RE: [backstage] Invite to the first backstage.bbc.co.uk meet-up

2005-12-05 Thread Tom Loosemore
We're happy to travel for a future event - where's the best place to meet north of stoke? -Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Baines Sent: 05 December 2005 14:32 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Invite to the f

FW: [backstage] Idea: Calendar Feeds

2005-12-05 Thread Ian Forrester
For some reason my other email didn't make it on to the backstage list twice. So I'm trying again. Ian Forrester | BBC World Service [New Media Software Engineer] > -Original Message- > From: Ian Forrester > Sent: 05 December 2005 13:02 > To: 'backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk' > Subject: RE: [

Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews

2005-12-05 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, > Andy, I think you've confused this with a MSN bot that James has created, > see his archived post here > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/msg00983.html Doh, good point. Must read more carefully :) Andy - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscr

Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews

2005-12-05 Thread Mario Menti
On 12/5/05, Andy Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,> I happened to look at my IM bot logs this afternoon, and was more than a> little surprised that since last night, the MSN bot had been in use> non-stop. Between yesterday evening and this afternoon, more than 1,100 > individual new users had

Re: [backstage] Invite to the first backstage.bbc.co.uk meet-up

2005-12-05 Thread Peter Baines
When I saw "Yorkshire Grey" I got excited, there is a pub of the same name in Sheffield. Is there any plans to have a more northen (i.e. anywhere else apart from london) meet? On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 17:56 +, Gordon Joly wrote: > >> > >>The backstage.bbc.co.uk team would like to invite you to t

RE: [backstage] "now/next" RSS feeds for radio stations

2005-12-05 Thread Dan Hill
And will get back to you all more specifically when I get a mo :) All of the stuff you're mentioning, from calendars to now/next to tracklistings etc., are definitely in our plans already - and more - but good to hear it discussed here too. We're often held back by both technical and legal constra

Re: [backstage] Idea: Calendar Feeds

2005-12-05 Thread Ted Gilchrist
Thanks again, backstagers,   I was investigating calendar, rss, and speech possibilities a while back, but dropped the thread. You have re-invigorated me on the subject, with these fresh leads. Hmm, a talking community downloadable podcastable event calendar? Ted GilchristOn 12/5/05, flotsky <[EMAI

Re: [backstage] "now/next" RSS feeds for radio stations

2005-12-05 Thread Jem Stone
> Dan from the radio and music interactive team posted this to the list > back in July. ... btw: the backstage email list archive is here: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bb

Re: [backstage] "now/next" RSS feeds for radio stations

2005-12-05 Thread Jem Stone
> Also - have a search for Dan's postings in the archive; there's some info > about tracklisting, now and next, LiveText etc etc in his posts. > Dan from the radio and music interactive team posted this to the list back in July. ... ta Jem, backstage team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi al

Re: [backstage] Idea: Calendar Feeds

2005-12-05 Thread flotsky
Also, I believe Google Calendar launches this week. I don't think there is much official on it yet, but I did read somewhere it would be using the iCal format (along with rss of course). On 30/11/05, Kim Plowright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I might be misunderstanding you, but what about upcom

Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews

2005-12-05 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, > I happened to look at my IM bot logs this afternoon, and was more than a > little surprised that since last night, the MSN bot had been in use > non-stop. Between yesterday evening and this afternoon, more than 1,100 > individual new users had spoken to it... I haven't seen your bot online

RE: [backstage] "now/next" RSS feeds for radio stations

2005-12-05 Thread Kim Plowright
Title: Message Humn - This was a Tom Coates-y project, and he's now elsewhere. So I imagine (as it was a proof of concept thing, IIRC) that it's  dormant...   Shines the Dan Hill signal on the clouds: DAN! Any idea what the status of Phonetags is?   Also - have a search for Dan's postings

Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews

2005-12-05 Thread Mario Menti
On 12/5/05, Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: your bot was mentioned on Microsoft Watch!   http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1895724,00.asp Thanks Ian - I didn't find this on Saturday when I was trying to figure out where all the visitors came from (unfortunately, because

RE: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews

2005-12-05 Thread Ian Forrester
Title: Message your bot was mentioned on Microsoft Watch!   http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1895724,00.asp Ian Forrester | BBC World Service [New Media Software Engineer] -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mario