Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds
Ian I think it is funny that it says "The current versions of the programs only work on PCs." despite the fact that earlier the article quotes your BBC man saying that the nice thing is that it is cross platform... I think that the BBC should keep an eye on Mozilla Prism as well. Rupert Watson On 25/02/2008 19:22, "Ian Forrester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what do people think? Rupert Watson Www.root6.com +44 7787 554 801 ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds
Alia It is on all platforms now I think; http://wiki.mozilla.org/WebRunner#Latest_version Rupert Watson Www.root6.com +44 7787 554 801 On 26/02/2008 21:43, "Alia Sheikh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > windows only for the moment but open ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] What would you love to see coming out of BBC Vision in the near future?
How about an Air app that allows one to edit the DMI metadata in a web browser. If there were a published BBC metadata schema we could do this outside the BBC; as it is it would need to be an internal effort. On 05/03/2008 06:38, "Chris Sizemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > any BBC DMI guys lurking on the list? Rupert Watson www.root6.com +44 7787 554 801 ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] iPlayer DRM is over?
I wonder if the F1 nonsense will be DRM free on iPlayer? On 20/03/2008 14:41, "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20/03/2008, hayfielddigitalparish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> it looks like a CBC are now going to put DRM-free BitTorrent distribution >> for a major prime-time show > > Free, no DRM media distributed over an open protocol globally, media > as it should be. > > Now why didn't the BBC do this if CBC can do it? What about all the > new programmes they produce, write "internet distribution" into the > contracts. > > The only question now is do I actually want to watch it, maybe I > should watch it purely to "support the cause"? > > Andy Rupert Watson www.root6.com +44 7787 554 801 ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)
I always say, "is that your phone ringing?" Seems to do the trick if you keep it polite and faux naïve ;-) On 25/03/2008 09:31, "Andrew Bowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And lets not forget that we've now got a culture growing whereby teenagers > listen to music via appalling mobile loudspeakers on buses (well that is until > I loom over then and threaten to ram the confounded thing down their throat > anyway! ;) ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] DAB rollout...
I bought a Sony XDRS50B DAB radio last month so my wife could listen to BBC London despite moving to Watford. As a result she loves DAB and has converted a number of her friends. For her it wasn't about quality; it was about convenience. On 09/04/2008 03:47, "Christopher Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "And I'd want to switch to DAB why, exactly?" Rupert Watson www.root6.com +44 7787 554 801 ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] BBC tells ISPs to get stuffed
Have you read the weasel words about Traffic Shaping aka Fair Usage on the Tiscali web site, they are quite a hoot. Rupert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: 09 April 2008 14:33 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC tells ISPs to get stuffed Mr I Forrester wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/bbc_highfield_isp_threat/ The saga continues courtesy of the Reg. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/09/bbc_tiscali_iplayer/ (BBC vs ISPs: Bandwidth row escalates as Tiscali wades in) ISPs seem to be upset by the idea they should provide customers with what they pay for! If I buy an Unlimited plan from an ISP why shouldn't I connect my machine and transfer data full speed for the entire month? (Which technically still isn't unlimited because I am capped by the fact that I can't transmit at an infinite speed). ISPs exploit customers ignorance to make money. As I stated earlier the average man in the street has no idea what "8 GB a Month" actually means. Maybe we should just re-nationalise the communications infrastructure? Andy - 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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ - 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] BBC tells ISPs to get stuffed
