http://simonwillison.net/2010-05-10T16:27:00+00:00Simon Willison2010-05-10T16:27:00+00:002010-05-10T16:27:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/May/10/firstdraft/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/may/10/live-blogging-general-election">Live blogging the general election</a></strong></p> The Guardian’s ongoing live blogs covering the UK election have been the best way of following events that I’ve seen (yes, better than Twitter). Live-blog author Andrew Sparrow explains his approach. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/blogging">blogging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/guardian">guardian</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/journalism">journalism</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/election">election</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/andrew-sparrow">andrew-sparrow</a></p>

2010-05-06T21:20:00+00:002010-05-06T21:20:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/May/6/realtime/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://jay.gooby.org/post/realtime-election-tweets">Realtime Election Tweets</a></strong></p> Jay Caines-Gooby’s realtime election tweet service, using Node.js, nginx and WebSocket with a Flash fallback. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/comet">comet</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flash">flash</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nodejs">nodejs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/realtime">realtime</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/twitter">twitter</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/websockets">websockets</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/election">election</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jay-caines-gooby">jay-caines-gooby</a></p>