[backstage] The people behind the stage

2006-10-03 Thread Ian Forrester
Hi All, I thought it would be a good time to introduce both myself and Matthew to the Backstage list. First Matthew, Matthew re-joins the BBC from UBC Media, where he worked as the Interactive Content Manager - launching and selling, amongst other things Podcasts left right and centre! As

[backstage] ARIA, the BBC Web 2.0 Accessibility

2006-10-03 Thread Jonathan Chetwynd
Whilst recognising that the the BBC is still struggling to come to terms with WCAG1.0 it might be interesting to know what Ian, Matthew and others make of: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-roadmap-20060926/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-role-20060926/

[backstage] BBC news ticker in Second Life

2006-10-03 Thread Mario Menti
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 teleport/location see http://menti.net/?p=13It really

Re: [backstage] BBC news ticker in Second Life

2006-10-03 Thread Tom Loosemore
cool - got a screengrab handy? On 03/10/06, 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

Re: [backstage] BBC news ticker in Second Life

2006-10-03 Thread Mario Menti
On 10/3/06, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cool - got a screengrab handy?Hi Tom - there's one linked from the post I mentioned, but here's a direct link: http://menti.net/bbcnewsticker.jpg What you can't see of course is the (currently a bit ugly) switching of the headlines every 10

[backstage] Hello... And who knows what's on TV tonight?

2006-10-03 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Title: Hello... And who knows what's on TV tonight? Hi all, I feel a bit like the strange kid who joins the class half way through the year :-) As you know Ian and I are now at the helm of the good ship backstage, and we've got some pretty cool ideas (well we think they're cool but it's

RE: [backstage] BBC news ticker in Second Life

2006-10-03 Thread Ian Forrester
Nice stuff Mario, I will check it out next time I'm in second life. Can you add some detail how you did it? I've only looked at the scripting language insecond life briefly. Just a thought, if you used the AV News RSS feeds, you could link to the stream which would actually stream into

Re: [backstage] BBC news ticker in Second Life

2006-10-03 Thread Mario Menti
On 10/3/06, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice stuff Mario, I will check it out next time I'm in second life. Can you add some detail how you did it? I've only looked at the scripting language insecond life briefly. Just a thought, if you used the AV News RSS feeds, you could

Re: [backstage] BBC news ticker in Second Life

2006-10-03 Thread Tom Loosemore
cool - got a screengrab handy? Hi Tom - there's one linked from the post I mentioned, but here's a direct link: http://menti.net/bbcnewsticker.jpg Doh. I'll get my coat... ta! -t - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

RE: [backstage] Hello... And who knows what's on TV tonight?

2006-10-03 Thread keithdouglas
Cool, I'm hoping the new APIs are going to include radio programme track listings!? Got any Indians on Londonbikers.com? Keith -- Original Message -- Subject: [backstage] Hello... And who knows what's on TV tonight? Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:15:00 +0100 From: Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [backstage] Hello... And who knows what's on TV tonight?

2006-10-03 Thread Matthew Cashmore
I'll find out for you Keith... Indians.. Yes I think there are a couple... One's ridden by an elderly New Zealand chap ;-) m -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 October 2006 17:43 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk

Re: [backstage] BBC news ticker in Second Life

2006-10-03 Thread Tom Loosemore
On 03/10/06, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/3/06, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice stuff Mario, I will check it out next time I'm in second life. Can you add some detail how you did it? I've only looked at the scripting language in second life briefly. Just a

Re: [backstage] BBC news ticker in Second Life

2006-10-03 Thread Mario Menti
On 10/3/06, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 03/10/06, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re. the AV stream, for streaming in Second Life it would have to be a format supported by Quicktime, which (unless I'm mistaken) the BBC feeds aren't? Only on the multicast trial (recent versions