It’s My 2 Cents: Help Me Tweak HBO Gone Wireless
OK, now that the we home boys and girls have the blog to ourselves, it's time to discuss how to improve the Huckleberries Gone Wireless feature. First, what do you think of the name? Should it be shortened to Huckleberries Gone Wi-Fi? Or mebbe even changed? I like it. A top editor doesn't. It seems to fit.
Secondly, things ran so-so technical wise, after I couldn't figure out how to unlock the Mac as the minutes ticked off until showtime. I heard 
from you that you don't like having several different posts to cover the interview. At a minimum, I'll keep the Q&A in one post. I found it difficult to conduct the interview and search for questions. Mebbe I could have an HBOer on a separate laptop fielding questions from the audience? Or mebbe I could advertise better here for questions prior to the interview and use those exclusively. Mary Souza asked about readers being able to ask questions directly to the interviewee. I don't think that'd work on two levels. First, you wouldn't get as many people willing to sit in the hot seat, if they were worried that some crank might hammer them with a question. Then, some of the questions are plain lame. Or written in a convoluted style. This isn't about ambush journalism. It's about asking good questions -- and even quirky questions -- along with some hardball ones. We're still a ways from being able to do instant chat.
I need to look through the list of names that you suggested after the interview with Her Sandiness. The two that jump out to me right now are interim NIC prez Priscilla Bell and developer John Stone. But I'm going to wait until Monday to make that call. The interviews won't be limited to Coeur d'Alene. I'm willing to take the Mac Book on the road to Sandpoint and other points, too. However, I'll need wi-fi access wherever I go. Or the boss'll have to break down one of these days and buy me one of those $60-per-month Verizon cards that'll allow me to post from anywhere.
Anyway, I'm open to your ideas. The dry run was OK. The interviewee was good. But the technical aspect can be improved. We're not ready to go to a different version of chat, yet. So, any suggestions along those lines won't help. However, it's a plus to have the print version reinforcing the online chat.
DFO
