Site makes for sore eyes
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the then-newly revamped ABC Brisbane website. I'm sad to say it hasn't improved. Not only is the kind of information people might expect of such a site not readily accessible, but it's riddled with errors. Here's a screen shot from yesterday. Note that one of the few useful things - the link to the audio - is pretty much off the page on my laptop; the lack of a picture for the apple cake recipe (and the "undefined" caption, whatever that means); and the "image not available" message in one of the little green boxes. Apart from being ugly, the topics cloud is also alphabetical, meaning it's useful if you're interested in things starting with A but you have to scroll to find the rest of the alphabet. Why not rank things by popularity or topicality? And there is still no obvious link to details of the 612ABC presenters and their programs. I find this especially disturbing that, at a time when the ABC is trumpeting its digital future, it can't actually build a useful and relevant website. I'm sure the designers think it's great, though.

They also changed the link
They also changed the link for the webcam, I had a link to the old page, I clicked it yesterday and the ABC didn't bother to put a link to the new page. Which brings me to another subject concerning the ABC, I read somewhere that a union is fearing that the ABC might go on a job cutting spree through the television department. The article is at http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23429649-29277,00.html
I bet all the web "gurus"
Dont be surprised if the ABC
Dont be surprised if the ABC (both television and radio) is full of web gurus soon.
An article in today's Australian states, that the ABC is looking at automating its studios and streamlineing several departments into one as well as a future 24/7 news feed.
I am seriously worried that the Brisbane ABC television news department (after the problems which led to the entire Queensland ABC operations moving out of Toowong) may be the big target as they are (I think) sharing space with Channel Ten up on Mt Coot-tha.
Here is the link to the article
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23443946-30540,00.htm...
Brett darling! That’s
Brett darling! That’s terribly exciting to hear that - Save the Regent Facebook group - now has 3002 members - hopefully they’ll all be signing the petition soon! As far as the web gurus go, Brett, just repeat: Om Shanti, Shanti. Over and over...
I've just had a second
I've just had a second attempt at reading Cheryl Palmer message and would like to thank her dearly for her beautiful letter. It reflects brilliantly ...
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