the elections and the web

[Tom Worthington]

At 14:31 25/08/98 +1000, Liddy Nevile wrote:

>I have been asked by several people what use might be made of the web etc
>during the elections. I think there are two interesting issues: what will
>be done and what could be done.
>Are there any linkers with interest in this?

Last time I did "live" coverage from the Tally Room in Canberra:
http://www.acslink.net.au/~tomw/elect96.htm

This just consisted of myself with a laptop and GSM wireless connection in
the tally room and stills photographers from the National Library.
Unfortunately some of the photos seem to have been lost from the server.
Anyone know where the NLA archived them?

What surprised me was that my equipment looked sophisticated next to much of
the stuff in the room. The team from a major radio network next to me next
to me had a home-made looking box with switches and knobs on it plugged into
one analog mobile phone.


Tom Worthington	           http://www.acslink.net.au/~tomw   PO Box 13
Immediate Past President     tomw@acslink.net.au    Belconnen ACT 2617
Australian Computer Society
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