[backstage] web jobs to go?
web jobs to go? according to the front page of today's Times: The corporation’s web pages are to be halved, backed by a 25 per cent cut in staff numbers. http://bit.ly/webjobstogo ~: - 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] web jobs to go?
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:14, Jonathan Chetwynd j.chetw...@btinternet.com wrote: The corporation’s web pages are to be halved I'm tempted to offer a prize to the first person who can accurately determine what web pages are to be halved ACTUALLY means. My off-the-cuff thoughts on it last night: http://nevali.net/post/412092568/bbc-signals-an-end-to-an-era-of-expansion M. - 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] web jobs to go?
On 26/02/2010 10:58, Mo McRoberts m...@nevali.net wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:14, Jonathan Chetwynd j.chetw...@btinternet.com wrote: The corporation¹s web pages are to be halved I'm tempted to offer a prize to the first person who can accurately determine what web pages are to be halved ACTUALLY means. My off-the-cuff thoughts on it last night: http://nevali.net/post/412092568/bbc-signals-an-end-to-an-era-of-expansion That's a good post, Mo and I'm sure many here appreciate it. The bit that worries me is .. a pledge not ever to produce services at a 'more local' level than is currently the case. because (a) 'not ever' seems a bit greedy, particularly as (b) I can't see there has been much interest in local by commercial media My personal opinion of course. Gavin - 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] web jobs to go?
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 14:28, Gavin Johnson gavin.john...@bbc.co.uk wrote: The bit that worries me is .. a pledge not ever to produce services at a 'more local' level than is currently the case. because (a) 'not ever' seems a bit greedy, particularly as (b) I can't see there has been much interest in local by commercial media this goes back to the old 'will a commercial replacement fill the gap?' argument, and I did allude to it to an extent in that post: my guess is 'no, it won't', and I don't think much of that's the BBC's fault, really. the marketplace is changing, and the commercial environment is also changing. localised content is a very different game to ten - or even five - years ago. given that, I'd err more towards the BBC providing such services so that *somebody* will, even if that's under a relatively tight remit so that feature-creep doesn't have a negative effect upon commercial services in related areas. M. - 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] web jobs to go?
Mo McRoberts wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 14:28, Gavin Johnson gavin.john...@bbc.co.uk wrote: The bit that worries me is .. a pledge not ever to produce services at a 'more local' level than is currently the case. because (a) 'not ever' seems a bit greedy, particularly as (b) I can't see there has been much interest in local by commercial media this goes back to the old 'will a commercial replacement fill the gap?' argument, and I did allude to it to an extent in that post: my guess is 'no, it won't', and I don't think much of that's the BBC's fault, really. the marketplace is changing, and the commercial environment is also changing. localised content is a very different game to ten - or even five - years ago. given that, I'd err more towards the BBC providing such services so that *somebody* will, even if that's under a relatively tight remit so that feature-creep doesn't have a negative effect upon commercial services in related areas. If Radio licences from Ofcom weren't so extortionate then we might see more community stations providing local content. The US has so many non-profit radio stations that it is hard to see why it is worth making permanent broadcast licences such commercial challenge to get. I mean WBAI New York[1] is probably one of the best non-profit stations out there but there are literally droves of them. Why we don't seem to want the UK to have this is beyond me... :-/ Cheers, Tim [1] well worth checking out: http://www.wbai.org/ - 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/
[backstage] RE: s...@bbc?
