RE: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-03 Thread Simon Cobb
Thanks for finding this Ian. Got me thinking too. Jase said: Auntie likes to have few, big, expensive, milestone projects to burn the cash in a predictable manner, whereas the more flexible internet industry takes a gamble on many small, inexpensive, iterative projects. Please fail very quickly

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-03 Thread Jason Cartwright
Thanks for posting this here Ian, I was too chicken. My blog is going nuts with hits from the BBC proxies :-) J On 10/3/07, Mr I Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a similar vein to Tom Coates post a long time ago. Someone who loves the BBC but also hates some of the decisions it makes.

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-03 Thread O
To give away my age, I remember listening to Kenny Everett on what was called the wireless back then. Now that is an interesting analogy. I wonder what software developed in a method such as John Peel used would be like? *Wanders off into silly ideas of thousands of programmers sending in

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-03 Thread Richard Lockwood
To give away my age, I remember listening to Kenny Everett on what was called the wireless back then. Now that is an interesting analogy. I wonder what software developed in a method such as John Peel used would be like? *Wanders off into silly ideas of thousands of programmers

[backstage] Spooks

2007-10-03 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Well Spooks is back on the 16th October ­ and I can¹t wait ­ not least because the interactive stuff that goes with it is pretty good... So I¹ve dived straight in there this year http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/ And http://www.bbc.co.uk/spooks/index.shtml The second link takes you to a page

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-03 Thread Mr I Forrester
Well it was worth linking to, I felt Jason Cartwright wrote: Thanks for posting this here Ian, I was too chicken. My blog is going nuts with hits from the BBC proxies :-) J On 10/3/07, *Mr I Forrester* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a similar vein to Tom Coates

Re: [backstage] DMI prototype - a global media hub

2007-10-03 Thread Mr I Forrester
Hi Richard, I had a look through your email and it sounds very impressive. I'm sure it won't be long before others offer to help or offer advice on how to further improve your proposal. Once your ready to submit it to the DMI project board, do give us a bell. Cheers, Ian Richard Cartwright