Comments(0) Back in the day when Microsoft Research Asia launched the RSS reading habits survey I was quite intrigued where I’d fit in with the grand scheme of things.
As it turns out I’m riding somewhere in the peloton in most categories.
But get this… max number of feeds subscribed: 1823!! I’m above mean but well below that particular nerd ;)
Comments(0) The latest comments bug in the sidebar has been irritating the hell out of me ever since I installed it. Turns out it was because of some CSS declarations that were rather akwardly set and not a result of the plugin itself.
All the more reason why I really need to shift gears and finally implement my own theme rather than this flawed (and rather ugly) intermediate I’m using.
Comments(1) BBC should concentrate on quality rather than quantity in online video. At least that’s what Pete Clifton of BBC News Interactive said at Future of News Conference.
“We should think more about what that page does in the round and come up with a piece of video that absolutely complements the text… we should do less video but be much more focused on how it works and give it a higher profile where it can work alongside the story.”
I agree completely, but I would add something extra that maybe doesn’t really apply to news pieces but still… fragments. I may or may not want to see an entire show. Sometimes all I want is a short piece and having the option of going directly to that piece is invaluable. Andraz Tori and others with MMC at RTV Slovenija are definitely onto something with Odprti kop (open pit). Thumbs up for our national public broadcaster for finally doing something exciting and (I’ll dare say it although I cannot confirm) innovative.
For those not fluent in slovene ;) and those that may not understand what it’s all about… in short it’s a service where they combined subtitles (if I remember correctly our public broadcaster is required by law to provide them) with video and in effect making the content searchable, quotable and playable in segments i.e. you have to option to play only the few seconds that are relevant to your search query. They also include links to slovenian chapter of wikipedia which could also prove useful in the future as it expands.
