Footnote Blog » Vietnam http://blog.footnote.com The official blog of Footnote.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Vote for The Wall http://blog.footnote.com/vote-for-the-wall/ http://blog.footnote.com/vote-for-the-wall/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:44:41 +0000 Chris Willis http://blog.footnote.com/vote-for-the-wall/ Footnote’s Virtual Vietnam Veterans Memorial – a near, full-size, digital reproduction – is a finalist for the We Media Game Changers Award. The project was first covered by CNN when it launched last spring.  Since then it has been visited by thousands, many of whom have added hundreds of photos and stories directly to the inscribed names.

Please vote and add your comment if you think The Wall is an example of a new way to tell stories together.

rory-madden-vietnam.jpg 

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 Thank you for bringing life to this project.

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CNN Home

It’s so great to see that other people are as excited about this project as we are. We are working hard to catch up with the interest. If you have trouble while on the site, please check back soon. We’ll be here.

In the meantime you can:

]]> http://blog.footnote.com/overwhelmed-again/feed/ 3 Overwhelming Interest in The Wall http://blog.footnote.com/overwhelming-interest-in-the-wall/ http://blog.footnote.com/overwhelming-interest-in-the-wall/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:21:24 +0000 Peter http://blog.footnote.com/overwhelming-interest-in-the-wall/ Yesterday we announced the release of a new project that we’ve been working on, an interactive version of The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Wall Image

The news spread fast and we’ve seen a tremendous response to the announcement. That’s the good news.

The not so good news is that we’re having trouble keeping up with the number of people who are coming to visit the site.

We’re working to improve things, and hope you’ll be patient with us.

In the meantime, you can learn more about The Wall project here.

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