New look for BBC News coming soon
Even the smallest of changes to a high profile website can be a big deal, especially when that website is owned by the BBC – then any change can lead to high praise and rabbid hatred – often within the same comment thread.
When the site you’re changing is the BBC News website, one of the most loved sites on the web, those little changes become even more contentious. Read more
I’m sold on paying for the Times
When Rupert Murdoch first announced he was putting The Times and Sunday Times behind a paywall I thought it was a rather silly idea.
I was determined I would never pay for it, after all when news is available everywhere else on the web for free (or at least ad-funded) what was the point in paying. Read more
New look Glasto site makes use of 6music names
Every year the BBC relaunches its website for one of the major festivals it covers or, in the case of the Big Weekend – hosts.
The latest site to get this treatment is the Glastonbury festival, normally I wouldn’t blog about this but, unlike the others there are a number of things of note. Read more
Launching new for Vision
As you may know – assuming you’ve read my blog more than once – I regularly post screen grabs and details of new BBC website launches.
Although it is mainly sites in the new wide format that I’ve been linking to and writing about – you can see a list of some of the new BBC pages grouped on my BBC Wide Pages page.
Although it doesn’t contain all of them as they seem to be launching at such a rate I can’t keep track (not with an election to cover anyway).
Well now you don’t have to wait for me to write about them or even wait until somebody on the TV Forum (where I get a lot of my info) to notice and post about them.
Dan Taylor (of BBC Vision) has launched a new and VERY simple blog that just has a screen grab and a link for new BBC Vision related site launches – this is basically anything on TV or TV related.
You can read a little more about it on his Fabric of Folly Blog or just visit it at .
This is a great idea and the site works REALLY well – it makes it very easy to find out whats launched and when it launched – interesting to see 22 launches in September (including the /tv and network launches).
I’m working on an article about Eurovision but it isn’t about the site – more about the insane idea – as well as a more generic article on the use of video trails and introductions on new BBC sites.
Oh and Dan – when are we going to see a new bbc.co.uk/topgear? I created a mock in June if thats any help? 
A lick of paint
I’m a big fan of the Revolution range of themes by Brian Gardner and as you may have noticed if you’re reading this at upyourego.com – I’ve implemented a new one.
Beeb goes inline
A feature of blogs since the very beginning, and for that matter a feature of pretty much every website since the beginning is inline links.
Building something TG related
I used to spend hours creating web projects and ideas I knew I’d never do anything with – just for the pleasure of building something and seeing it work.
A new kind of band tee
I’m a t-shirt fan – I’ve got dozens of them with all different kinds of slogans, pictures, logos and assorted imagery – from bands and gigs to technology and geekery.
All New iPlayer
The BBC iPlayer and the BBC iPlayer Radio have joined together in a love embrace that sees the two share a single interface.
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