• Zeitgeist - the most shared BBC links on Twitter : Earlier this summer, the BBC R&D group created Zeitgeist dashboard. Recently, they released the code as open source on github. It seems like there's a ways to go before it is easily replicable, but very interesting nevertheless.
  • Backstage: Proposed Q&A site for those involved in the technical aspects of television and radio broadcasting, including the publication and consumption of related metadata and APIs, and content delivery over the Internet.
  • Open Video Conference: There was a sizable public media contingent at OVC this year and a lot of ideas about the direction and future for public media.
  • HTML5 Video Player Comparison: Following on OVC, this is a great list of HTML5 video players, which often also include a javascript API wrapper for fallback players. I need to spend time updating my video utilities to use the new HTML5 APIs.
  • PublicMediaCamp '10: Public Media Camp 2010 has been scheduled for November 20th and 21st in Washington, D.C.
  • Michael Edson: Fast, Open, and Transparent: Developing the Smithsonian's Web and New Media Strategy: Created earlier this year, it re-surfaced again recently. The presentation articulates many of the same issues faced by public media (decentralization, unexpected rivals, brand identity, relevance, and "thermocline" issues are the "pain points" Michael Edson identifies).