I think the BBC's point is that they might need to point out which ISPs have taken the trouble to build motorways to your door and which ones have been telling you that the country lane you are paying to drive on is a motorway. For those ISPs that can’t, wont or don’t want to upgrade to motorway status; it's the end of the road. Rupert Watson +44 7787 554801 www.root6.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 April 2008 13:46 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] BBC tells ISPs to get stuffed I think the ISPs have a point ... the ADSL network is (currently) like a collection of country roads (narrow and fairly slow) which the BBC is trying to drive it's supersize juggernauts down. Think the ISPs should use some form of traffic shaping for iPlayer traffic and that the BBC and other such companies should fess up some of the costs involved in improving the network if they want to use the net to push their weighty products. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Sent: 10 April 2008 13:30 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC tells ISPs to get stuffed On Thursday 10 April 2008 12:26:57 Andy wrote: > It's only safe to cache data when you know it is cacheable. I agree with many of the sentiments you raise, but a key thing to remember is that many caches will not cache objects over a certain size. Lots of heuristics around caching have been worked on over the years, but most of them generally work with objects within certain general parameters. (I worked in the caching industry on scaling delivery both on content sending and content recieving ends for several years, and could really go on about this, but I won't :-) Sure you could whitelist specific sites, but also caching in the ISP doesn't deal with the problem people have been raising - as previously mentioned in this thread: On 09/04/2008, David McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ISPs who are anticipating financial hardship are more concerned with the > cost of bandwidth between their network and home ADSL users, and _not_ > between their network and the outside world. And whilst setting the content to be cacheable is a nice idea, I doubt that ISPs are likely to want to maintain whitelists or to increase their maximum object size that high. But then its this sort of niche that companies like akamai have been targetting for years now. I can see companies liking the idea, but I'm not convinced companies really want their staff watching doctor who or similar at work... If the BBC wanted to build out their own CDN system (debateable/no idea), then personally I'd think a system based around L5 multicast ideas combined with content caches at the edge - like scattercast - is probably one of the best approaches. But then I've been saying that for years now since I've seen that work well in the past ... :) That said, it still doesn't help with the problem David mentions above. Regards, Michael. - 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/ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)
As it happens I would suggest Forest Key - who does work at Microsoft (on Silverlight). Before that he worked at Macromedia (who became Adobe) where he was Product Manager for Flash, so he is adequately qualified ;-) Apart from all that he is the smartest most focussed individual I have ever met in the Media and Technology space. He would whip FM&T into shape - if anyone could. Reading Ariel yesterday it looks like the BBC have got some serious house cleaning to do on the bureaucracy front. I would think that is one of the largest tasks facing them as an organisation. Rupert Watson +44 7787 554801 www.root6.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mr I Forrester Sent: 15 April 2008 04:13 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost) Come on guys, enough microsoft/adobe jokes. If you could seriously put someone into the position of director of future media and technology who would it be and what qualities would you be looking for? I guess I shouldn't really say who I'd like to see, otherwise it will appear in the guardian or something. :) Rob Myers wrote: > Brian Butterworth wrote: > >> Cool. Can I apply for his post please? > > That depends. What work experience do you have at Microsoft? > > - Rob. > - > 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/ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)
Tim, my reading of the email was that the, linked to, article contained quotes that look like they might have been lifted straight from an email on this very list... Rupert Watson +44 7787 554801 www.root6.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Duckett Sent: 15 April 2008 08:55 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost) But I don't see how this kind of ad hominem abuse is going to help persuade people that there is a better way of doing things. ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] iPlayer 2 - wow!
