Re: [backstage] Why the poor bitrates on World Service, Asian Network etc?

2008-10-21 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] Why the poor bitrates on World Service, Asian Network etc?

2008-10-21 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] Watchdog rules Project Kangaroo anti-competitive

2008-12-04 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2008-12-12 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] free software from ground up home-grown alternative to AIR/Silverlight

2009-02-01 Thread Ant Miller
... a On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Fearghas McKay fm-li...@st-kilda.org wrote: On 1 Feb 2009, at 11:23, Ant Miller wrote: But forgive my utter ignorance, but since there is a layer of Google Web Kit underpinning this, doesn't that make it's openess a bit less open? errr WebKit is not a Google

[backstage] Re: Maker Faire in Newcastle

2009-02-08 Thread Ant Miller
point in th enext week BBCWeatherbot.com should go live! See you there! a On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just a heads up on the forthcoming Newcastle Maker Faire: http://makezine.com/makerfaire/newcastle/2009/ If anyone is considering going

Re: [backstage] Make the primary operating system used in state schools free and open source

2009-02-09 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] Make the primary operating system used in state schools free and open source

2009-02-09 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] Slightly bias view maybe?

2009-02-23 Thread Ant Miller
. There is no logical reason why you can only harmonise upwards and not downwards. Governments don't want to strip people of their property, however worthless it may be. I agree with you in principle though. - Rob. -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

[backstage] Re: Maker Faire in Newcastle

2009-03-11 Thread Ant Miller
at 6:49 PM, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just a quick update on our progress- the deadline for getting in a Maker proposal was today! (you got 5 1/4 hours so get going!) From the Backstage / RD area we're sending a team of between six and eight people, including Ian, Rain

Re: [backstage] Re: Maker Faire in Newcastle

2009-03-11 Thread Ant Miller
social, political, and technology all together. Big ideas, well worth exploring, a On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM, J.P.Knight j.p.kni...@lboro.ac.uk wrote: On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Ant Miller wrote: [...] random stuff about a BBC Micro for the 21st Century. That sounds intriguing, especially

Re: [backstage] RDTV launched

2009-04-09 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] RDTV launched

2009-04-10 Thread Ant Miller
, Dan Brickley dan...@danbri.org wrote: On 10/4/09 00:09, Ant Miller wrote: Hmm, I think I know just the people to ask about that one- an episode on metadata, bringing in everyone from /programs to written archives, and not skipping over the inestimable mr Silver Oliver too- that could work

Re: [backstage] RDTV launched

2009-04-18 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice]

2009-04-25 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice]

2009-04-26 Thread Ant Miller
, a On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Kevin Anderson global...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: Overall very impressive- there are some in the gleaming cueb who go further and tote a bootable ubuntu usb stick round with them (heh!). I have

[backstage] Site check

2009-08-21 Thread Ant Miller
is www.welcomebackstage.com down for all you guys too? a -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com - 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

Re: [backstage] Fwd: Free Transcripts on NPR.org now

2009-08-26 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer - encoding from broadcast rather than master tapes

2009-09-10 Thread Ant Miller
, Rattle 0114 2706977 http://www.rattlecentral.com -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com - 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

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer - encoding from broadcast rather than master tapes

2009-09-10 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer - encoding from broadcast rather than master tapes

2009-09-12 Thread Ant Miller
... (although these affect DTV too) Frankie 2009/9/10 Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com Ok, so some of you have noticed iPlayer for the iPhone is a bit different- this 'I think' is via an Off Air system (or was at one point).  Radio has a system called Coyopa that takes original content from

Re: [backstage] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?

2009-09-17 Thread Ant Miller
Experience Designer, Rattle 0114 2706977 http://www.rattlecentral.com -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com - 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

Re: [backstage] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?

2009-09-17 Thread Ant Miller
? -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com - 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] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?

2009-09-17 Thread Ant Miller
, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Alun Rowe alun.r...@pentangle.co.uk wrote: I meant in terms of the HD element if they are changing the spec?  If there is a decryption requirement I doubt the Topfield will have it? On 17 Sep 2009, at 17:52, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: You'll need to retune

Re: [backstage] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?

2009-09-18 Thread Ant Miller
at 10:17 AM, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: Freeview+ is the name of the Freeview PVR/DVR.  Freeview HD will be called, Freeview HD. 2009/9/17 Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com Freeview and freeview+ (as the DVB-T2 carried HD mux is to be called) will exist in parallel

Re: [backstage] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?

2009-09-18 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?

