Re: [backstage] Backstage - Stagnant

2005-10-25 Thread Duncan Barclay
I have to agree with you that at times the list has been very quiet, and some new prototypes or feeds would help fix that. However, that means that people have to make new prototypes or feeds. There are a lot of "Ideas" on the Backstage site, but the problem with them is that a lot are

Re: [backstage] Backstage - Stagnant

2005-10-25 Thread Richard Edwards
Jim, I somewhat agree. I am not a programmer but I watch the mails here for a clue as to where people want things to go. The BBC have incredible resources yet there seems to be more innovation of the Apple Discussions board. As an example, this week Sky News re- launched, even as a normal

Re: [backstage] Competition

2005-10-25 Thread Graeme Mulvaney
Maybe when you get back we could compare notes - I wrote some web services to query the tvanytime data - I'm a Microsofteeand would be interesting to see how you tackled the problem. Ben, et al. any chance we could look at implementing a web service to tack onto the existing BBC schedules site -

Re: [backstage] Backstage - Stagnant

2005-10-25 Thread J.P.Knight
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Richard Edwards wrote: I somewhat agree. I am not a programmer but I watch the mails here for a clue as to where people want things to go. The BBC have incredible resources yet there seems to be more innovation of the Apple Discussions board. As an example, this week Sky

Re: [backstage] Backstage - Stagnant

2005-10-25 Thread Graeme Mulvaney
if you look at the way they've rehashed their schedule Sky News is actually moving closer to the News 24 editorial style - having more 'programming' and less rolling news. On 10/26/05, Richard Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps my analogy misled you.The BBC, as a television network has

Re: [backstage] Backstage - Stagnant

2005-10-25 Thread Tom Loosemore
Hi Jim et al Fear not, Jim, your post won't be read the wrong way. I want to thank you for sending it, Backstage is mostly my fault, and your email stung - in a good way. I hope you'll have provide the kick up the posterior that helps ensure henceforth reality matches rhetoric. There are