RE: [backstage-developer] BBC or other picture feeds?
kevin, thanks for that, a huge improvement from no images in feeds, is there any prospect of better and larger images in the near future? when compared with yahoo, flickr, ebay etc these thumbnails are very small and in the cases I reviewed close to meaningless... what is this: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44872000/jpg/_44872330_ba 66bbc.jpg without a text description it would be hard rather than impossible to guess. Yes, I agree with you completely - we should have image captions and larger images - let me see who I can 'influence' K. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
Re: [backstage-developer] BBC or other picture feeds?
Andrew, some very obvious cases where images appear in isolation include apple iTunes, google images, slide-show screen-savers, etc... common visual search applications include flash-cards, collages, flick- books etc however there is a requirement that the images communicate something to the user, cf album covers and this does require a minimum quality, in both size and content if there are no BBC examples in the wild, this is likely to be the reason. I draw your attention again to: http://www.openicon.org/feeds/zanadu.svg which includes chairs on sale at ebay, yahoo news, flickr pets, youtube films, a horrible hack for the bbc weather icons, and much more... but not the BBC, because the image quality is around 1/4 of the yahoo images which are already poor. flickr provides the highest quality images in feeds that I am aware of. regards Jonathan Chetwynd [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.openicon.org/ +44 (0) 20 7978 1764 On 7 Nov 2008, at 11:51, Andrew Bowden wrote: when compared with yahoo, flickr, ebay etc these thumbnails are very small and in the cases I reviewed close to meaningless... what is this: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44872000/jpg/_44872330_ba66bbc.jpg without a text description it would be hard rather than impossible to guess. Dead easy. It's some aeroplane tailfins - British Airways tailfins to be exact :o) In isolation its true you might not get them so easily but do the pictures often appear in isolation? Dunno. Someone tell me :)
Re: [backstage-developer] Weather Geolocation
I've just noticed that many feeds have the same lat/long values. :/ http://bbcfeeds.dabase.com/index.txt For example: hetty:/srv/www/bbcfeeds.dabase.com% diff 1764.xml 1765.xml | grep Fore titleBBC - Weather Centre - Forecast for Canary Wharf, United Kingdom/title titleBBC - Weather Centre - Forecast for Stratford, United Kingdom/title titleBBC - Weather Centre - Forecast for Canary Wharf, United Kingdom/title titleBBC - Weather Centre - Forecast for Stratford, United Kingdom/title Have the same lat/long points. Shhuuurreely shome mistake? - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
RE: [backstage] Backstage logo design competition is live!
Wondering if anyone noticed we launched this competition??? Anyone??? Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rain Sent: 31 October 2008 16:18 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] Backstage logo design competition is live! Hi Everyone Ian and I are really pleased and excited to launch the Backstage logo design competition, it’s taken a while, but we’ve had a few legal hoops to jump through to get everything tickety-boo for you! http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2008/10/backstage_logo_2.html Anyway, you may remember the excellent cloud design logo that we’ve been using over the last couple of years was an idea from the Backstage community and we’d love it if you put your thinking caps on again and came up with a stunning, geeky new logo to represent us. The reward will be the kudos of having your design on our next run of t-shirts and possibly some stickers and other schwag too! The competition is going to be open for a month and our criteria for judging entries is: A strong, imaginative design which: · is modern · embodies the spirit of backstage: geeky, open, fun and cool · is simple and can be reproduced easily on print/TV/online · is in CMYK or B/W and should not be more than two block colours · is in 300dpi print resolution and in 72dpi screen resolution The deadline for entries is Sunday 30th November 2008 and we’re aiming to announce the result by Friday 5th December 2008. Please have a read of the Terms and Conditions and how to submit your entry info before sending us your design http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2005/10/backstage_logo_1.html Go forth and get creative – the geekier and cooler the better – good luck everyone! All the best Rain Rain Ashford | Technologist | http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Backstage logo design competition is live!
Most definitely! Should it include the .co.UK bit? Best wishes Mark Griffin 07941 01 01 64 01273 693 017 On 7 Nov 2008, at 17:53, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wondering if anyone noticed we launched this competition??? Anyone??? Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Rain Sent: 31 October 2008 16:18 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] Backstage logo design competition is live! Hi Everyone Ian and I are really pleased and excited to launch the Backstage logo design competition, it’s taken a while, but we’ve had a few legal hoops to jump through to get everything tickety-boo for you! http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2008/10/backstage_logo_2.html Anyway, you may remember the excellent cloud design logo that we’ve been using over the last couple of years was an idea from the Backst age community and we’d love it if you put your thinking caps on agai n and came up with a stunning, geeky new logo to represent us. The r eward will be the kudos of having your design on our next run of t-s hirts and possibly some stickers and other schwag too! The competition is going to be open for a month and our criteria for judging entries is: A strong, imaginative design which: · is modern · embodies the spirit of backstage: geeky, open, fun and cool · is simple and can be reproduced easily on print/TV/online · is in CMYK or B/W and should not be more than two block colou rs · is in 300dpi print resolution and in 72dpi screen resolution The deadline for entries is Sunday 30th November 2008 and we’re aimi ng to announce the result by Friday 5th December 2008. Please have a read of the Terms and Conditions and how to submit your entry info before sending us your design http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2005/10/backstage_logo_1.html Go forth and get creative – the geekier and cooler the better – good luck everyone! All the best Rain Rain Ashford | Technologist | http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Backstage logo design competition is live!
--- On Fri, 11/7/08, Mark Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most definitely! Should it include the .co.UK bit? Hi Mark Yay! ..it's up to you, but it might be nice to get backstage.bbc.co.uk in there somewhere :-D Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! Rain Rain Ashford | Technologist | http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Backstage logo design competition is live!
I have a design I'm working on... On 7 Nov 2008, at 19:17, Rain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- On Fri, 11/7/08, Mark Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most definitely! Should it include the .co.UK bit? Hi Mark Yay! ..it's up to you, but it might be nice to get backstage.bbc.co.uk in there somewhere :-D Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! Rain Rain Ashford | Technologist | http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be monitored. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error- free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions that are present in this message, or any attachment, that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Alun Rowe Pentangle Internet Limited 2 Buttermarket Thame Oxfordshire OX9 3EW Tel: +44 8700 339905 Fax: +44 8700 339906 Please direct all support requests to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras Close, Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