But was it to scale? Rupert Watson +44 7787554801 www.root6.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Cramp Sent: 03 July 2008 09:38 To: 'backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk' Subject: RE: [backstage] iPlayer 2 - wow! The original iPlayer goes to 11 too. Robin Cramp Assistant Producer Quba New Media www.quba.co.uk t:: 0114 279 4920 f:: 0114 272 2854 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgravia House, 115 Rockingham Street, Sheffield, S1 4EB From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rachel MacTaggart Sent: 03 July 2008 09:31 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] iPlayer 2 - wow! So is it deliberate that the volume on the Iplayer2 goes up to 11? Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:47:19 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] iPlayer 2 - wow! The new iPlayer looks great and seems to work exceptionally well http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayerbeta/ It all works as advertised here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/iplayerbeta/ Just one tiny little niggle.. if you start listening to a radio programme using RealPlayer (I'm not in the UK right now) and then click to use the pop-out version, the programme starts from the beginning again, whereas it would be more useful if it automatically navigated to the place where you were already at. --- Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] BBC DRM iplayer mobiles etc
Are you calling Stephen well covered? Rupert Watson +44 7787554801 www.root6.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Jolly Sent: 16 October 2008 09:02 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC DRM iplayer mobiles etc Brian Butterworth wrote: > I note that Stephen Fry has posted this, which seems to cover it quite > well.. Hear hear. :-) S ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] BBC iPlayer on a map
The Magic Elf seems to have got Stephen Fry touring the US with a map pin in London, though? Rupert Watson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andy Sent: Thu 10/23/2008 9:33 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer on a map Oh man, thats an awesome idea! The system stores each episode with a brand, series and so on. So technically they could be linked up. The oddness is guessing which series are actual tours. I could just enable it for all series, but I don't think it would be much use for "Cash in the Attic". Time to have a think. Regards, Andy On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Iain Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello again, > > Bereft of any real ideas I asked myself "if you took all the BBC TV shows > > that are currently on iPlayer and plotted them on a map would it be any > use > > what so ever?" > > The result.. > > http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/map/ > > Now, I should explain what's going on with this mashup. First of all, > from > > my old iPlayerlist project I scrape bbc.co.uk/iplayer for all the > current TV > > shows (a-z atom feeds help). Then I extract the synopsis from > /programmes > > for each episode. > > I then throw the episode synopsis at the Beta Open Calais API. This API > > will extract a ton of concepts, including some geographical information > that > > it thinks the synopsis relates to (don't ask me how, I assume some sort > of > > magic elf reads it). This geographical information (states, countries, > > towns etc) now includes longitudes and latitude info thanks to Open > Calais > > chatting to Freebase. > > It works best with the larger synopsis I'm told. Have a look along the > east > > coast of the US to see Stephen Fry (of twitter fame) making his way > through > > each state. Later tonight we should see some more of his journey. > > I'm still questioning if this is any use to an non techy user. Would my > dad > > like to see a map showing TV shows which relate to them? Anyway, in the > > future I might add a bit of colour coding on the markers for program type > > (childrens, factual, comedy etc). > > Regards, > > Andy > > Nice work! If a series has a different location for each episode, > would you be able to draw lines between each one in episode order? > There've quite a few series in the past which are filmed in the form > of a sort of "tour". > > Iain > - > 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/ > ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 <>
RE: [backstage] Make the primary operating system used in stateschools free and open source
It goes deeper than this; currently there is no place in the national curriculum to teach kids to touch type. So even though they will most likely spend a large part of their time on a keyboard no one thinks it appropriate to teach them an effective way to do that. Rupert Watson +44 7787554801 www.root6.com -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of backst...@gorge.org Sent: 09 February 2009 17:47 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Make the primary operating system used in stateschools free and open source On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 04:12:09PM -, Christopher Woods wrote: > Aside from the fact that the suite of *de facto* software the students would > use day in and day would need to be the same, in some cases the bloody > curriculum demanded that particular software be used, so your hands were > tied. At my school we had Acorns for general use (DTP etc), an ST for music composition, and a Beeb for handling the input from our radiotelescopes. I was happy with each of them (and did not have a computer at home to compare or learn on). There was no problem in using different computers for different purposes, each was "the right tool for the job". So what's wrong with providing certain software where the curriculum prescribes it, perhaps on computers in the room or lab where that subject is taught, but the main suites could be running entirely open source solutions? And then if schools start to turn to open source, maybe the software prescribed by the curriculum will change as well. Schools should be preparing kids to go into the world. And open source is out there on desktops now. We should be looking forward to that, not back because "that's how it's always been". -- Flash Bristow -Web Design & Mastery -07939 579090 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Work: www.wdam.co.uk Personal: www.gorge.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/ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice]
I wonder what they are using as their mail server. Kerio, Apple or something else? Rupert Watson www.root6.com +44 7787 554801 -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Dobson Sent: 25 April 2009 22:45 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice] impressive stuff. :) Original Message Subject: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:20:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Glyn Wintle Reply-To: Open Rights Group open discussion list To: Open Rights Group open discussion list http://twitter.com/charlesarthur/status/1603720276 whole of The Guardian has dropped MS Office Mac and gone OpenOffice. That's 1,000+ corporate seats right there. ___ ORG-discuss mailing list org-disc...@lists.openrightsgroup.org http://lists.openrightsgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/org-discuss -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one object. If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw - 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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice]
