29 Oct: Tube map, poppy campaign, shortest recipesβ¦
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UPDATE: This week's rough notes are a bit of a "show and tell" experiment. We've recorded a brief chat about some of the stories we're thinking of, plus a tour through the websites referenced. We hope you like it - there's more detail on the links below. And before you ask no ³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ camera crews were harmed in the making of this film, we just recorded it at our desks on a laptop using image capture software - which explains why you can hear Chris loudly bashing the not very effective optical mouse about.
More details on this week's "proto-stories" below:
Rupert: A Design Classic? Transport for London is considering a new "improved" . are not convinced. Has this been ruined by an overload of information? Also, car sharing for those without a car. But does this idea from make sense?
Marc: Lest We Forget - this year's is clearly more political than in the past. Does that cause a problem? More soon. Oh and if you like facebook -
Chris: One from the kitchen table. Are the shortest recipes in the world? We'll see if they can be long on taste as well as short on detail. UPDATE: Chris says, I'm not sure they are the shortest, (water-boil-egg) surely takes that prize, but they are all less than 140 characters which is tough limit for an entire online cookbook.
George: is about to start in the US. Yahoo is accused of βaiding and abettingβ the torture committed against Chinese dissidents by handing over the names + IP addresses of Wang Xiaoning and Shi Tao - blogger and journalist. We'll debate what responsibilities internet companies have to protect the anonymity of users in the countries in which they operate.
Jenny: I've been speaking to . It's big and ambitious and we hope to hear more from the people behind it all.
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