Interesting Stuff: BeebCamp 2
We like to think we're an innovative bunch here at the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳, and so events like 'BeebCamp' are a very important part of what we do.
The first BeebCamp, , was a resounding success. Last Wednesday saw the second organised by ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ staff. Taking inspiration from the popular events, BeebCamp is designed as a collective, spontaneous bashing together of ideas, with no set structure to the day. In attendance were mainly ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ employees, but with a few external thinkers invited in for good measure.
Sadly, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Internet Blog team couldn't attend, but thanks to the plentiful amount of bloggers in attendance we needn't miss out on the chat.
Roo Reynolds has written N.B. This is a link to last year's Beebcamp. Apologies - Ed.
Ian Forrester, from ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Backstage, has posted a selection of videos from the event. about what we should do with the official Twitter account.
More of Ian's videos can be found on the .
Rachel Clarke, senior project manager at twentySix London, provides a non-³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ look at proceedings with .
Charlie Beckett, director of POLIS, ran a session on User-Generated Content (UGC) and blogged his thoughts , recalling events on the now infamous snow day:
The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ famously got 60 000 people sending in pictures and video during last month's snowstorms but, as I asked, why not just stick it all on Flickr? Why bother with all this stuff?
The answer from the technologists was various. Firstly, it must add value. There is enough content on the Internet already, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ shouldn't add to it just for the sake of it.
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Jason DaPonte left BeebCamp with an idea burning a hole in the back of his mind: ?
Jason writes:
Would this water down the quality of our content? It could. And that would be a disaster; but I suggest that we would only allow ideas that clearly deliver public value and were true to the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ purposes and values into the system in the first place to avoid this. Yes, we still need commissioners and editors to perform this function - I'm just proposing a more direct and accountable connection with audience members.
Could it work?
No chance, :
Underneath it is the argument you sometimes hear from people who say "I only like Radio 4 and Radio 3 so why can't I just pay for that?".
The answer is "because there probably aren't enough of you to fork out the millions of pounds to keep them on the air".
, but with some restrictions:
I'd say widespread, constant community polling is a great thing and should happen. But I don't think the number of viewers who are prepared to pay for something should dictate whether it gets made or not. It should be - and is - relevant to programming decisions, though.
While you're on Philip's blog, check out this post for .
You can take a look at the reams of (or by using the slideshow at the top of this post).
Attendees and others have been busy tagging BeebCamp-related articles/blogs on Delicious -- .
And finally, see micro-reactions .
Dave Lee is co-editor, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Internet blog, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Online, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Future Media & Technology.
Comment number 1.
At 24th Aug 2009, bretdriver247 wrote:"We like to think we're an innovative bunch here at the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳, and so events like 'BeebCamp' are a very important part of what we do."
Sounds great!
Thanks a bunch...
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