I was hoping to get something in but other stuff got in the ways and I'm still not a very good coder. TV-Anytime is just to difficult for me to parse, I really needed simple RSS style feeds or an easy-to-use parser.
On 01/09/05, Steve Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 01/09/05, Ben Metcalfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * The TV schedule data we provided over-complicated and in an alien format > > that was difficult to parse, > > This was the clincher for me I'm afraid. > > I'm great at coming up with ideas, but am not the world's best coder. > And when I do hack something together, I tend to use ASP and VBScript. > > So, the learning curve to get something out of the feeds was just too > great for me I'm afraid. When something's 80% idea and 20% coding, > then I'm up for it - reverse that and my motivation drops right down. > > It was always going to be too difficult for me to get the data from > the feeds that I wanted, so I didn't even try. > > > * The idea of developing around a BBC-led theme, even for a prize, isn't an > > approach that is of interest to the backstage.bbc.co.uk community. > > I'm certainly interested in prize-led competitions! However I think > that the prize should reflect the type of entrant that you're > targetting. > > As an ideas person, then thought of having my own server doesn't > really appeal to me. On the other hand, a coder would probably jump > through hoops for one. > > What would have made me enter? Not sure, how about access to > non-public feeds :) > > Anyway, those are my thoughts. Feel free to discard if they go > against the grain. > > Steve > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Regards, Unigamer - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
