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philgyford : 'I will e-mail the BBC to object to "Thought for the Day"' - PledgeBank - I'd have signed up if I'd heard about it in time.
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jonhicks : (UK Only) iPlayer under boxee - boxee :: forum
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Richard Rutter : BBC on WCAG 2.0 - “New guidelines boost web access” .
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Rod Begbie : On The Hour - The iconic BBC radio series (which gave way to The Day Today) finally gets a full CD release (including bonus material, such as Chris Morris's fantastic flexidisc for Select Magazine). Subscribe to the podcast for snippets of genius. [via] #
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4 month ago
Richard Rutter : dConstruct reported by the BBC - BBC NEWS | Technology | Where do you think you are?.
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4 month ago
jonhicks : BBC NEWS | UK | Open door for extensions on homes
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4 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Girls Aloud win £20 single prize - The BBC does a decent write-up of the behind-the-scenes politicking of THE music prize that matters -- Popjustice's Twenty Quid Music Prize. #
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5 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC - Music - The first part of Auntie Beeb's integration with MusicBrainz and Wikipedia is live. Every artist in MusicBrainz now has a page on bbc.co.uk, featuring radio playcount information where available. Very cool. [via] #
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6 month ago
plasticbag : "Erik Huggers made BBC new media boss" - I don't know the man at all There was clearly some succession planning going on here, though, which doesn't entirely fill me with joy. Sigh.
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7 month ago
Simon Willison : Video speech matching on TheyWorkForYou.com - Video speech matching on TheyWorkForYou.com. Launched this morning at BarCamp London by Matthew Somerville—TheyWorkForYou now has video from BBC Parliament but they need your help matching it exactly to their transcripts from Hansard. Neat example of
Rod Begbie : Video speech matching (TheyWorkForYou.com) - TheyWorkForYou has a crowdsourcing project matching the Hansard transcripts of parliamentary debates to BBC video. It's pretty easy work if you keep going through one debate (and you get to watch a little bit of politics in action). Fancy taking a half [via] #
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Rod Begbie : Doctor Who - Steven Moffat Takes Charge - This is amazingly good news. Steven Moffat (writer of Coupling and Press Gang, as well as the best episodes of "new" Doctor Who) is taking over as lead writer. I'm giddy at the prospect of what's to come. [via] #
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8 month ago
Andy Baio : Schulze & Webb show off the Olinda prototype - their social radio for the BBC, modular hardware that adjust to your habits and social network
Rod Begbie : Olinda - Schulze & Webb's hardware prototype of a socially-networked open-source digital radio. Some excellent ideas for internet-enabled physical objects in the pamphlet. #
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9 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Jazz legend Lyttelton dies at 86 - Man, this is sad news. Humph's impeccably innocent delivery of a filthy "double" entendre on "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" had me in hysterics many a time. He will be missed. #
jonhicks : Jazz legend Lyttelton dies at 86 - Another legend is gone. If you think you don't know who is, I bet you've heard him play - right at the end of Radiohead's Amnesiac
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9 month ago
jonhicks : Four sound effects that made TV history - A look back at the BBC Radiophonic workshop, quite possibly the UK's strongest influence in electronic music
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9 month ago
plasticbag : Who's in the frame for Highfield's job at the BBC? - A good list of some of the prime candidates for the job. My favourites would be Tony Ageh and Simon Nelson, both of whom I've been honoured to work with and who I have significant respect for.
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9 month ago
plasticbag : Even the ludicrous hagiography from the BBC can't dull my joy at Highfield finally leaving the BBC - Okay. I'm lying. It pisses me off. My personal belief is that you'll see his name in biographies in twenty years time as the man whose lack of clue resulted in the BBC's inability to adapt to the digital age.
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plasticbag : Ashley Highfield is to leave the BBC. It won't be a shock if I tell you that I think it's about time. - The only problem is who follows him. There are some particular candidates that I think would do the job well, but I'm afraid I suspect they won't end up with the job.
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9 month ago
plasticbag : I talked on Radio 4 a while back about corporate blogging and the audio of it is up on igadgetlife.com - It's a decent piece that I in most part agree with. I'm a little disappointed (as ever I suppose) by the need to package up complex issues in a couple of minutes. My position is ... simplified ... let's say.
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9 month ago
plasticbag : BBC News did a redesign a couple of days ago—and you know—it's fine, but I wonder... - Design patterns are now established. Probably people need to redesign less. So is it a bold new step, or is it a distraction from where the changes actually should be happening?
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9 month ago
Rod Begbie : Flying penguins found by BBC programme - The Beeb pick the perfect day to launch a lovely promo video for iPlayer. [via] #
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9 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC Radio Labs - Still Playing in the Cloud - BBC Radio experiment with XMPP for radio "Now Playing" information dispersal. [via] #
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10 month ago
philgyford : BBC - BBC Three - TV Listings - TV listings done as a slowly whizzy (and pointless) Flash thing. Is there really *nothing* more useful that BBC staff could be doing? (via Haddock)
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10 month ago
philgyford : BBC Internet Blog - BBC iPlayer On iPhone: Behind The Scenes - I'm liking this blog when it gives some insight into how things work behind the scenes. Shame about all the dumb comments though.
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10 month ago
nelson : BBC on Prince Harry - A blog is a perfect way to explain their thinking behind the embargo
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philgyford : Tiny.swf - The little analogue clock from the new BBC homepage, all BIG. (via Alan Connor)
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