I met up with Elmi Bester at the Knowledge Commons yesterday; a decision regarding the choice of either Picasa or Flickr as web album for the SAOUG conference blog (using wordpress) and my own blog (using blogger) had to be made. It had to be one or the other as duplication would be time-consuming as well as confusing. As I had already started using Picasa we tested the use of Picasa with a wordpress blog, specifically trying to embed a Picasa webalbum into the SAOUG blog.
We were happy to discover via
this site that a Picasa webalbum can indeed be embedded in a wordpress blog. Picasa's free account also allows for 1Gig storage while Flick allows 300MB per month. Picasa turns out to be the better option for use with this conference photos while Flickr seems more suitable for year round use, incorporating other SAOUG events as well. It was also decided to inform all conference photographers that photos should not exceed 1MB in size.
During this meeting we also decided on the process of uploading videos to youtube and informing other bloggers about the video, and on using just a select few photos on the SAOUG conference blog while using more photos on my personal blog.
Issues that still need finalizing include the exact phrasing of two questions to be asked by fieldreporters when interviewing delegates, plus the collection of social reporters' contact details. It was also emphasised that with regards to the SAOUG conference blog a great deal of content will be added during the week after the conference had ended.
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