Re: [backstage] Hi... what news do you want today?

2006-10-04 Thread Mario Menti
On 10/4/06, Mr I Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unlike Matthew, I have a great relationship with my host and I'm being upgraded from aserver in Panama to Canada. Going up in the world! :-) You'll miss the climate though..

RE: [backstage] Hi... what news do you want today?

2006-10-04 Thread Ian Forrester
Certainly, will :) Also moving from a odd combination of Pen+Tomcat to Apache+Resin Talking of which, I quickly knocked up something which some of you maybe thinking about for those News Search feeds. A9 Open search module http://www.cubicgarden.com/cocoon/bbcopensearch/{searchterm}

[backstage] Re: BBC news ticker in Second Life

2006-10-04 Thread Mario Menti
On 10/3/06, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In case there's any Second Lifers on this list, I thought I'd mention a little experiment I did last night - created a very simple BBC news ticker that cycles through the latest/newest 10 news items and displays the headlines. For details and

Re: [backstage] Hi... what news do you want today?

2006-10-04 Thread James Holden
The complete UNjoys of resin. Be interesting to see if you have downtime on the caucho stuff. Some of it is good but we regret the move to it. Jim. - Original Message - From: Ian Forrester To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:26 AM

RE: [backstage] Hi... what news do you want today?

2006-10-04 Thread Ian Forrester
Really? The only problem I've had with Resin is the amount of Wiki's which don't work with it.Plus my favourite XML Database which also fails to work. Otherwise its very dependable and uses a lot less resources than Tomcat. I think the fact I got Apache in front of it will make a huge

[backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website

2006-10-04 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Title: New backstage.bbc.co.uk website Hi all, We're seriously looking at redesigning and re-launching the backstage website - at the moment we can see these key areas * Blog * News / Announcements * Documentation * Searchable list of all feeds and apis * Showcase and examples of

Re: [backstage] The Time When - new feeds!

2006-10-04 Thread Davy Mitchell
Good to see Mathew and Ian taking up their posts :-) On 9/2/06, Davy Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.latedecember.com/sites/moodnews/memories.html I submitted this prototype to the website. Is it just stuck in the Q or lost in the recent crash? Cheers Davy Mitchell Mood News -

RE: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website

2006-10-04 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Actually that's a really good point... One of the things we're going to spend time on is the front page... Taking in issues such as these... Out of interest... How would you like to consume the site... Mobile / www / offline downloads? m -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website

2006-10-04 Thread Lee Goddard
How would you like to consume the site... Mobile / www / offline downloads? WWW, RSS, thanks for asking! - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive:

RE: [backstage] The Time When - new feeds!

2006-10-04 Thread Jeremy Stone
Hi Davy One of the first things that Matthew and Ian will be looking after in the first week or so is clearing the backlog of submitted prototypes and ideas. Anyway. Thanks Davy for this... For everyone else It's a really quick and neat use of the feeds for The Time When API (share stories of

RE: [backstage] The Time When - new feeds!

2006-10-04 Thread Ian Forrester
I'm sure its just stuck in the Q ;) Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Davy Mitchell Sent: 04 October 2006 13:15 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] The Time When - new feeds! Good to

Re: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website

2006-10-04 Thread gareth rushgrove
Hi Guys On 04/10/06, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, We're seriously looking at redesigning and re-launching the backstage website - at the moment we can see these key areas * Blog * News / Announcements Wouldn't these two be best consolidated into one area. You could

RE: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website

2006-10-04 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Cool... Thanks Gareth :-) m -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gareth rushgrove Sent: 04 October 2006 15:48 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website Hi Guys On 04/10/06, Matthew Cashmore

Re: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website

2006-10-04 Thread Duncan Barclay
Generally sounds good. I agree with Gareth that a wiki would be nice for documentation, especially as it would allow all of us to contribute. Obviously you would have to consider how to stop wiki spam though, which could be a major problem. You might also want an area to submit suggestions

Re: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website

2006-10-04 Thread Jose-Carlos Mariategui
In deed, as stated before, I think it should be accessible to common people that do not have any programming skills and that may be able to mashup the feeds using some type of GUI. A sort of ning.com for dummies. on 10/4/06 2:05 PM, Lee Goddard at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How would you like

RE: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website

2006-10-04 Thread Lizzie Jackson
Great idea. We can represent members of the public and thereby be useful. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose-Carlos Mariategui Sent: 04 October 2006 17:54 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk

RE: [backstage] New backstage.bbc.co.uk website

2006-10-04 Thread Lizzie Jackson
Stuff for lurkers would be good. We might be useful product testers!Speaking as a lurker on the list:-) The ticker in Second Life is fab. Lizzie Lizzie Jackson, Consultant in Online Community, BBC Children's, Room E900, 9th Floor, East Tower, Television Centre, Wood Lane, W12 Tel: