Re: [backstage] A Five year retrospective
On Tue, 4 May 2010, Soulla Stylianou wrote: hmm. I could see a challenge in the offing if it wasn't likely to cause security breaches. How far can one person go on either a) a bbc backstage lanyard b) a bbc backstage t-shirt. No BBC connection but a mate and I once blagged our way into a show at the NEC with a walkie talkie, a large cable crimping tool and a reel of old thick Ethernet cable. He walked ahead looking official and chatting on the walkie talkie whilst I plodded along behind with the tool in hand and the cable slung over my shoulder. Security held the barrier open for us and we just smiled and nodded as we walked through... :-) The best bit was the look one the face of one of the barcode wander who frequent such shows when he realised we had no barcodes for him to scan and thus no way for him to send us pointless spam. :-) :-) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] A Five year retrospective
fantastic story. Made me giggle. Great. How long ago was that? What did you come to see? Wonder if anyone can better it. Soulla On 6 May 2010 12:59, Jon Knight j.p.kni...@lboro.ac.uk wrote: On Tue, 4 May 2010, Soulla Stylianou wrote: hmm. I could see a challenge in the offing if it wasn't likely to cause security breaches. How far can one person go on either a) a bbc backstage lanyard b) a bbc backstage t-shirt. No BBC connection but a mate and I once blagged our way into a show at the NEC with a walkie talkie, a large cable crimping tool and a reel of old thick Ethernet cable. He walked ahead looking official and chatting on the walkie talkie whilst I plodded along behind with the tool in hand and the cable slung over my shoulder. Security held the barrier open for us and we just smiled and nodded as we walked through... :-) The best bit was the look one the face of one of the barcode wander who frequent such shows when he realised we had no barcodes for him to scan and thus no way for him to send us pointless spam. :-) :-) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Soulla Stylianou Client Director DADEN LIMITED e: soulla.stylia...@daden.co.uk t: 0121 250 5678 m: 07814145167 w: www.daden.co.uk http://twitter.com/SoullaStylianou LinkedIN: Soulla Stylianou sl: http://www.slurl.com/secondlife/daden%20prime/160/184/26 sl IM: ImmortalitySou Ballinger Daden Limited is an Information 2.0 Consultancy and full service Virtual Worlds/Second Life development agency. Daden are a Linden Lab Gold Solution Provider for Second Life. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Election Night
BBC Television has it all covered with traditional media, where are the Internets? Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe
Re: [backstage] Election Night
On 6-May-2010, at 22:05, Sam Mbale wrote: BBC Television has it all covered with traditional media, where are the Internets? http://twitter.com/search?q=ge2010 Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Election Night
This FB page http://goo.gl/z0cE is getting people to share their experiences about not being able to vote! Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 1:05 AM, Kieran Kunhya kie...@kunhya.com wrote: It's also a pretty significant turning point for HD news in the UK (and Europe). As far as I know this is the largest HD news event in Europe. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
