Goodness grief. I get a e-slap for posting about News 24 being denuded of
its digits...
On 16/04/2008, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday 16 April 2008 15:15:41 Gareth Davis wrote:
Michael Sparks wrote:
I've got a kettle up here and tea bags and coffee you know. :-)
Show
So I highly recommend everyone goes there and votes for the
guy at the end of the list ;-) Mr Cridland is getting far too
much support, we need to put him back in his place.
Do it or I'll convert the backstage list to a MSN group ;-)
You've been warned
Well that's alright. Once James
lol! How on earth did Ian and I get on the list!!! Now that would be funny -
can you imagine us running FMT!
m
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lol! How on earth did Ian and I get on the list!!! Now that would be funny - can you imagine us running FMT!
There would be lots more beanbags, for one thing.
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There would be lots more beanbags, for one thing.
I think beanbags and hammocks should be available in more offices. And
perhaps more beer fridges... May lower productivity slightly...
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It would be fun...
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lol! How on earth did Ian and I get on the list
There would be lots more beanbags, for one thing.
I think beanbags and hammocks should be available in more offices. And
perhaps more beer fridges... May lower productivity slightly...
It would be the first order of the day - a beanbag for all staff and free beer
in the meeting
No no, Redbull on tap... That would boost productivity :)
Cridland, i'm hot on your heels
Matthew Cashmore wrote:
There would be lots more beanbags, for one thing.
I think beanbags and hammocks should be available in more offices. And
perhaps more beer fridges... May
Andrew Bowden wrote:
So I highly recommend everyone goes there and votes for the
guy at the end of the list ;-) Mr Cridland is getting far too
much support, we need to put him back in his place.
Do it or I'll convert the backstage list to a MSN group ;-)
You've been warned
Well
It would be the first order of the day - a beanbag for all
staff and free beer in the meeting rooms.
Last.fm has the ballpit (with webcams) and the BPI has the free beer, I
think that's reason enough for the Beeb to implement them both as sensible
employee-centric policies.
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Last.fm has the ballpit (with webcams) and the BPI has the free beer, I
think that's reason enough for the Beeb to implement them both as sensible
employee-centric policies.
Google office in Amsterdam has a slide going to the cafeteria, also a
fireman's pole... Free food too...!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dESY1kJfGdw
The classic Beanbags BT ad which my kids had me play every night for a week
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On 16/04/2008, Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would be the first order of the day - a beanbag for all
staff and free beer in the meeting rooms.
Last.fm has the ballpit (with webcams) and the BPI has the free beer, I
think that's reason enough for the Beeb to implement
Mr I Forrester wrote:
No no, Redbull on tap... That would boost productivity :)
Cridland, i'm hot on your heels
I think that more senior management positions should be filled by
popular vote.
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Surely you'd want firemens' poles and slides like Google in Switzerland??
Switzerland, not Amsterdam. I was thinking of the Cisco Amsterdam
office, where I think they have a dog on campus
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Peter Bowyer wrote:
On 16/04/2008, Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would be the first order of the day - a beanbag for all
staff and free beer in the meeting rooms.
Last.fm has the ballpit (with webcams) and the BPI has the
free beer, I
think that's reason
vijay chopra wrote:
But how many times have you voted for yourself? ;p
On 16/04/2008, *Mr I Forrester* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Cridland, i'm hot on your heels
Actually I only voted for another person once, thought it would be
cheeky to vote for myself.
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Peter Bowyer wrote:
On 16/04/2008, Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would be the first order of the day - a beanbag for all
staff and free beer in the meeting rooms.
Last.fm has the ballpit (with webcams) and the BPI has the
free beer, I
On Wednesday 16 April 2008 14:32, Mr I Forrester wrote:
Although we laugh about this stuff, Google's policy on free food is
actually well reasoned. But I don't think it would apply to the BBC, as
we're publicly funded and rightly so should pay for food. I am however
going to miss the free
Michael Sparks wrote:
On Wednesday 16 April 2008 14:32, Mr I Forrester wrote:
Although we laugh about this stuff, Google's policy on free food is
actually well reasoned. But I don't think it would apply to the BBC, as
we're publicly funded and rightly so should pay for food. I am however
going
[totally off off-topic]
Ertugrul defends BBC kettle plan
Kent Ertugrul says there is no privacy issue with his concept of
monitoring BBC kettles to target beverage advertisments to the kettle
user.
With a Phorm-BBC-PAT-approved kettle, the request for electricity is
first sent to several switching
Watson
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Sent: 15 April 2008 04:13
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Come on guys, enough microsoft/adobe jokes
On 15 Apr 2008, at 05:41, Brian Butterworth wrote:
Oh right, you mean like this...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/14/bbc.digitalmedia1
The former Microsoft executive Erik Huggers
Give the guy a break - so, he worked for Microsoft in the past.
Let's assume for a moment that
April 2008 08:55
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Subject: Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)
But I don't see how this kind of ad hominem abuse is going to help
persuade people that there is a better way of doing things.
/rant
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Tim Duckett wrote:
On 15 Apr 2008, at 05:41, Brian Butterworth wrote:
Oh right, you mean like this...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/14/bbc.digitalmedia1
The former Microsoft executive Erik Huggers
Give the guy a break - so, he worked for Microsoft in the past.
