BBC Internet Blog - Ian Forrester http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/ Senior staff from the BBC's online and technology teams discuss issues raised by you about BBC Online, BBC iPlayer, the BBC's digital and mobile services, and the technology behind them. en Copyright 2009 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:27:20 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Pic Of The Day: Over The Air over_the_air_battle.jpg

overtheair_badge.pngThis is an ten year old in a lightsaber fight with two adults live on stage at the Over The Air mobile development event [as mentioned previously]. All of them are armed with nothing more than Nokia N95s which are working like Wii controllers.

There's more and a roundup of the feedback in the latest post on the BBC Backstage blog.

Ian Forrester is Senior Producer, FM&T bbc.co.uk Projects. Photo by Christian Scholz.

]]> Ian Forrester Ian Forrester http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/04/pic_of_the_day_over_the_air.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/04/pic_of_the_day_over_the_air.html mobile Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:27:20 +0000 Over The Air Sign-Up Live over_the_air.pngOver The Air is a special event being organised by Mobile Monday London, hosted by Imperial College and supported by the BBC. It's 48 hours of mobile and wireless development by and for the leading lights in the industry.

At its core, it's a mobile development event that's part conference, and part un-conference, all in a 48 hour open hackathon format...

Read more at the BBC Backstage Blog

Ian Forrester is Senior Producer, FM&T bbc.co.uk Projects

]]> Ian Forrester Ian Forrester http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/03/over_the_air_signup_live.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/03/over_the_air_signup_live.html mobile Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:22:12 +0000 Accessibility In A Web 2.0 World? accessibility_podcast.pngOne of the less talked-about issues recently has been accessibility. The web has moved on quite a bit in recent years, but it seems like we may be making some of the same mistakes we made back in 1999.

The latest in our BBC Backstage podcasts looks at this very difficult area of web development/design - and thanks to our participants, it's a lively and positive discussion.

There are more details on who's in the episode and how to get it at the Backstage Blog.

Ian Forrester is Senior Producer, FM&T bbc.co.uk projects.

]]> Ian Forrester Ian Forrester http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/12/accessibility_in_a_web_20_worl.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/12/accessibility_in_a_web_20_worl.html accessibility Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:14:43 +0000