Back in October 2010 the BBC announced that BBC Backstage – the developer platform and open data project I had created with Tom Loosemore and…
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Given that I helped establish (probably) the first developer mash-up competition run by a media organization and also my recent foray into the world of…
2 Comments(disclosure: I was part of the team who launched backstage.bbc.co.uk, although I no longer work at the BBC. Many of the people around the table…
9 CommentsI would like to be the first on the blogosphere to congratulate Ian Forrester on successfully becoming the new Senior Producer of backstage.bbc.co.uk (which is…
2 CommentsMuch of what Tara wrote in her recent post ‘Missing the point’ resonates with me too. A couple of months back, someone asked me why…
8 CommentsSo look, it’s the morning after the night before and I’ve decided to take down the links to the JSON and RSS feeds. In general…
24 CommentsI attended the NewStatesman New Media Awards 2006, last night. I’m pleased to say that backstage.bbc.co.uk came away with the prize in the Innovation category.…
12 CommentsNeville Hobson (of the excellent For Immediate Release podcast) has a nice piece on his blog about Astroturfing. Neville quotes from Wikipedia’s definition: …astroturfing describes…
5 CommentsThe BBC News Website has added a number of “Live Stats” features to their site. And I’ve been able to derive the urls for all…
5 CommentsWhen I joined the organisation, back in 2000, I didn’t think I would be at the BBC for more than one or two years. But…
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