Re: [backstage] Suddenly Everything's Coming up Widgets and Competitions.

Or go check out the offices and studios down at BBC radio, they have Macs. Back to the point though... It seems to me, in most fields of the net, that simply put I have the following basic uses 1. Communication, in and out. (Email, MSN, iChats, etc.) 2. Research. learning and stor

RE: [backstage] Suddenly Everything's Coming up Widgets

I'm currently messing around with the Opera widgets. There's a really nice tutorial on how to get started - http://my.opera.com/community/dev/widgets/first/ I think I might try Page flakes and Google next. To Richard's point, yep I think there's certainly a need to get out of the browser for a

RE: [backstage] RE: hustle

My mistake I'm afraid guys - it should have been copied to our internal distribution list - but I'm afraid I'm rather a fool when it comes to Microsoft Outlook... Matthew -Original Message- From: Gordon Joly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 October 2006 15:15 To: backstage@lists.bbc.c

[backstage] RE: hustle

At 10:25 +0100 9/10/06, Matthew Cashmore wrote: Hi Hannah, Thanks for your email - I'm afraid we don't deal with that information here... we run a technical development programme called backstage http://backstage.bbc.co.uk However, you can use this page

RE: [backstage] Suddenly Everything's Coming up Widgets

I know what you mean about useful widgets... Certainly when I was using Mac OS X there was a great Listen Again BBC Radio widget... But alas, now I'm back in the BBC... and therefore on a PC, and thus Konfa... Sorry I mean Yahoo! Widgets there's no widget that does anything other than lists the liv

Re: [backstage] Suddenly Everything's Coming up Widgets

Personally, I can't wait until the web breaks free of web-browsers, but I don't think that widgets alone are the answer. although the application does take note of the fact that all of us enjoy toasters that make toast, and irons that iron, if you get my meaning. I have been trying to f

[backstage] Suddenly Everything's Coming up Widgets

A interesting piece by Om Malik for Business 2.0 [1] on the state of widgets --- "Breaking down the Web into small, portable pieces is the smart trend that everyone from Nokia to Google is betting on." Then he follows up with a short post on GigaOM [2] What do others feel about the future of wi

[backstage] RE: hustle

Hi Hannah,   Thanks for your email - I'm afraid we don't deal with that information here... we run a technical development programme called backstage   http://backstage.bbc.co.uk   However, you can use this page   http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/contactus/faqs.shtml   to find out about BBC programme