Martin If you are an information architect; who are the information civil engineers? ;-) So how many people have *actually* moved off an MS app to an open source app. And more to the point, who on earth thought using Notes was a good idea!! Rupert Watson www.root6.com +44 7787 554801 -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Martin Belam Sent: 25 April 2009 23:18 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice] Those of us at The Guardian who are using Windows machines still have MS Office as part of our build, rather than OpenOffice. We also all have access though to a Google-Apps-For-Your-Enterprise that goes across Guardian News & Media, so regardless of whether you are using Mac or Windows it is easy to share documents inside and outside of the corporate firewall. Mail serverwise on WIndows - Notes/Domino. Don't know what the set-up is on a Mac, but if you search for Jemima's tweets on the subject, you'll know it isn't popular ;-) all the best, Martin Belam Information Architect, guardian.co.uk 2009/4/25 Rupert Watson : > I wonder what they are using as their mail server. Kerio, Apple or > something else? > > Rupert Watson > www.root6.com > +44 7787 554801 > > > -Original Message- > From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk > [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Dobson > Sent: 25 April 2009 22:45 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has > gone OpenOffice] > > impressive stuff. :) > > Original Message > Subject: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:20:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: Glyn Wintle > Reply-To: Open Rights Group open discussion list > > To: Open Rights Group open discussion list > > > > http://twitter.com/charlesarthur/status/1603720276 > > whole of The Guardian has dropped MS Office Mac and gone OpenOffice. > That's 1,000+ corporate seats right there. > > > > > > ___ > ORG-discuss mailing list > org-disc...@lists.openrightsgroup.org > http://lists.openrightsgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/org-discuss > > -- > www.tdobson.net > > If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us > still has one object. > If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now > has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw > - > 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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > __ > > ROOT 6 LIMITED > Registered in the UK at > 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON > W1F 8AJ > Company No. 03433253 > > - > 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/ > -- Martin Belam - http://www.currybet.net - 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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ - 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] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice]
Do you all have to wear polo necks tucked into your jeans, now? Rupert Watson www.root6.com +44 7787 554801 -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Martin Belam Sent: 26 April 2009 00:29 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice] > If you are an information architect; who are the information civil engineers? > ;-) They sit next to the information chimney-sweeps - mostly small children we pluck from librarian school and beat regularly with thesauri > So how many people have *actually* moved off an MS app to an open source app. > And more to the point, who on earth thought using Notes was a good idea!! On the first point I think Charles has the right figure. I think we are meant to have something like the largest networked hub of Macs in Europe. Pretty much all journalists and newspapers production staff are on Macs. You can see our rows and rows of Macs in this picture http://twitpic.com/3e9l2 @jackschofield posted via Twitter On the second point, we are supposed to be migrating off it soon. I hope. all the best, martin 2009/4/25 Rupert Watson : > Martin > If you are an information architect; who are the information civil engineers? > ;-) > > So how many people have *actually* moved off an MS app to an open source app. > And more to the point, who on earth thought using Notes was a good idea!! > > Rupert Watson > www.root6.com > +44 7787 554801 > > > -Original Message- > From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk > [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Martin Belam > Sent: 25 April 2009 23:18 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has > gone OpenOffice] > > Those of us at The Guardian who are using Windows machines still have > MS Office as part of our build, rather than OpenOffice. We also all > have access though to a Google-Apps-For-Your-Enterprise that goes > across Guardian News & Media, so regardless of whether you are using > Mac or Windows it is easy to share documents inside and outside of the > corporate firewall. > > Mail serverwise on WIndows - Notes/Domino. Don't know what the set-up > is on a Mac, but if you search for Jemima's tweets on the subject, > you'll know it isn't popular ;-) > > all the best, > Martin Belam > Information Architect, guardian.co.uk > > > > > > 2009/4/25 Rupert Watson : >> I wonder what they are using as their mail server. Kerio, Apple or >> something else? >> >> Rupert Watson >> www.root6.com >> +44 7787 554801 >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk >> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Dobson >> Sent: 25 April 2009 22:45 >> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk >> Subject: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has >> gone OpenOffice] >> >> impressive stuff. :) >> >> Original Message >> Subject: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice >> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:20:15 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Glyn Wintle >> Reply-To: Open Rights Group open discussion list >> >> To: Open Rights Group open discussion list >> >> >> >> http://twitter.com/charlesarthur/status/1603720276 >> >> whole of The Guardian has dropped MS Office Mac and gone OpenOffice. >> That's 1,000+ corporate seats right there. >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> ORG-discuss mailing list >> org-disc...@lists.openrightsgroup.org >> http://lists.openrightsgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/org-discuss >> >> -- >> www.tdobson.net >> >> If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us >> still has one object. >> If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now >> has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw >> - >> 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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email >> __ >> >> ROOT 6 L
Re: [backstage] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?