2009-09-21 Thread Ant Miller
/01/mailing_list.html.   Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01

Re: [backstage] Encryption of HD by the BBC - cont ...

2009-10-06 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] [Fwd: Maker Faire Newcastle 2010]

2009-11-18 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] Google Wave

2009-12-01 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] What is TV?

2009-12-15 Thread Ant Miller
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[backstage] BBC RD Wiki page

2009-12-15 Thread Ant Miller
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Research (I've proposed reverting to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_R%26Dredirect=no ) ta a -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

[backstage] Would like info about Bournemouth area connectivity

2010-01-11 Thread Ant Miller
Hi all, Would anybody be able to have a quick chat, off list, about dommestic connectivity in the Bournemouth area? In particular, has anyone had any dealings with fibrecity? Cheers Ant p.s. This isn't official BBC business, but would be useful at work, if you know what I mean. -- Ant

[backstage] BBC RD Move- Video

2010-02-01 Thread Ant Miller
!. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/2010/01/rd-south-lab-video-report-on-t.shtml -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

Re: [backstage] BBC RD Move- Video

2010-02-01 Thread Ant Miller
at 1:08 PM, Dan Brickley dan...@danbri.org wrote: On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: Better late than never I realise that I neglected to flag this short film to the Backstage list. We shot it two weeks ago and very quickly edited and loaded it up last

Re: [backstage] BBC RD Move- Video

2010-02-01 Thread Ant Miller
driveled on about this for 3 minutes already! a On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Mo McRoberts m...@nevali.net wrote: On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:57, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: Better late than never I realise that I neglected to flag this short film to the Backstage list. We shot

Re: [backstage] BBC RD Move- Video

2010-02-01 Thread Ant Miller
. If we do a production systems hack day this year I'd chuck it in the mix. a On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Stephen Jolly st...@jollys.org wrote: On 1 Feb 2010, at 13:30, Ant Miller wrote: Possibly- the specific file formats we need to encode to to upload to iplayer are pretty standard

Re: [backstage] BBC RD Move- Video

2010-02-01 Thread Ant Miller
. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961

[backstage] Ian Forrester Update

2010-05-20 Thread Ant Miller
pull them. May seem a bit harsh, and I know everyone means well, but it's really not appropriate, Cheers Ant -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

[backstage] Ian Forrester Update: Thursday 20th May

2010-05-20 Thread Ant Miller
, and on the blog. For now, we're just glad to be able to pass this on, Thanks, Ant, Adrian and everyone in RD -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

RE: [backstage] Freeview HD Content Management

2010-06-15 Thread Ant Miller
It is sincerely wearying. I wish we were more honest. If it was me doing the talking for us, it would be different, but i don't get that clout. Cheers for the input. a Sent from my HTC -Original Message- From: Mo McRoberts m...@nevali.net Sent: 15 June 2010 22:13 To:

Re: [backstage] Unable to sign up for Backstage account?

2010-07-13 Thread Ant Miller
/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

Re: [backstage] Tried to submit a prototype but got an error 500

2010-07-19 Thread Ant Miller
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RE: [backstage] Transmitter engineering information - please can we have it back?

2010-07-28 Thread Ant Miller
/reception/transmitters/index.shtml Thanks for your help. On 23 July 2010 17:40, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: I'll see if I can find out what's possible.  Could you give me a rundown of what used to be up there? a On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote

RE: [backstage] IPv6 questionnaire

2010-08-13 Thread Ant Miller
We got contacted by a researcher on an eu project looking at this question. I pointed them to core tech strategy types. Not sure what response was. FOI time? Would need carefully framing. a Sent from my HTC -Original Message- From: Matt Hammond matt.hamm...@rd.bbc.co.uk Sent: 13

RE: [backstage] IPv6 questionnaire

2010-08-13 Thread Ant Miller
Not off the top of my head. I'll have a look monday. a Sent from my HTC -Original Message- From: Fearghas McKay fm-li...@st-kilda.org Sent: 13 August 2010 11:26 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] IPv6 questionnaire On 13/08/2010 11:11, Ant Miller wrote: We got

Re: [backstage] Re: BBC Distribution Transmitter info

2010-09-03 Thread Ant Miller
September 2010 18:15, Ant Miller ant.mil...@bbc.co.uk wrote: Hi Brian, all, After extensive enquiries we have got to the bottom of the current status of this data in the BBC, and I'm afraid a simple return the model of old is not possible. The Ceefax pages and website were lovingly hand

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
...@pobox.com wrote: On 07/09/2010 08:40, Ant Miller wrote: and that's days as opposed to hours in case anyone was wondering if there was going to be a nocturnal equivalent role. How very quaint... and out of sync with modern employment practices (bar the Post Office). Gordo -- Gordon Joly

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
...@pobox.com wrote: On 07/09/2010 08:40, Ant Miller wrote: and that's days as opposed to hours in case anyone was wondering if there was going to be a nocturnal equivalent role. How very quaint... and out of sync with modern employment practices (bar the Post Office). Gordo -- Gordon Joly

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
the financial inconvenience. Neither way is perfect, but calling for a contractual 9 day week seems somehow unsettling for me. Looks like a great job though, they'd also prefer someone uncompetitive - now that made me smile. Regards RichE -- Simon Thompson GMAIL Account -- Ant Miller tel

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
. They'd be busy people! a On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tvwrote: On 7 September 2010 11:00, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, we really should get our job descriptions checked for plain english- the BBC has a whole language of it's own

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
sp: send/ second On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: There's no standards war inside the BBC- there are a large number of very clever people, and in areas where new technology is to be developed and deployed, there are often intense discussions of what

Re: [backstage] HDCP RIP

2010-09-14 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] 'Project Canvas' to be called 'YouView':

2010-09-20 Thread Ant Miller
'?) Everybody's just going to call it on demand anyway, if they don't stick with Canvas... I quite like Canvas, particularly the concepts it evokes (plus it's a good name to 'say') -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

Re: [backstage] 'Project Canvas' to be called 'YouView':

2010-09-20 Thread Ant Miller
Ah, I stand corrected (or clarrified)- the JV is Not For Profit. Not a charrity though. And they will have paid someone to make content for their website so (for instance) we needn't expect images of DR Who used to be considered fully rights free. a On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Ant Miller

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-09-28 Thread Ant Miller
900 again... Is the bbc starting to see sense? -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

RE: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-09-28 Thread Ant Miller
stude.l...@googlemail.com Sent: 28 September 2010 18:32 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content On 28 September 2010 12:47, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote: Can you give me a pointer to the blog post please?  There have been some discussions around APIs

[backstage] Test

2010-10-21 Thread Ant Miller
test - 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/

[backstage] Backstage- End of an Era

2010-10-21 Thread Ant Miller
this mailing list, and we'll probably pop into the friends of now and again if we're welcome too. Thanks for your support, and sincere apologies that you've heard it first second hand, Ant ___ Ant Miller, Senior Research Manager mobile: +44 (0)7809 597757 BBC Research

Re: [backstage] Backstage- End of an Era

2010-10-21 Thread Ant Miller
About that engag thing. It's purely consensual. a (one of the day's many facepalms) On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Ant Miller ant.mil...@bbc.co.uk wrote: Hi all, I know quite a few of you have heard the Guardian Tech Weekly podcast of last week, and in particular the bit where Jemima

RE: [backstage] Test

2010-10-21 Thread Ant Miller
:25, Ant Miller wrote: test syntax error. redo from start. - 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/ - Sent via

Re: [backstage] With some folks moving on to rd...

2010-10-22 Thread Ant Miller
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[backstage] Retrospective #1

2010-11-09 Thread Ant Miller
Over at the Backstage blog Brendan has posted the first of the restrospective extracts we had produced. Eventually these will appear in an e-book (and some may even be popping up in another publication tbc), but for now, the first of the remembrances of hacks past is to be found at

RE: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-10 Thread Ant Miller
There is content in iPlayer that's never been broadcast or scheduled- our RD videos for instance. a -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Ben Weiner Sent: 10 November 2010 10:01 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk

RE: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-10 Thread Ant Miller
, Ant Miller wrote: There is content in iPlayer that's never been broadcast or scheduled- our RD videos for instance. And is easy to find? -- Ben Weiner | http://readingtype.org.uk/about/contact.html +44 (0) 7780 608 659 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe

RE: [backstage] George Wright / Twitter Chat / Head of Prototyping / Internet Week

2010-11-10 Thread Ant Miller
Cool! Will tweet from @bbcrd. we're keen for more followers there too! Ant (out of the office, but still on email.) -Original Message- From: Jeremy Stone jem.st...@bbc.co.uk Sent: 10 November 2010 20:34 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage]

Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Ant Miller
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RE: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Ant Miller
We're having a meeting next week to discuss hack demos for the maker faire and big bang science fair in march next year, and kinect and similar are certainly on the agenda. Anyone who fancies joining in, BBC or external, is welcome to drop me a line, ant (out of the office, but still on

RE: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-19 Thread Ant Miller
backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Cc: Ant Miller ant.mil...@bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if.. On 18/11/10 23:47, Ant Miller wrote: We're having a meeting next week to discuss hack demos for the maker faire and big bang science fair in march next year, and kinect and similar

Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-20 Thread Ant Miller
Another quick update in Kinect land- turns out MS are actually pretty sanguine about hackery now, after some early blowhard lawyerisation: http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/20/microsoft-im-a-pc-and-kinect-open-source-drivers-were-my-idea/ On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Ant Miller ant.mil

Re: [backstage] Google instant preview shows BBC adverts in the UK

2010-11-26 Thread Ant Miller
web: ukfree.tv http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 ` -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

RE: [backstage] Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-28 Thread Ant Miller
? regards arati On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:46:04 +0530 Ant Miller wrote gt;From Roderick Hodgson in Ramp;D who is now actively hacking this platform (mostly in spare time, though we may have somethig for either Big Bang or Maker Faire): gt; gt;http://ww w.adafruit.com/blog/2010/11/14/hacked-kinect

[backstage] Hacking the BBC: The Backstage Retrospective

2011-01-05 Thread Ant Miller
The last half decade of work by the people who have worked on and supported BBC Backstage have been recognised in a especially commissioned ebook. This marks the conclusion of backstage as an active project for us here in RD, but it's not by any means the end of the journey. As the servers go

[backstage] FW: Draft of email to backstage list

2011-03-07 Thread Ant Miller
, and if we had, perhaps some of the tension of recent weeks wouldn't have been so strident. We're sorry. Now that the migration of feeds is done the support information will be available at http://support.bbc.co.uk/platform/feeds/TravelFeeds.htm Ant ___ Ant Miller, Senior

RE: [backstage] BBC TPEG feeds - oddities?

2011-03-08 Thread Ant Miller
Hi Chris, There are changes underway with the TPEG feeds but so far as we are aware there's no specific management of access from individual IPs, at least not intentionally. I've passed your enquiry to the migration team and they should have a little more information soon. The overall

Re: [backstage] A familiar face...

2011-05-18 Thread Ant Miller
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Re: [backstage] Ping...

2011-06-02 Thread Ant Miller
://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

Re: [backstage] Ping...

2011-06-02 Thread Ant Miller
...@readingtype.org.uk wrote: Hi, On 2 Jun 2011, at 18:16, Ant Miller wrote: Oh hai, yes, we're still here. Backstage per se isn't though. Much activity at the moment getting a developer network set up and we hope that'll have a connection to this community soon. Fingers crossed, What

Re: [backstage] Ping...

2011-06-02 Thread Ant Miller
and ... ? ;-) Please let it not be a web based forum. Scot - 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/ -- Ant

Re: [backstage] Ping...

2011-06-02 Thread Ant Miller
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RE: [backstage] Ping...

2011-06-03 Thread Ant Miller
And to think people ask me why this list has gone quiet.. -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Ben Weiner Sent: 03 June 2011 14:08 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Ping... On 3 Jun 2011,

Re: [backstage] Ping...

2011-06-03 Thread Ant Miller
, Brian Butterworth wrote: On 3 June 2011 16:21, Ant Miller ant.mil...@bbc.co.uk wrote: And to think people ask me why this list has gone quiet.. True. If the list was really being used I would be asking why the BBC News Android app doesn't work on Ice Cream Sandwich tablet

Re: [backstage] Ping...

2011-06-15 Thread Ant Miller
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/ -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com

[backstage] Brighton Mini Maker Faire (and other Digital Festival Events)

2011-08-29 Thread Ant Miller
details at my blog http://reithian.blogspot.com/. Cheers all, and sorry for the spam (though it's more public info really, you know, all good fun) Ant -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com @meeware http://reithian.blogspot.com/

Re: [backstage] Generation of /programmes XML changed?

2012-07-05 Thread Ant Miller
Unlikely you'll get a definitive answer paul. I think the team are not focussed on these open tech channels, and mood music is not good for ongoing support via this list, sorry. I can say there is no obvious change done here that has led to this, but since it doesn't materially affect one of

Re: [backstage] expired content

2013-04-04 Thread Ant Miller
Dead cat bounce. Sent from my iPhone, so if the spelling or grammar look weird know that I meant well. On 4 Apr 2013, at 21:26, adrian legg pend...@gmail.commailto:pend...@gmail.com wrote: wooo backstage! It lives... On 4 April 2013 15:42, Michael Smethurst