6 posts and columns on Louisiana

Intern Becomes Real Live Blog Dude–ATD Hires Drake Martinet

in News on November 9, 2010 at 10:29 am PT

It is always nice when an intern makes good, and that is entirely the case with Drake Martinet, who joins All Things Digital–as of yesterday, in fact. We could not be happier. Plus, we knew he was our kind of geek after he agreed to spend the night in a tent next to Robert Scoble, to cover last year’s Apple iPad release. Drake will be working on a range of things for ATD, from social and multimedia efforts to site analytics to discovering and writing about promising but nascent tech start-ups.

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Are "Sext" Messages a Teenage Felony or Folly?

in News on August 25, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

State lawmakers around the U.S. are struggling to decide if teenage “sexting”—the practice of sending nude or sexually suggestive photos by cellphone—is a serious crime, or juvenile folly run amok. About 20 states have enacted or proposed measures that deal with teenage sexters.

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Mapping the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

in News on May 6, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

The use of technology to publicly track the effects of disasters is becoming increasingly common–and it’s getting noticed again with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sequoia's Voter Consternation Drive

in News on October 24, 2008 at 2:52 pm PT

Fantastic. Here we are, just two weeks before the 2008 presidential election and the integrity and accuracy of some of the electronic voting machines that will determine its outcome are in question. Again.

Sequoia’s Voter Consternation Drive

in News on October 24, 2008 at 2:52 pm PT

Fantastic. Here we are, just two weeks before the 2008 presidential election and the integrity and accuracy of some of the electronic voting machines that will determine its outcome are in question. Again.

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More States Mull Taxing iTunes, Other Digital Downloads

in News on August 12, 2008 at 7:24 am PT

State legislators look at Apple’s iTunes and other digital download services stealing away business from offline retailers, and you know what they see? A piggybank.