At a guess it is the parties that paid large sums of money to acquire or create the "content". Sent from my dog On 16 Sep 2009, at 07:52, "Brian Butterworth" wrote: I was going to post about this when I saw the original document, but I'm ashamed to say I didn't get around to it, so here is the EFF on it... http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/broadcast-flag-uk "The BBC has indicated that third party content owners are seeking to ensure that reception equipment will implement ... copy protection. Because [these] requirements are not mandatory, representatives of content owners have asked the BBC to take steps to ensure that reception equipment will implement the specified content management arrangements." Probably should do an FoI request to find out who the "third party content owners" are... -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 <><>
RE: [backstage] Google Wave
Tim If you haven't watched it, I really recommend you watch Lars's demo that is online. It is an hour and a half or so, but it gives a VERY good feel for what they think is possible. I stuck it on the phone and watched it on the commute. I got quite excited at some points. As a support company I am immensely excited about what this can do for us and our customers internal and external communication. I think (and hope) it will be a massive success as we could really use a tool like this. Rupert Watson www.root6.com +44 7787 554801 -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Dobson Sent: 09 October 2009 08:47 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Google Wave Richard Lockwood wrote: > Oh - "peed off" doesn't come into it. > > And thank you - if it does, you're a gent and I owe you a pint. > > I still stand by my opinion of Google's tactics though. :-) Yeah, I'd 100% agree there though I'd probably use less expletives to produce the same effect. It's a slimey marketing campaign though. Anyway, I just got my invite last night - timmydobson at gmail dot com I dont really understand it yet from playing with it for two minutes. If I can send invites, I might send some this way, but I suspect the public waiting list is as good a place as any by now. Tim - 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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] iPad
Did he say whether iBooks will run on existing iPhones? Sent from my dog On 28 Jan 2010, at 08:53, "Mo McRoberts" wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 08:32, Brian Butterworth > wrote: It does, both, what? it runs an operating system. it has a keyboard. 2010/1/28 Mo McRoberts On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 08:03, Brian Butterworth > wrote: Underwhelming. Â It's a big iPhone. It's named after the Star Trek PADD. Might be good it if ran an operating system and had a keyboard. It does, both. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. Â To unsubscr ibe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Â Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 - 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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] iPad
Put Jellycar and Doodlejump on it and you will never see it again... Rupert Watson +44 7787 554 801 www.root6.com -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Mo McRoberts Sent: 28 January 2010 12:56 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:20, Michael Kraskin wrote: > I think the no-Flash means that it a seriously crippled web browser. Hardly > the "best way to browse the internet," and thus will be a serious > disappointment, not only to power users, but to casual internet surfers as > well. As a user, the lack of Flash won't affect me much, if at all. fewer ads, and that's about it. The kids won't get near it, as CBeebies appears to be built almost entirely in Flash (much the same with Club Penguin), but I can't say I'd consider them not wanting to get their grubby fingers on it a bad thing (though there are plenty of games in the App Store they'd like instead). As a web developer, I can't remember the last time web developers influenced browsers and not the other way around. Can't see that one changing any time soon: if the iPad is successful, websites will stop relying on Flash being ubiquitous (either degrading where Flash isn't present, or doing something else entirely), assuming they and the iPad share customer demographics. > The no-camera thing just screams "wait for the second generation before you > buy one" Why on earth would you want a camera on a device whose form factor is utterly opposed to the hold-up-point-and-shoot facilities in mobile phones which made digital photography mainstream? Not saying you're wrong, just that I can't fathom it. 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/ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] iPad
