James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
Conversations on a train #1
Location: Virgin Train travelling between Nuneaton and London Euston. Time: Approx 7.40am, Wednesday 22nd September, 2010. Scene: A packed train of business commuters heading towards the capital for another day of meetings, important phone calls and numerous cups of strong coffee. Laptops and mobiles are in constant use while passengers who boarded the train North [...]
The 2010 World Cup in maps
I’ve spent too much time watching the World Cup in recent weeks to really post anything on here – what better way to get moving again with a look at some of the maps used in web coverage of the tournament in South Africa. The BBC (Disclaimer: I work for the BBC, although had nothing [...]
Stickers needed, urgently!
One Panini South Africa 2010 sticker album looking for the following stickers to spend the rest of our lives together in happiness and the joy that comes from being complete. The following stickers are especially desirable: 1, 80, 91, 110, 133, 137, 138, 174, 175, 185, 250, 266, 273, 289, 310, 315, 336, 341, 352, [...]
Thoughts from #JEEcamp 2010
A very enjoyable day spent at JEEcamp 2010 with many clever and interesting people from the world of web journalism. Plenty of blog posts, photos and links can be found via the #JEEcamp hashtag. My highlights of the day are summarised in 4 tweets:- Perfect end to #jeecamp presentations with insight into another local online [...]
Another Fine Day by Satchel Blue is released
It’s there! After a long, drawn out release process, including the competition to find our cover artwork, Another Fine Day by Satchel Blue has finally been released on iTunes. If anyone wants to organise a Rage Against The Machine style charge to the top of the charts then just let me know.
The Power of the Placename
At the recent Local Business Summit in Amsterdam I spoke about my work at the BBC on location services and mapping and tried to make the point that, as far as our users/consumers are concerned, the place name is all-powerful when it comes to identifying location. Other means of identifying location (grid references, postcodes, lat/long [...]