The XML file i'm talking about are mainly stuck in content management systems. But i highly suggest you look at the XML in http://mammoth.welcomebackstage.com/exist/rest/db/feeds/ at some point soon. (the server is being worked on so try in a few days) Secret[] Private[] Public[x] Ian Forrester Senior Backstage Producer BBC RD North Lab, 1st Floor Office, OB Base, New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester, M60 1SJ From: Jonathan Chetwynd [mailto:j.chetw...@btinternet.com] Sent: 25 February 2010 15:42 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Cc: Ian Forrester Subject: Re: s...@bbc? Ian, could you point to any particularly suitable xml files? eg http://www.honte.eu/playGo/games/Shusai-GoSeigen-19340119.xml xslt transforms client-side into an SVG board with pieces, that are played and captured using css, but could as easily be an html list of moves. regards Jonathan On 25 Feb 2010, at 13:00, Ian Forrester wrote: To my mind I can't think of any example of the BBC publishing or generating SVG, but I know quite a few of our content management systems could generate SVG tomorrow if there was the desire, take up and need. Cheers Secret[] Private[] Public[x] Ian Forrester Senior Backstage Producer BBC RD North Lab, 1st Floor Office, OB Base, New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester, M60 1SJ From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Jonathan Chetwynd Sent: 25 February 2010 12:36 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] s...@bbc? s...@bbc? Has the BBC published anything at all in SVG* format? regards Jonathan Chetwynd * Internet Explorer may soon support SVG**, and Ordinance Survey, National Standards Office and the Meteorological Office already publish data in SVG format... and standards based browsers now have an xslt processors, and this can provide a convenient client-side method for transforming xml into SVG. **Patrick Dengler Senior Program Manager Internet Explorer Team yesterday we submitted our request to join the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/ of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org/ http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/01/05/microsoft-joins-w3c-svg-working-group.aspx 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.
RE: [backstage] MHEG+
I'll ping Nick about this, but I got a feeling that maybe this was pre-Canvas? Cheers, Secret[] Private[] Public[x] Ian Forrester Senior Backstage Producer BBC RD North Lab, 1st Floor Office, OB Base, New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester, M60 1SJ -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Mo McRoberts Sent: 21 February 2010 00:45 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] MHEG+ ¡Hola! From the old BBCi Labs blog: “2. At 10:44am on 08 Jul 2008, nickgallon wrote: The MHEG+ toolkit is going to be made available via backstage very soon. We're just making sure that everything is in order legally before we post it. Hopefully, there will be an announcement via this blog when we get the all clear. Cheers Nick” http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcilabs/2008/07/mashed_interactive_tv.html Without wishing to nitpick, Feb 2010 isn’t really “very soon” from July 2008 :) Anybody got any ideas what the hold-up is, and whether they’re issues which can be resolved? Cheers! M. - 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] MHEG+
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 16:40, Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk wrote: I'll ping Nick about this, but I got a feeling that maybe this was pre-Canvas? If memory's not failing me, yes, I _believe_ so. M. - 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/
[backstage] Cross platform and open widgets
Yes I know widgets are so 2008 but its interesting that the W3's Mobile widget spec is actually being used for Opera's Widget platform. HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SVG, seems ideal ground for developers to quickly make useful widgets http://labs.opera.com/news/2010/02/18/ http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/10/15/ Secret[] Private[] Public[x] Ian Forrester Senior Backstage Producer BBC RD North Lab, 1st Floor Office, OB Base, New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester, M60 1SJ - 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] Cross platform and open widgets
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 17:17, Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk wrote: Yes I know widgets are so 2008 but its interesting that the W3's Mobile widget spec is actually being used for Opera's Widget platform. HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SVG, seems ideal ground for developers to quickly make useful widgets Hey, I use widgets regularly! There's even a key on my keyboard specifically (marked) for displaying all the widgets I have enabled (but I am a dirty Mac user). I tend not to hold out much hope when it comes to Opera's neat innovations: they don't really have the market-share to drive horizontal uptake, as it were. Most of this stuff tends to end up languishing along with the rest of the browser (from the perspective of the number of people actually using it, I mean). M. - 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/
[backstage] Re: BBC Experimental Website Down?
Sorry for bringing up a fairly old topic. The website is again down, though it is temporary. Is there a reason for this? Or is just unexpected downtime? My website relies heavily on this information. Again, Sorry for the hastle! Tim
Re: [backstage] Re: BBC Experimental Website Down?
On 26-Feb-2010, at 18:05, Tim Coysh wrote: Sorry for bringing up a fairly old topic. The website is again down, though it is temporary. Is there a reason for this? Or is just unexpected downtime? My website relies heavily on this information. Again, Sorry for the hastle! I would place a wild guess that it’s probably being moved from one bit of England to another ;) (Anybody feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, it really was a wild, if slightly educated, guess!) M. - 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/
[backstage] A quick Dolby E question
A teeny bit off-topic but I'm sure there are people on the list that know the answer. Does 24-bit Dolby E actually exist? If so what produces it? Thanks in advance. - 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/
