[backstage] Re: Backstage- End of an Era

2010-10-22 Thread Mo McRoberts
Hello folks, I wanted to throw in my tuppence worth in the form of a sort of retrospective from my point of view. Opinions my own, and any similarity to those of persons living or dead are entirely coincidental. The good: * Getting BBC people out into the public and meeting developers (both at

Re: [backstage] Re: Backstage- End of an Era

2010-10-22 Thread Martin Poppy Hatfield
On 22 October 2010 13:51, Mo McRoberts m...@nevali.net wrote: So I reckon you can break it all down into different things I'd like to see happen or continue in *some* way: Come on Mo,this list has very rarely acheived significant volume to even justify splitting it into 2 lists. I'm

Re: [backstage] Re: Backstage- End of an Era

2010-10-22 Thread Mo McRoberts
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 16:21, Martin Poppy Hatfield mar...@moppy.co.uk wrote: Come on Mo,this list has very rarely acheived significant volume to even justify splitting it into 2 lists. It's nothing to do with volume -- everything to do with audience. There has been, over the past year,

[backstage] Travel Alert Android App

2010-10-22 Thread Mark Piggott
Hi, I hope this is the right place to announce this ? I have just release a free Travel and Traffic alert App for Android using the BBC TPEG Feeds. You can find it in the Android Market, just search for either 'chartcross' or 'Travel Alert UK'. Mark Piggott

Re: [backstage] Re: Backstage- End of an Era

2010-10-22 Thread Richard P Edwards
I've got a little story to tell, before this list disappears In 1990 I had the pleasure of doing a recording session at Maid Vale a full band with the Royal Philharmonic, about 110 people. We set up the studio and found that the small monitors (speakers) on the desk were out of

Re: [backstage] Re: Backstage- End of an Era

2010-10-22 Thread Brian Butterworth
I don't post much here these days, you have been able to see the virtual tumbleweed here for some time. In terms of success, it seems to me that, during the era of Blackberrys where an internal BBC list was an enlightening, intelligent, well-informed, helpful and only occasionally obsessive

Re: [backstage] Travel Alert Android App

2010-10-22 Thread Brian Butterworth
Mark, It works OK for me. It would be even better if you could use the GPS for your location on the map, and organize the list by distance from me. On 22 October 2010 16:55, Mark Piggott mvpigg...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi, I hope this is the right place to announce this ? I have just release

[backstage] With some folks moving on to rd...

2010-10-22 Thread Alex Cockell
... I know that the friends list will still be here, but would there be a back door into rd people like this list? I hope there would be... Cos it's been fun, and productive. Oh... Also, is there any update about getting the n900 whitelisted for the mobile iplayer site? Just wondering...

Re: [backstage] With some folks moving on to rd...

2010-10-22 Thread Ant Miller
I'll stick around, and I doubt you've actually seen the last of Ian. Backstage won't be his day job, but the principles that have brought this community together remain dear to him and many others round here, a On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Alex Cockell a...@acockell.eclipse.co.ukwrote: