[backstage] Open Source Show And Tell

Apologies for the mass mailing, but I'm organising a (free) event next week that might well interest some of the readers on this list. It's the Open Source Show And Tell, takes place at our offices near Borough Market in London, and everyone is welcome. You can find out more here:

Re: [backstage] Video on Demand Dissertation Survey

It seems to works in Chrome, which uses WebKit - so maybe just a Safari issue? Phil On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Simon Stirrat streetma...@gmail.com wrote: In hindsight it would have been better to ask someone before spamming it out to everyone. I'm sorry Ian, I'll do things differently

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer for Apple TV

Has anyone tried this alongside aTV Flash on the Apple TV? My woeful tech skills don't extend to the command line, but I've been very happy with aTV Flash so far. The only thing missing has been iPlayer. So maybe I'll ask the aTV Flash people to bundle this together with their product, they've

Re: [backstage] iPad

Some useful context on the Apple / Flash debate: daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash Phil On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Michael Kraskin michael.kras...@bbc.comwrote: I think the no-Flash means that it a seriously crippled web browser. Hardly the best way to browse the internet,

Re: [backstage] The browser wars, reloaded?

It isn't a case of designers meekly deferring to their clients - more a case of designers recognising that a large chunk of their audience (~15%) uses ie6 and has no choice in the matter. I strongly dislike ie6, but it isn't going anywhere. Blogged about it here:

Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

In case you're interested, I'm organising a free event where javascript legend Jeremy Ruston is giving a talk on HTML5 and the slow death of Flash. Plenty of time for QA afterwards! Details here: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4516026/ Cheers, Phil On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:42 PM, cisnky

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

I used to work for the open source innovation arm of BT, during which time I wrote this blog post on the subject: http://philwhitehouse.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-make-money-from-open-source.html Your email brings to mind the joke where someone was asked for directions, and the response was You

Re: [backstage] Make the primary OS used in state schools FOSS

I think FOSS can have a huge future but the community need to think about user experience then it will be taken more seriously. FWIW I've just come back from FOSDEM (open source community event in Brussels), and there are plenty of open source projects now putting usability at the top of their

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

The cost of school licences is a drop in the ocean compared to the cost of lifetime subscription. Microsoft may be many things, but they aren't stupid..! Phil On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Fearghas McKay fm-li...@st-kilda.orgwrote: On 10 Feb 2009, at 09:23, Alun Rowe wrote: Microsoft

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

He isn't advocating making Windows open source, the petition states that the primary OS used in schools should be a free and open source alternative to windows. Not idiotic at all. I've signed up. Phil On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Richard Lockwood richard.lockw...@gmail.com wrote: Mm.

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

Maybe I'm a poor deluded misguided fool who needs showing the error of my ways? Lorks, far from it! I think we'd need a lot of people like you if the government does try and introduce open source into schools. These are really important problems that mustn't be overlooked. I'll assume for the