RE: [backstage] Prototype: BBCBOT
How do I get started using this from scratch? Dr. Roger Brittain The Old Rectory Brinklow Warwickshire CV23 0NE Great Britain Telephone (44) 01788 832 660 Mobile 077 17 00 00 57 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Sent: 27 October 2005 2:44 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] Prototype: BBCBOT Hi, Well Tom's suggestion of Instant Messaging using BBC content was cool. I had something working a while ago which monitored IRC and spewed out content to MSN so I have changed it a bit and I present the prototype "bbcbot" as an example of an instant messenger system which intergrates television feeds, news feeds and also provides an automated "message" when your programmes are about to start! You can configure the bot from within messenger or via the web once you've added him as a contact. N.B - Currently it only supports MSN protocols but I'll add in others soon (sorry) First thing to do is add him as a contact ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). He will quickly respond saying Hi and giving you your personal URL to configure your preferences over the web if you dont like the interface within the bot. If you want to play around with preferences within the bot type "!help" His current list of commands are as follows (note the web site is a lot easier to use, you sould try it out): !help - This screen !url - Prints your personal web url for config !searchtv - Search for tv shows !searchnews - Search BBC News !add - Add new show to notification list !rem - Remove a notification !notifymail - A daily email of your show notifiers !shownotify - A list of your current notification preferences !notifynews - A flag to say whether you want new news stories or not (in progress..) It has limitations such that you can currently only specify a "programme" on a "channel" which you want to see, it doesnt allow for specific instances of shows, e.g. 19:30 EastEnders but it does allow for "I want to know when EastEnders on BBC1 is". Until you remove the notification it will keep on telling you about the next show. Anyway, there is stuff to do but its a prototype and please please dont hammer it, I dont know how well my bandwidth will take it nor have i any stats on the load for the MSNBOT JAR I created. Have fun & comments! Jim. - 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.bbc.co.uk competition details
Question, How about us guys who can't create prototypes? I have ideas which I think are pretty important but it sounds like you want examples rather than simple ideas. Is that right? Dr. Roger Brittain The Old Rectory Brinklow Warwickshire CV23 0NE Great Britain Telephone (44) 01788 832 660 Mobile 07821 184 074 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Metcalfe Sent: 25 July 2005 3:24 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] backstage.bbc.co.uk competition details Hello For those who were not at the backstage.bbc.co.uk Open Tech 05 event over the weekend, I'm pleased to announce the first backstage.bbc.co.uk competition. The full details can be found here: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2005/07/first_backstage.html, however in summery: We want you to innovate and come up with prototypes that demonstrate new ways of exploring the BBC TV schedule. New ways of presenting it, searching it, opening it up to user-annotation, remixing it... etc We've got the ultimate in Geek Bling for the grand prize: a brand new rackmount server, delivered to your door. There's also two 1Gig MP3 Players for the two runners up. Check out http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2005/07/first_backstage.html for the full details and the link to the competition rules. If you have any questions, let me know... Best of luck Ben Metcalfe :: 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. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.
RE: [backstage] Geotagging BBC news stories
Hello Tony, Do you knock up prototypes? Dr. Roger Brittain The Old Rectory Brinklow Warwickshire CV23 0NE Great Britain Telephone (44) 01788 832 660 Mobile 07821 184 074 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Hirst Sent: 25 July 2005 1:04 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Geotagging BBC news stories With the speed with which the annotation stream idea is being worked up, I can see the time is ripe to revisit the idea of an information mixing desk (cf an audio mixing desk). Info feeds come in at the top, stories can get boosted/attenuated in the presentation order according to eg timeliness, keywords, locale etc etc (cf bass, treble etc), effects applied to feeds correspond perhaps to annotation feeds, perhaps to info pulled in from other services (eg if a story/feed is tagged, then delicious can be mined for related pages, and perhaps even related feeds (hmm - does delicious support rss or webservice linktypes, so you can just search on those?) But that's by the by... What I meant to post was: As I understand it, the annotationStream idea allows a user to provide a set of annotations that can be applied to a particular original feed. But what if I want to define a feed that is a combination of several distinct annotationStreams defined at quite a high level? is there any merit in going a step further and having an annotationMix (or annotationPatch?) (that may or may not be an annotationStream?) that contains eg one or more tags and defines which bits of those various annotations from each feed should be used in the final annotationMix? It wouldn;t go as far as defining an xslt to remix the final feed, but would be useful as a config file for a mixer of several feeds, perhaps, or setting up an XSLT to generate the final annotated/mixed feed? tony - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.
RE: [backstage] Whither Backstage?
Let me know if you find one. Dr. Roger Brittain The Old Rectory Brinklow Warwickshire CV23 0NE Great Britain Telephone (44) 01788 832 660 Mobile 07821 184 074 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anita J C Gill Sent: 26 May 2005 9:54 AM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Whither Backstage? Can someone tell me if there's an idiot's guide on how to actual use the material? Thanks. Anita On 25 May 05, at 13:32, Ted Gilchrist wrote: > Ok, the suspense is killing me. > > Can someone provide a medium term prognosis for Backstage? Most of the > prototypes are just that, prototypes, and will only achieve their full glory > if more resources are devoted to them. > > Or are we just waiting for the trees to become more laden with their > intellectual fruit, before harvesting begins? There will be a harvest, > right? I mean that in a good way. > > Ted Gilchrist > > -- > Botcast Network: http://www.botcastnetwork.com > Anita Gill Teaching & Learning Officer Faculty of Humanities CSU Manchester University Manchester M13 9PL 0161-275-8315
