RE: [backstage] The real backstage story?

2007-04-23 Thread Andrew Bowden
What is the real backstage story? I'd find it very informative for someone to give us non-BBC-backstagers (without violating what's left of the official secrets act) some sort of overview of how the (impressive) Beeb backstage infrastructure is put together. I'm sure someone could

Re: [backstage] Web API to schedule data is down

2007-04-23 Thread Andrew McParland
The Web API is back up, but we're experiencing a surge in demand that needs investigating. Andrew BBC Research On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 07:15:55PM +0100, Andrew McParland wrote: Hi, The Web API to the BBC schedule data is down at the moment. It probably won't be fixed until tomorrow.

Re: [backstage] The real backstage story?

2007-04-23 Thread Matthew Cashmore
I think this would make a very interesting series of podcasts... Looking at the technical history of bbc.co.uk and how it developed and launched - and how it's evolved, and finally how it's moving forward. Of course we'd have to have an episode demonstrating how much tape, elastic bands and sheer

RE: [backstage] The real backstage story?

2007-04-23 Thread Jeremy Stone
For those of you haven't seen it; this is a timeline of the early (pre 2000) infrastructure history of bbc.co.uk In Jan 89 I registered with the DDN NIC and got a Class B address for the whole BBC on the pretext of linking all BBC sites into one network and then the Internet (but a dream then)

RE: [backstage] The real backstage story?

2007-04-23 Thread Andrew Bowden
For those of you haven't seen it; this is a timeline of the early (pre 2000) infrastructure history of bbc.co.uk In Jan 89 I registered with the DDN NIC and got a Class B address for the whole BBC on the pretext of linking all BBC sites into one network and then the Internet (but a dream

RE: [backstage] The real backstage story?

2007-04-23 Thread Brendan Quinn
From: Mr I Forrester This is a excellent idea and I would like to reveal that the new site will in the future have a better way to tell these stories. In the meantime you might be interested in some slides we presented at the Innovation Labs intro sessions last year... Check out the Tech Team

RE: [backstage] The real backstage story?

2007-04-23 Thread Gordon Joly
At 11:21 +0100 23/4/07, Jeremy Stone wrote: For those of you haven't seen it; this is a timeline of the early (pre 2000) infrastructure history of bbc.co.uk In Jan 89 I registered with the DDN NIC and got a Class B address for the whole BBC on the pretext of linking all BBC sites into one

Re: [backstage] Hack day in London

2007-04-23 Thread mohd fadhil
hai Divid Greaves can i ask you for an help On 4/22/07, David Greaves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr I Forrester wrote: Cocoon is awesome but very much ahead of its time In that case the pure XML CMS I wrote for BT using Cocoon, Velocity (and Bugzilla with XMetal as the 'workflow') back in

[backstage] New Music Shorts - for the non-code creatives!

2007-04-23 Thread Kim Plowright
Hey Just in case there's anyone here who is a creative type, but not necessarily a web developer - there's a new thing kicking off on Film Network based around making your own music-inspired short film / video. I'm guessing, btw, that there's a fairly big crossover in creative disciplines