Brighton Trip – with Wendy
Just had a wonderful trip to Brighton with Wendy, and thanks to Michelle and Tasha for springing us!!
James Magnus is 40 Years Old – meet for dinner
An amusing night with Asha, Jim, Ian and Wendy; nice dinner, then a few drinks out near Westminster,… there’s not much to do near there!
BBC News Labs – Linked Data exploration
Added a post here about our work exploring Linked Data in BBC News Labs.
The Master and Margarita at The Barbican
Amazing performance of The Master & Margarita at The Barbican. Brilliant.
Catch-up with Ed and Ginny
Great night out with Ed and Ginny, and a few others were out too – James Richardson and Richard Lynton-Evans.
BBC News Labs demo event at BBC Caversham
Today Jeremy Tarling and I ran a demo event at BBC Caversham. We were demo-ing the latest BBC News Labs work, and the BBC Blueroom were also there with their usual array of amazing, cutting-edge consumer equipment.
Outcomes : BBC News Labs “Summer Labs”, 2012
Today we ran a demo event to show the prototypes and outcomes from the 2012 Summer Labs. The event was an informal “Trade Fair” format, with 5 demo teams each working at a table to demonstrate and explain the prototypes.
Great recording studio in Maidstone – NJA.me.uk – Niall Acott
Niall Acott’s studio in Maidstone – NJA.me.uk – Great for all kinds of music and production projects. Niall can do “in studio” or “OB”, whatever you need. Just this last weekend we did some work at NJA.me.uk – Electric Drums, sequencing, accoustic & electric guitars, vox and keybdoards. Great.
Events & Politics Lab – 2012 Summer Labs – BBC News Labs
We’ve just run the “Events & Politics” Lab as part of the BBC News Labs Summer Labs events. Findings include:- There is an opportunity in the Linked Data “Events” space. There are plenty of opportunities in the Politics space, which could be leveraged with Linked Data. Events may not be the best way to model … Continue reading Events & Politics Lab – 2012 Summer Labs – BBC News Labs
BBC News Labs “Summer Labs” 2012 : Location
Today, slightly eclipsed by the start of the 2012 Olympic Games, we completed the first of our BBC News Labs “Summer Labs”. This Lab was on the exploration of a “Geolocation” problem space. We saw 4 great demos coming out of the 2 week Hack event.
Launching “The News Juicer” – for BBC News Labs
We are very pleased to introduce “THE NEWS JUICER”. This is the Semantic Prototyping Platform for BBC News Labs, which will provide real semantic data sources and APIs for the BBC News Labs “Summer Labs” between now and end of September 2012.
BBC News Labs is born
Today we started BBC News Labs – a small group of us from BBC News working to innovate and open new opportunities for BBC News.
Launching the BBC Agile Project Management Training Programme
I am very pleased to be launching the new Agile Project Management Training Programme for the BBC. I’ve been working for the past few months with the BBC Academy, and the other lead project managers from The BBC to put together this training programme for our 100+ Agile Project Managers at the BBC. It is … Continue reading Launching the BBC Agile Project Management Training Programme
Launching BBC News Responsive Design MVP
Very pleased, along with the BBC News responsive design team, to have launched the responsive MVP for feature phones. We started this back in Spring 2011, when Anthony Sullivan and I made space, and we assembled the team with Matt Chadburn. This will continue to roll out across BBC News, replacing the legacy desktop and … Continue reading Launching BBC News Responsive Design MVP
Delivering Step Change Innovation: A new team for Responsive BBC News
Exciting times in the new job with BBC News. Working with Anthony Sullivan ‘s team, I starting a new unit to deliver a step change innovation for BBC News. Responsive Design!!
New Job: Delivery Manager, BBC News Online
I am very pleased to be starting as the Delivery Manager for BBC News Online. This will include managing the Agile Portfolio of workstream Project Managers for BBC News Website and mobile apps. It will also include managing the developer and test team.
New Job: Product Manager, BBC Knowledge
I have started in the role of “Product Manager for BBC Knowledge” today.
New Job: Genre Head, BBC Knowledge
Today I moved to a new role – “Genre Head for BBC Knowledge”. This is basically a move from managing 14 Technical Project Managers, to managing a complete Agile Software Delivery portfolio team of 40, including Tech PMs, Developers, Designers, Software Engineers, BAs et al, and working closely with Editorial Commissioners to deliver on the … Continue reading New Job: Genre Head, BBC Knowledge
Jenny Guest’s Wake
Yesterday we all went to Jenny Guest’s wake. Everyone was there, and after the service we all went out to remember her.
Trip To Los Angeles – to Hollywood Hills and Ginny
What an amazing holiday in Los Angeles – thanks sooo much Ginny!! We all had a complete adventure, seeing the sites, and all while staying in an amazing setting in Laurels Canyon.