I believe so :)
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 16:59 +0100, Christopher Woods wrote:
Is this list still alive?
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Well I'm still in BBC RD, trying to get a few loose ends tied up from the
backstage days including this Dev Net thing. We're also still going strong
on the technical outreach scheme, this year sending teams to the Newcastle
maker Faire and the Big Bang Science Faire in London.
With a non-BBC hat
On 3 Jun 2011, at 19:48, Kieran Kunhya wrote:
I ended up stealing Mo's ideas about open source broadcast*, having read
about them on this list, and am now working to get a similar concept**
production ready and deployed at well known names in the US and Europe..
...which is splendid, by
I had got used to Chrome doing my spell checking (but no grammar check
as yet...) and I've just got myself an Asus Transfomer with a fresh helping
of Android Ice Cream Sandwich and .. no spell checker in the browser.
The check's in the post.
Cheque, surely?
Do you need a spell chequer?
On 3 Jun 2011, at 08:00, Richard Lockwood wrote:
I had got used to Chrome doing my spell checking (but no grammar check
as yet...) and I've just got myself an Asus Transfomer with a fresh helping
of Android Ice Cream Sandwich and .. no spell checker in the browser.
The check's in the post.
On 3 June 2011 08:54, Ben Weiner b...@readingtype.org.uk wrote:
On 3 Jun 2011, at 08:00, Richard Lockwood wrote:
I had got used to Chrome doing my spell checking (but no grammar check
as yet...) and I've just got myself an Asus Transfomer with a fresh
helping
of Android Ice Cream
On 3 Jun 2011, at 13:53, Brian Butterworth wrote:
On 3 June 2011 08:54, Ben Weiner b...@readingtype.org.uk wrote:
On 3 Jun 2011, at 08:00, Richard Lockwood wrote:
I had got used to Chrome doing my spell checking (but no grammar check
as yet...) and I've just got myself an Asus
And to think people ask me why this list has gone quiet..
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On 3 Jun 2011
Exactly, someone checks and it bounces :)
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And to think people ask
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On 3 Jun 2011, at 13:53, Brian Butterworth wrote:
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be asking why the BBC News Android
app doesn't work on Ice Cream Sandwich tablet...
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On 3 Jun 2011, at 16:49, 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
June 2011 16:21
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And to think people ask me why this list has gone quiet..
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On 3 Jun 2011, at 16:49, Brian Butterworth wrote:
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...
Gimme a bug report and I'll attempt to do something with it :)
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On 3 June 2011 08:54, Ben
On 02/06/11 16:59, Christopher Woods wrote:
Is this list still alive?
I'm here!
[and, crucially, still read this!]
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I ended up stealing Mo's ideas about open source broadcast*, having read about
them on this list, and am now working to get a similar concept** production
ready and deployed at well known names in the US and Europe..
* https://github.com/nexgenta/txsuite/blob/master/README.mdown**
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 16:59 +0100, Christopher Woods wrote:
Is this list still alive?
I'm still here. S'pose a lot of folks were becoming quiet over the Beeb
closing most informal feedback mechanisms down. Buggered if I know
why...
Alex
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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 benefits will be brought by a
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 18:16 +0100, 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,
Cool - just to give you a headsup,
The hope is that a proper BBC dev net will give a better means of
coordinating effort with other dev nets (Guardian, Google etc) and we can
build on that collaboration to offer the external independant developers and
hackers a much better service.
a
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Ben Weiner
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 18:35, Ben Weiner b...@readingtype.org.uk wrote:
What benefits will be brought by a developer network over this fine and
venerable list: a lick of paint and ... ? ;-)
Please let it not be a web based forum.
Scot
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It's a real world thing first off, then we figure what tools make sense to
support it. Of course, if there's a strong community on a pre-existing
platform or channel we could probably just plug into that.
Might be some web stuff too though, it is VERY portable and accesible to a
lot of people,
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 07:01:18PM +0100, Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote:
Please let it not be a web based forum.
Ugh.
~shudder~
[ O, HAI. ]
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assumption is not Gosh, I bet that's a real nice boat now that those
rats are
If the porcine artillery chief is against a web forum, then a web forum it
ain't.
a
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Adam McGreggor li...@amyl.org.uk wrote:
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 07:01:18PM +0100, Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote:
Please let it not be a web based forum.
Ugh.
~shudder~
[
On 2 June 2011 13:50, Giacomo Shimmings giacomo.shimmi...@bbc.co.uk wrote:
It would be rather nice if people could say who they are and
what they're up to when they reply.
After much hot air passing over this mailing list from me about the
libre software imperative, I did an MA in Typeface
On 2 June 2011 15:32, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote:
a web forum it ain't.
A mailing list with a decent web-front-end in ADDITION to real email
is useful, I think - permalinks to messages, search engine indexing of
knowledge, all very useful.
Web is just not good for actually
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 07:32:30PM +0100, Ant Miller wrote:
If the porcine artillery chief is against a web forum, then a web forum it
ain't.
contentious
He's not a fan of top-posting, either...
/contentious
*cackle*.
(looks like I chose the wrong week^W^W^W^Wmanaged to get a good day to
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 05:50:55PM +0100, Giacomo Shimmings wrote:
Me too. It would be rather nice if people could say who they are and
what they're up to when they reply.
I'm unlurking after goodnessknowshowmanyyears of not actually posting.
I do too much, but fortunately, spell my name
I live half way down the Med.
Spent twenty years recording in studios in London.
Been here since day 1. It has been a brilliant place.
Rich
On 2 Jun 2011, at 22:22, Adam McGreggor wrote:
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 05:50:55PM +0100, Giacomo Shimmings wrote:
Me too. It would be rather nice if
On 2 June 2011 20:15, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote:
On 2 June 2011 15:32, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote:
a web forum it ain't.
Web is just not good for actually participating, because we all
actually check our email but web forums are never checked.
I had got used to Chrome
On 2 Jun 2011, at 21:18, Adam McGreggor wrote:
(looks like I chose the wrong week^W^W^W^Wmanaged to get a good day to
notice backstage mail)
(saving the intertubes from bloody forums, one-post at a time)
It would be ungracious of me to bitch about majordomo's eccentric reluctance to
include
On 2 Jun 2011, at 22:43, Andy Armstrong wrote:
It would be ungracious of me to bitch about majordomo's eccentric reluctance
to include much in the way of a header to identify this as traffic? :P
^list traffic
Didn't think I'd get my comeuppance /that/ quickly :)
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On 2 Jun 2011, at 22:24, Brian Butterworth wrote:
On 2 June 2011 20:15, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote:
On 2 June 2011 15:32, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote:
a web forum it ain't.
Web is just not good for actually participating, because we all
actually check our email but web
Ping? I'm at a wedding and I keep getting emails with the title ping. Talk
about discussion point :)
Adam McGreggor li...@amyl.org.uk wrote:
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 07:01:18PM +0100, Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote:
Please let it not be a web based forum.
Ugh.
~shudder~
[ O, HAI. ]
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If you
On 2 June 2011 22:59, Ben Weiner b...@readingtype.org.uk wrote:
On 2 Jun 2011, at 22:24, Brian Butterworth wrote:
On 2 June 2011 20:15, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote:
On 2 June 2011 15:32, Ant Miller ant.mil...@gmail.com wrote:
a web forum it ain't.
Web is just not good for
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