Comments on: Recap of Hacks/Hackers goes to Google: Wave and journalism http://hackshackers.com/blog/2010/03/19/recap-of-hackshackers-goes-to-google-wave-and-journalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recap-of-hackshackers-goes-to-google-wave-and-journalism Journalism x Technology Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta2-20538 By: mattymatthttp://hackshackers.com/blog/2010/03/19/recap-of-hackshackers-goes-to-google-wave-and-journalism/#comment-17 mattymatt Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:42:36 +0000 http://hackshackers.com/?p=277#comment-17 It was interesting to really go under the hood and see all the little dials and gizmos and things. I wonder, though, if that might be a turnoff for reporters, who work fast and need things to be as simple as possible? <br><br>For example, at the press conference that I went to yesterday with the mayor, most of the print reporters had a simple voice recorder, or a pad of paper and pen. But the reporters from TV stations needed a dedicated videographer with them to work the camera. It seems like reporters expect to have a trained technician for anything more complicated than a voice recorder.<br><br>I mocked up a few ways that Wave could be made a little more neophyte-friendly here: <a href="http://www.writersgettingpaid.mattbaume.com/changes-to-google-wave/" rel="nofollow">http://www.writersgettingpaid.mattbaume.com/cha...</a> It was interesting to really go under the hood and see all the little dials and gizmos and things. I wonder, though, if that might be a turnoff for reporters, who work fast and need things to be as simple as possible?

For example, at the press conference that I went to yesterday with the mayor, most of the print reporters had a simple voice recorder, or a pad of paper and pen. But the reporters from TV stations needed a dedicated videographer with them to work the camera. It seems like reporters expect to have a trained technician for anything more complicated than a voice recorder.

I mocked up a few ways that Wave could be made a little more neophyte-friendly here: http://www.writersgettingpaid.mattbaume.com/cha…

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