New Orleans - great gumbo, etouffe - but not much high-tech. Except that the last few times I have been there have been for tech conferences - last time for Sapphire in 2004, So, it is good to see New Orleans back - even at half pace - celebrating Mardi Gras
While Mardi Gras and New Orleans are steeped in traditions, technology keeps making them more contemporary - Hot beads, the jazz the city is famous for, the webcams of Bourbon Street, the technology and animation which goes in to various Krewe in the parades, the wikis set up to help in the post-Katrina chaos. In this year's Mardi Gras, a multi-media production Olf's Immolation highlights the city's anger and frustration post-Katrina.
As the Marlon Brando character says in the Tennessee Williams classic set in the city, A Streetcar Named Desire "Luck is believing you're lucky, that's all".
New Orleans - keep believing!
