Re: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king
At 04:02 + 30/11/06, Frank Wales wrote: On 11/29/2006 04:22 PM, Matthew Cashmore wrote: Only the BBC would be having a conversation about it's Chairman having to code Perl to get the job... Over at ITV they're talking Ruby, Ruby? At ITV? What? [checks immediate surroundings for signs of severe reality distortion] If the BBC required senior management to possess practical perl prowess, ITV would surely demand rock'n'roll, drag'n'plop PowerPoint skilz, so they can re-spiffify the sales demo of their attention-harvesting plans before Big Ad notices just how ensweatened ITV's brow has become. -- Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sink or swim. ITV has falling advertising revenues, due to this new fangled Internet thingy, which I hear is all the rage. Along hundred of available broadcast TV channels. Compare and contrast the annual revenue stream for the BBC or ITV with the value (in cash or stock) of YouTube? Reality? Sure - bucket loads... Gordo -- Think Feynman/ http://pobox.com/~gordo/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]/// - 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: (freeing) content is king
Martin Belam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ian, why don't you apply for the job of Chairman of the BBC? I think the Chairman is more of a strategic hands-off job, and I'm sure Ian would miss getting his hands dirty with widget code :-) Surely, the Chairman decides what he can do. I see no reason at all why the Chairman couldn't hack perl. It's just that most Chairman don't. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - 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] Re: (freeing) content is king
Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well I don't know about Chairman. I wouldn't hack perl, xsl yes - perl no ;) But seriously, thanks for thinking of me for the position :) I was only half joking. Clearly we have a monopoly on the vision thing right now. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - 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] Re: (freeing) content is king
Surely, the Chairman decides what he can do. I see no reason at all why the Chairman couldn't hack perl. It's just that most Chairman don't. Well the BBC Chair of the Governers role (soon to be in charge of the BBC Trust - more arms length from the BBC) doesn't - I believe - specify Perl skills, and the chair's employers (essentially the government) might be less than impressed if that's all they did all day, when they should be regulating the BBC ;) - 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] Re: (freeing) content is king
Rewrite MHEG as OpenTV... Silly me m -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Cashmore Sent: 29 November 2006 16:22 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king Only the BBC would be having a conversation about it's Chairman having to code Perl to get the job... Over at ITV they're talking Ruby, whilst at BSkyB they're wondering what particular version of MHEG their CEO should be using. m -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Howe Sent: 29 November 2006 15:54 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king ah but they could write a perl script automate regulation, then bugger off to play golf ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Bowden Sent: 29 November 2006 15:26 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king Surely, the Chairman decides what he can do. I see no reason at all why the Chairman couldn't hack perl. It's just that most Chairman don't. Well the BBC Chair of the Governers role (soon to be in charge of the BBC Trust - more arms length from the BBC) doesn't - I believe - specify Perl skills, and the chair's employers (essentially the government) might be less than impressed if that's all they did all day, when they should be regulating the BBC ;) - 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/ - 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] Re: (freeing) content is king
On 11/29/2006 04:22 PM, Matthew Cashmore wrote: Only the BBC would be having a conversation about it's Chairman having to code Perl to get the job... Over at ITV they're talking Ruby, Ruby? At ITV? What? [checks immediate surroundings for signs of severe reality distortion] If the BBC required senior management to possess practical perl prowess, ITV would surely demand rock'n'roll, drag'n'plop PowerPoint skilz, so they can re-spiffify the sales demo of their attention-harvesting plans before Big Ad notices just how ensweatened ITV's brow has become. -- Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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] Re: (freeing) content is king
Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ruby? At ITV? What? [checks immediate surroundings for signs of severe reality distortion] If the BBC required senior management to possess practical perl prowess, ITV would surely demand rock'n'roll, drag'n'plop PowerPoint skilz, so they can re-spiffify the sales demo of their attention-harvesting plans before Big Ad notices just how ensweatened ITV's brow has become. Aiiieee! What is this monster I have created???! -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - 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/
