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The New Look Web 2.0 BBC Beta

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Unless you’ve been living in a vacuum (or actually doing work at work) you’ve probably run across the BBC BETA redesign. I wouldn’t be too surprised if much of the visual design of this beta will evolve in response to user feedback so much of my comment will be spent avoiding any criticism of the grey gradients or large Verdana headings.

I’m with Mark Boulton and Jeremy Keith in that I actually love that analogue clock. No, seriously. If you wonder why I might need a clock (after all its not a train station) then ask yourself about the relationship between news and time. The answer should have something to do with the relevency of information. Visually the clock is clean and has a nostalgic BBC connection to memories of watching the original Dr Who and The Goodies in the way back when of the 70’s.

If you consider this beta design a work in development which is obviously looking for feedback then this is a great move forward for the organisation.

My big question is why are there two versions? Firefox 2.0.0.11 shows a visually rich user experience…

a screenshot of the BBC Beta in Firefox 2.0.0.11

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Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky (cover)

Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations has been on my bookshelf for the last few months literally screaming to be read. In fact, I'm wondering how I got so sidetracked to have reached the end of the year without having consumed it. The message of the book is an area of my own fascination, the effects that our new technologies have on the way we relate to each other, and how we're now empowered in ways that were historically unheard of (or not even conceived of) not too long ago.

I'm a small town boy who grew up in the seventies, graduating high school in 1979. The world was slower - how did we survive without Wikipedia? Without MSN or Facebook? Nowdays we have flashmobbing and blogging and constant connection.