A Haynes manual won't help you with a modern car. You need an engine monitoring system and connection to the manufacturer.... Rupert Watson +44 7787 554 801 www.root6.com -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Darren Stephens Sent: 29 January 2010 15:50 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad Damn right! If, like me you are a tinkerer and like to create, hell I've already got a Mac. I can do that stuff. iPad is not for that. It is a consumer device. It's good at that - that market doesn't want to tinker, in the same way that any who buy a car just want to use it to drive somewhere and don't feel the need to become a mechanic to enjoy what it does. Anyone wants to tinker, go and buy a Haynes manual :) Å 29/01/2010 15:38, "Mo McRoberts" a écrit: > There seems to be a lot of criticism, mostly in tech articles rather > than individual discussions, that a device seemingly designed to cater > for people who aren't particularly interested in computers appears to > be a device for people who aren¹t particularly interested in > computers. -- Darren Stephens MBCS CITP School of Arts and New Media University of Hull Scarborough Campus Filey Road Scarborough t: +441723357360 e: darren.steph...@hull.ac.uk __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 - 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] iPad
I think the point he was making was that he has actually had his hands on the device and that it is pleasant to use. That, after all, is what made the iPhone a success; ease of use and desirability. Scoble has an interesting interview with his kid on why it isn't compelling for college kids, though. Although you'd think it was a bit pricy for them. I can see iTunesU combining lectures and notes rather nicely on the device, though. Rupert Watson +44 7787 554 801 www.root6.com From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: 31 January 2010 16:15 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad I remember when I subscribed to The Listener, Stephen Fry was an amusing, gay, reformed credit card thief. On 31 January 2010 15:25, Sam Mbale wrote: I remember when I just joined twitter Stephen Fry was the evangelist. Kudos to him. I always get this feedback from people that geeks are boring. Sadly it's true. Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Brian Butterworth wrote: For a bit of balance, how about http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/ (or http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/29/stephen-fry-apple-ipad ) Dear old Mr Fry seems to have taken to the role of "Apple's Chief Apologist" very seriously. On 31 January 2010 14:06, Sam Mbale wrote: iPad is just a wall fence for publishers. Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Christopher Woods wrote: > -Original Message- > From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk > [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Jim Tonge > Sent: 30 January 2010 22:55 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad > > > On 30 Jan 2010, at 22:39, Alex Mace wrote: > > > FUD. > > Nothing so grandiose, simply ignorance! :) > > Can any of those browsers be set to the device default? >From the looks of the Macworld article, I don't think you would *want* to set any of the six browsers they review as default! For example, in the first paragraph: "I didn't get very far before I ran into the first limitation-none of the eight browser's would open my family's password-protected Web site. I don't know why, but it seems that sites that use the standard Apache access controls can't be accessed from a third-party browser." What's the point in using a third-party browser if (seemingly due to the SDK) it can't even perform as well as the original included browser? And the Google Voice app still hasn't been permitted on the App Store, it's still in a state of perpetual review (which is why Google just sidestepped it in the end to make their HTML5 web app at m.google.com/voice). Apple are still being nefarious. - 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/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 <><>
RE: [backstage] iPad