Let's assume
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On 15 Apr 2008, at 05:41, Brian Butterworth wrote:
Oh right, you mean like this...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media
Tim, what disturbs people about a former MS executive in that position
is that Microsoft's interests are not at all aligned with the
interests of a public broadcaster. Microsoft wants video format
lockin, which is why to this day Windows Media Player has no support
for MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and AAC
But hold on - you're confusing two issues here. Erik Huggers no
longer work for Microsoft - he works for the BBC.
So either we say that working for Microsoft at some point in his past
has made him fundamentally untrustworthy for all time, and therefore
unqualified to make these kind of
It's possible there are Microsoft employees who could switch hats and
support open standards - John Sullivan of Microsoft Research who
headed the AVC standardisation effort wouldn't have any credibility
problems. As it happens, Mr. Hugger's former job included blocking
open standards; it's merely
Sent: 15 April 2008 13:33
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Michael, that's easy: I would judge you on your actions. For my part,
many (that would be MANY) moons ago I was a journalist for a Windows
magazine and later, purchased over a quarter
Michael, that's easy: I would judge you on your actions. For my part,
many (that would be MANY) moons ago I was a journalist for a Windows
magazine and later, purchased over a quarter of a million dollars in
Microsoft licences; in both ways I helped build their monopolies. I
can't even say I
Yes Nick, that reminded me of Toyota aiming for zero emissions,
wonder if they'll hit it this year (joke).
DRM on Mac means Fairplay, so the announcement really should be no
download support for GNU/Linux actually planned or possible since our
proprietary software DRM partners make mutually
Wouldn't life be easier all around if the BBC just scrapped the download
version of iPlayer completely and had it exclusively streaming?
Streaming works across the board, uses less bandwidth and for the average user
is a lot easier to use - plus the VAST majority of people using iPlayer
already
Dear backstage.co.uk admins,
These DRM discussions are just so much fun, ... maybe they deserve a
whole email list all to themselves?
cheers,
Dan
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Dan, I take your point. It's the worst sort of technical issue, the
kind that can only be solved by non-engineers. It's also of little
interest to most developers, a mere nuisance, except for those obliged
to code for it or silly enough to not use Windows. Sean.
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:58:49AM +0100, Tim Duckett wrote:
But hold on - you're confusing two issues here. Erik Huggers no longer
work for Microsoft - he works for the BBC.
So either we say that working for Microsoft at some point in his past
has made him fundamentally untrustworthy
Sean,
I think we'll have to agree to disagree. I'd rather post-judge (if at all)
rather than pre-judge.
I did write a longer reply, but I don't see the point sending it.
Michael.
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Michael - mail me off-list. Thanks. Sean
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Peter Bowyer wrote:
http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/who-should-be-the-next-web-guru-of-the-bbc-vote-now/
Damm your quick!
So I highly recommend everyone goes there and votes for the guy at the
end of the list ;-) Mr Cridland is getting far too much support, we need
to put him back in
Mr I Forrester wrote:
Peter Bowyer wrote:
http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/who-should-be-the-next-web-guru-of-the-bbc-vote-now/
So I highly recommend everyone goes there and votes for the guy at the
end of the list ;-) Mr Cridland is getting far too much support, we need
to put him back
I knew a filmmaker who handed out a card with the title Grand Pooh-Bah.
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Ashley Highfield, the BBC's most senior technology executive, is leaving
after eight years to launch the broadband TV service being developed as a
joint venture between the corporation, ITV and Channel 4.
Highfield will become chief executive of project Kangaroo, an initiative
planned by the
On Monday 14 April 2008 10:25:52 Ivan Pope wrote:
The move was reported in this morning's Financial Times and is expected to
be confirmed by the BBC today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2008/04_april/ashley_highfield_kangaroo.shtml
Michael.
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In other news, Microsoft and Adobe employees are been encouraged to
send the BBC their CVs.
;)
I joke, I joke
/me hides
On 14/04/2008, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 14 April 2008 10:25:52 Ivan Pope wrote:
The move was reported in this morning's Financial Times and is expected
Tim Dobson wrote:
In other news, Microsoft and Adobe employees are been encouraged to
send the BBC their CVs.
;)
I joke, I joke
/me hides
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/14/bbc.digitalmedia1
(registration possibly required)
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Brian Butterworth wrote:
Cool. Can I apply for his post please?
That depends. What work experience do you have at Microsoft?
- Rob.
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Personally, I vote for Tony Ageh!
When it comes to voting, then there are several people i would prefer.
However, i don't expect it will be a vote for us ;)
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Come on guys, enough microsoft/adobe jokes.
If you could seriously put someone into the position of director of
future media and technology who would it be and what qualities would you
be looking for?
I guess I shouldn't really say who I'd like to see, otherwise it will
appear in the
On 14/04/2008, Rob Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brian Butterworth wrote:
Cool. Can I apply for his post please?
That depends. What work experience do you have at Microsoft?
I worked with Microsoft for years, I've had to major peices of interface
with them.
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