Hiya,
Sorry for the slightly spammy message, but hopefully of interest. There's a 1 year fixed post with Salford Uni, but will be working inside BBC R&D (ie at MCUK) working on defining what "The Internet of Things" means to the BBC, primarily through a lens of "internet of *my* things", and the BBC angle is very much around how to improve audience experience, and story telling through that. (That said given it's toolset oriented, there's potential cross links in saving costs in programmes which could in reality help better programmes get made, and so on as well) The reason I'm posting this *here* is because it would very much suit someone in the northwest who knows python well, has built things using things like arduino & similar, and if asked "could you build a restful web API for connecting <some random thing>" would know how to do so, enjoy it and probably have done so before. The idea bouncing round my mind is "what if all the devices in your home could be controlled like python libraries - through a common duck typed interface?". The post has more detailed specs, but essentially this should be a lot of fun, challenging and rewarding with a useful focus through building prototypes and extracting a standard toolset. The link below is to the advert on salford's website, and has links to specific details about skillsets etc. https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?&jcode=1246125&owner=5036328&ownertype=fair As I say, it's a salford post, but based in BBC R&D. (Funding for this ultimately comes from a partnership called "FIRM", which is itself is funded the the UK research councils amongst other things) The timeline for job applications close on June 8th, and interviews on June 21st/22nd, and starting ideally in July. You can sling any questions direct to me. Any complaints for sending a slightly spammy message will be met by an apology and an offer of a pint or similar, but I'm hoping this is more of interest than disinterest. Regards, Michael. -- To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] Feeds: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds More options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west