I think it is more about conflation / coalescence / convergence on one device. The more one can consume, interact and communicate on one platform, the better, I think. Rupert Watson +44 7787 554 801 www.root6.com From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Sam Mbale Sent: 31 January 2010 16:45 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad It's all about accessibility. is it worth it? Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Rupert Watson wrote: I think the point he was making was that he has actually had his hands on the device and that it is pleasant to use. That, after all, is what made the iPhone a success; ease of use and desirability. Scoble has an interesting interview with his kid on why it isn't compelling for college kids, though. Although you'd think it was a bit pricy for them. I can see iTunesU combining lectures and notes rather nicely on the device, though. Rupert Watson +44 7787 554 801 www.root6.com From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: 31 January 2010 16:15 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad I remember when I subscribed to The Listener, Stephen Fry was an amusing, gay, reformed credit card thief. On 31 January 2010 15:25, Sam Mbale wrote: I remember when I just joined twitter Stephen Fry was the evangelist. Kudos to him. I always get this feedback from people that geeks are boring. Sadly it's true. Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Brian Butterworth < briant...@freeview.tv> wrote: For a bit of balance, how about http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/ (or http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/29/stephen-fry-apple-ipad ) Dear old Mr Fry seems to have taken to the role of "Apple's Chief Apologist" very seriously. On 31 January 2010 14:06, Sam Mbale wrote: iPad is just a wall fence for publishers. Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Christopher Woods < chris...@infinitus.co.uk> wrote: > -Original Message- > From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk > [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Jim Tonge > Sent: 30 January 2010 22:55 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad > > > On 30 Jan 2010, at 22:39, Alex Mace wrote: > > > FUD. > > Nothing so grandiose, simply ignorance! :) > > Can any of those browsers be set to the device default? >From the looks of the Macworld article, I don't think you would *want* to set any of the six browsers they review as default! For example, in the first paragraph: "I didn't get very far before I ran into the first limitation-none of the eight browser's would open my family's password-protected Web site. I don't know why, but it seems that sites that use the standard Apache access controls can't be accessed from a third-party browser." What's the point in using a third-party browser if (seemingly due to the SDK) it can't even perform as well as the original included browser? And the Google Voice app still hasn't been permitted on the App Store, it's still in a state of perpetual review (which is why Google just sidestepped it in the end to make their HTML5 web app at m.google.com/voice). Apple are still being nefarious. - 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/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ <http://www.root6.com/> root6 ltd Registered in the UK at: 4 Wardour Mews, London W1F 8AJ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7437 6052 Company No. 03433253 __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 <><>
Re: [backstage] BBC R&D Move- Video
You can do that with Isilon's WebDAV interface (Kodak Easyshare for example) and with SyncIQ and Aspera it could be replicated around the BBC's storage clusters with no human interaction. The tools to buy, not build, a DMI exist already. Sent from my dog On 1 Feb 2010, at 14:37, "Ant Miller" wrote: Actually to have a semi public facing drop zone where we could ingest, analyse and prep files for upload would be a good tool. Get it working right, and build in the right security, and I know of three or four real world production applications straight off- could even integrate well to DMI. If we do a production systems hack day this year I'd chuck it in the mix. a On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Stephen Jolly wrote: On 1 Feb 2010, at 13:30, Ant Miller wrote: > Possibly- the specific file formats we need to encode to to upload to iplayer are pretty standard, but the way we make these films is using a 3rd party editor (he's great by the way). Delivering finished films from his home edit suite to us is proving maddeningly unreliable- a combination of his home internet connection, a Mac that refuses to even see some removable drives and a DVD Rom burner we are deeply suspicious of means that roughly half the films fail at some stage of the workflow. In this instance an H.264 copy (far lower quality) was readable off a memory stick whereas the far nicer, and bigger, DV Pal 25 .mov file was U/S. > > Given the time I would love to set up a nice smooth workflow to pipe these things from him to me, or in fact from any contributor to me, but it's well outside my technical comfort zone, and there's always something else pressing on my time. Sounds like a great R&D project - perhaps an automated tool to analyse (and upload?) video produced by third parties? :-) S - 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/ -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ROOT 6 LIMITED Registered in the UK at 4 WARDOUR MEWS, LONDON W1F 8AJ Company No. 03433253 <><>
