Student slave power...
For what it is worth, I have just spent the past academic year
(2004/2005) with five final year students (in multimedia) from London
Metropolitan University. They had to produce an interactive CD to
promote my business (I am a tai chi instructor).
We had a contract
I know this conversation has now ended, but I'd just like to briefly
suggest that subsequent projects be promoted around Computer Science
departments in Universities around the country. Students often have
more time, are looking for projects that they'd enjoy hacking around
with and are
Title: backstage.bbc.co.uk TV Schedule competition
Dear all,
I'm writing to let you know that the inaugural backstage.bbc.co.uk competition hasnt gone as well as I had hoped. In fact, at the time of sending this we havent received any entries at all.
backstage.bbc.co.uk is very much about
Title: backstage.bbc.co.uk TV Schedule competition
Hi,
Point 1 is probably most pertinent for me! I'd have
preferred a simple XML list like:
channel
programme
titleHow to start your own
country/title
starttime2130/starttime
endtime2200/endtime
length30/length
/programme
/channel
must like
:* 01 September 2005 2:39
*To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
*Subject:* [backstage] backstage.bbc.co.uk TV Schedule competition
*Importance:* High
Dear all,
I'm writing to let you know that the inaugural backstage.bbc.co.uk
competition hasn’t gone as well as I had hoped. In fact, at the time
(Note to self: enter competition.)
In my case, the problem is three-fold:
* The TV schedule data we provided over-complicated and in an alien
format that was difficult to parse,
That's the first problem. Parsing through two files, one containing
program descriptions and the other containing
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 02:57:34PM +0100, David Tattersall wrote:
Also - it's not the most enticing theme. TV schedules have been done
before really. If you perhaps gave a goal - for example a project that
gradually learns what TV somebody likes and suggests programmes that
are
I think as is the case with many people it all comes down to time unfortunately.As someone else mentioned, I assumed you would be inundated with really cool stuff and that my offering of a couple of weekends here and there just wouldn't be up to scratch. I guess I'll have to rethink.I also agree
Ben,
I'm concerned at the hype around the use and provision of text, and
the failure to engage users of other media, by releasing under
published copyright (commons type) restrictions as advertised by the
BBC. Even with text the BBC seemed to be trying to be pretty
restrictive on
I was hoping to enter; indeed, I got about 1/3 of the way through my project but
sheer lack of time and expertise has got in the way.
The main problem was parsing the XML. I'd developed the beginnings of the
interface, and I was about to approach parsing the XML. Unfortunately, I ended
up writing
On 9/1/05, Jonathan Chetwynd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe the TV schedule concept isn't that exciting, but just mightbe with access to sound, picture and motion files, perhaps an onlinemixing console? there are excellent versions online that work withfixed files jellify BBC content
XML
It does seem like a lot of people
have had a lack of time.
Personally I didn't find it too hard to parse the listings, although it
could have been easier with a simpler format. I think I have made it
clear that developing something around a BBC led theme isn't really a
problem for me :)
I
I'm writing to let you know that the inaugural backstage.bbc.co.uk
competition hasn’t gone as well as I had hoped. In fact, at the time of
sending this we haven’t received any entries at all.
Ouch! Much as others have said, time is a factor. A number of the
forums/websites that I use
I'd like to just add another voice to the call for XML feeds. It's much
easier to parse with the abundance of libraries. Also, off-topic, but any
chance of the Weather feed (XML aussi) being added? The GNOME-UK team
would like to use it.
Stephen
Ben Metcalfe said:
* The TV schedule data we
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backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] backstage.bbc.co.uk TV Schedule
competition Importance: High Dear all, I'm writing to let you know
that the inaugural backstage.bbc.co.uk competition hasn't gone as well as I
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On Behalf Of Ben Metcalfe Sent: 01 September 2005 14:39 To:
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TV Schedule competition Importance: High Dear all, I'm
writing to let you know
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I'd like to just add another voice to the call for XML feeds. It's much
easier
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