BigShinyThing

Yet another cunning survival strategy (see previous post re BBC makes archive available online) for the public service broadcaster in the digital age. The Backstage.bbc.co.uk project has already received more than 50 ideas for ways in which the BBC’s content can be mixed up with stuff on the web to create new tools. Online companies, such as Google and Yahoo, have also recognised the value of being more open by releasing content tool kits for developers to create applications with.

The backstage project opened its doors to developers in May, but officially launched at Open Tech on 23rd July.

Here’s one submission taken from the Backstage.bbc.co.uk site. Oddly enough a lot of the ideas are based on combining Google Maps and transportation in the UK …. :

Prototypes

myCommute by Andrew Bowden

Inspired by my commute which involves tube and two different train operators, myCommute allows you to pick ‘n’ mix your public transport tube operators, to a single page covering those companies. There’s also an RSS option.

At the minute you select per company/line but in the future, searching by location could be added in as well.

The full story is on the BBC website.