Comments on: Cut the crap. Why all the trials? http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/ Not a real vee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan Morrison http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/comment-page-1/#comment-72854 Ryan Morrison Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:21:05 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/#comment-72854 I was dropped the minute they asked whether I work for the BBC or not :( Still I did get to trial the iMP so I can't really complain. This is just one part of the trial phase though - there will be a LOT of content made available, not through this trial on the website later in the year - inline with the iPlayer launch. You're not the only one annoyed by the Public Value Test rubbish - there are so many brilliant ideas within the BBC and if they could be implemented straight away the Corporation wouldn't be years behind the commercial sector - but everything has to be checked, checked again and then triple checked. Oh and Cut the Crap was a Greg Dyke line and having met him it really is true to his character. I was dropped the minute they asked whether I work for the BBC or not :( Still I did get to trial the iMP so I can’t really complain.

This is just one part of the trial phase though – there will be a LOT of content made available, not through this trial on the website later in the year – inline with the iPlayer launch.

You’re not the only one annoyed by the Public Value Test rubbish – there are so many brilliant ideas within the BBC and if they could be implemented straight away the Corporation wouldn’t be years behind the commercial sector – but everything has to be checked, checked again and then triple checked.

Oh and Cut the Crap was a Greg Dyke line and having met him it really is true to his character.

]]> By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/comment-page-1/#comment-72701 doctorvee Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:43:23 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/#comment-72701 Yes, it was right at that moment, when I revealed that I was a male, that I was rejected. Do you think it would have rung alarm bells to have a female called Duncan in the trial? Yes, it was right at that moment, when I revealed that I was a male, that I was rejected. Do you think it would have rung alarm bells to have a female called Duncan in the trial?

]]> By: Sarah http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/comment-page-1/#comment-72695 Sarah Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:41:51 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/#comment-72695 I got through to the end and told I'd get notified later, Al got hucked out halfway through, so it's an age/maleness thing I think. Just more reasons for me to feel superior...! ;) I got through to the end and told I’d get notified later, Al got hucked out halfway through, so it’s an age/maleness thing I think.

Just more reasons for me to feel superior…! ;)

]]> By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/comment-page-1/#comment-72691 doctorvee Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:28:05 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/#comment-72691 That is fair enough if it takes the form of beta testing or an invite-based system à la Gmail or Joost. But it is the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/framework/public_value_test/index.html">Public Value Tests</a> and the like that really get my goat. That is fair enough if it takes the form of beta testing or an invite-based system à la Gmail or Joost. But it is the Public Value Tests and the like that really get my goat.

]]> By: Calum Leslie http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/comment-page-1/#comment-72677 Calum Leslie Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:08:56 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/04/18/cut-the-crap-why-all-the-trials/#comment-72677 To be fair, this is just standard tech strategy. As much as the web 2.0 crowd are playing with open betas and the like, an organisation as large as the BBC needs a phenomenally large infrastructure to be in place before these systems can be made open. The trials are the only reasonable way I can see of dealing with possible performance and architecture issues while still opening the system to some people. To be fair, this is just standard tech strategy. As much as the web 2.0 crowd are playing with open betas and the like, an organisation as large as the BBC needs a phenomenally large infrastructure to be in place before these systems can be made open. The trials are the only reasonable way I can see of dealing with possible performance and architecture issues while still opening the system to some people.

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