Re: [backstage] ping.fm

2008-10-28 Thread Dave Cross
Ian Forrester wrote: Yeah this is the thing I'm really worried about happening. Ping.fm currently is my preferred way to do microblogging. Without it, geez it would be bad news. Surprised no ones created a ping.fm type thing for the desktop. Interesting piece about ping.fm -

Re: [backstage] ping.fm

2008-10-28 Thread Alun Rowe
To me updating so many services at once feels a bit spammy. I often finding myself cursing when pownce, facebook, Twitter etc all tell me the same thing by the same person at the same time... On 28 Oct 2008, at 06:36, Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian Forrester wrote: Yeah this

Re: [backstage] ping.fm

2008-10-28 Thread Sam Mbale
Alun has a good point, anyone here remembers the good ole days of the free for all links ? (see http://mpelembe.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2005/12/19/3925166.html ) In my experience, different social networks attract different types of people. My friends on hi5 are totally different to those on

RE: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-10-28 Thread Matt Hammond
Just came across this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YFw9p0TjT8 Midway through this video (@ 1m40s), it fairly clearly implies there might actually be a proper magnetic compass in the G1 after all. The guys says you can spin around on the spot to rotate the Google Street View

Re: [backstage] BBC Backstage ideas store

2008-10-28 Thread Mr I Forrester
Thanks Al, So idea torrent is brainstorm or brainstorm is the ubuntu name for the same thing. I've not setup the filters yet. Odd I'll look into the submit problem, I think it might be permissions again. Cheers On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 01:39 +, Alan Pope wrote: 2008/10/28 Mr I Forrester

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-10-28 Thread Dave Crossland
http://koolu.com/ is going to sell OpenMoko Neo handsets with Android preinstalled, btw. - 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] BBC Backstage ideas store

2008-10-28 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/10/28 Mr I Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Odd I'll look into the submit problem, I think it might be permissions again. The link is to http://ideas.welcomebackstage.com/ideatorrent/user?destination=submit/ and that 404s, and when logged in with the normal user account I have, if I access

Re: [backstage] ping.fm

2008-10-28 Thread Alun Rowe
Groups on Twitter/Pownce/Ping etc would be the killer feature for me! On 28/10/2008 12:17, Chris Sizemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so it seems to me that Ping.fm is a pretty useful thing, but just needs a fair bit more subtlety? i.e. different distribution lists? or is that already

Re: [backstage] BBC Backstage ideas store

2008-10-28 Thread Alan Pope
2008/10/28 Mr I Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So idea torrent is brainstorm or brainstorm is the ubuntu name for the same thing. I've not setup the filters yet. The Ubuntu Brainstorm website came about a little over six months ago. It was some code sat on top of drupal cms. Not much of drupal

RE: [backstage] TV Schedule web api

2008-10-28 Thread Chris Newell
Anthony, At 16:58 2008-10-27, you wrote: I've tried playing around with the system, I know the service is new and is in development, so with that in mind I do have a few wee questions: 1. Is there anyway to get a complete list of valid services/channels Eg tried bbcone as a service and stuff

[backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

2008-10-28 Thread Stefan Richter
Hi all, today I'd like to draw your attention to a site which I have recently launched. www.bantertv.com pulls in the currently available BBC simulcast streams and adds a chat interface. Sounds simple - and it is. However noone seems to have done it yet, and I think combining live TV with

Re: [backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

2008-10-28 Thread Matt Barber
Stefan Richter wrote: Hi all, today I'd like to draw your attention to a site which I have recently launched. Hi Stefan, nice to hear from you. Will take a look at your site later this afternoon. I am in Belgium so probably won't receive the stream, but can certainly comment on design and

Re: [backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

2008-10-28 Thread Stefan Richter
I definitely would, thanks Matt. On 28 Oct 2008, at 13:28, Matt Barber wrote: Stefan Richter wrote: Hi all, today I'd like to draw your attention to a site which I have recently launched. Hi Stefan, nice to hear from you. Will take a look at your site later this afternoon. I am in

RE: [backstage] TV Schedule web api

2008-10-28 Thread Anthony McKale
hi chris, Thanks for clearing that all up, Since I'm just doing a wee prototype of a 3d scheduler I'll use The backstage api and when/if it gets commissioned fully, I'll reimplement the schedule grabber code with the programmes system Cheers Ant Anthony Mckale, Actionscript Programmer Tel :

RE: [backstage] BBC Backstage ideas store

2008-10-28 Thread Ian Forrester
Ah excellent, so you might be help with the administration/moderation of the Backstage Idea store then ;) I think you hit the nail on the head. Launchpad, Trac, Bugzilla, etc are bug tracking tools and don't lend themselves well to ideas and abstracts. Get satisfaction is cool but once again

RE: [backstage] ping.fm

2008-10-28 Thread Ian Forrester
Doesn't Jaiku and Indenti.ca/Laconi.ca have groups? Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob: +44 (0)7711913293

Re: [backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

2008-10-28 Thread Brian Butterworth
Hi Stefan, Have you seen this? http://www.betanews.com/article/PDC_2008_Live_blog_of_the_Windows_7_keynote/1225207963 *10:44am PT:* The BBC is doing a demonstration of integrating the Live Framework with the BBC iPlayer. Users can see what their friends are watching, and see the most popular

Re: [backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

2008-10-28 Thread Stefan Richter
sounds interesting. What exactly is the Live Service or Framework? Stefan On 28 Oct 2008, at 18:08, Brian Butterworth wrote: Hi Stefan, Have you seen this? http://www.betanews.com/article/PDC_2008_Live_blog_of_the_Windows_7_keynote/1225207963 10:44am PT: The BBC is doing a demonstration of

re: [backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

2008-10-28 Thread James Crowley
(first post to this list - hello everyone!) Previously known as the Live Mesh platform (Microsoft loves changing names every 30 seconds to keep us on our toes). You can find out more at http://dev.live.com/ . There's a whole load of services around online/offline synchronization, alert