Software Design Lead @ D-Ford, previously Creative Technologist BBC UX&D, Reporter @BBCClick // [email protected]
London, UK
Joined April 2010
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Here's a little bookmarklet to hide the #ChatGPT interface so you can print/screenshot your full chats more easily:
jsfiddle.net/stephenb999/xcz…
Lots of fun to be part of this, loved the moderate Click chaos! Great pics @sarahmhamdan
Thank you @BBCClick team for selecting me to celebrate Click20 with you, my 2020 became special @LaraLewington, @spenley, Richard Taylor, @peprice, @romanakreider, @dannsimmons, @MarcCieslak, @katerussell, @OmarMehtab, @jencopestake, @StephenBeckett, @kittygknowles, @LJRICH #BBC
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In 2015 @StephenBeckett taught a computer to walk. Kind of.
Tell you what, instead of trying to get your head around it, why not watch Steve and me in our suitably ridiculous lab in this classic @BBCClick. youtu.be/bdZkOBi4VUo
Another thing I've done during lockdown is visit @HTC's
VR Conference for @BBCClick, virtual powerpoints but also a pet chicken! youtube.com/watch?v=DPWElRBe…
#ICYMI My piece from a few weeks ago looking at the pop-up groups helping communities during covid lockdown. Some groups now working closely with local councils which is nice to see. bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology…
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For those of you who might have missed it - you can now view our very special 20th Birthday show wherever you are in the world. Thanks for watching over all these years! youtube.com/watch?v=pihgFD17…
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A smidge of the AI Eurovision song I was working on but didn't get to finish @BBCClick bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… Some great entries! i was part of the UK entry with Tom Collins musicintelligence.co/2020/ He made another song in record time with his fam POWER2U!
vprobroadcast.com/titles/ai-…
It was a lot of fun making this piece, great to talk to @imogenheap and meet some of the Eurovision AI song contest contestants around the world!
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Your semi-regular reminder that you can ask someone on the internet to watch you while you work and actually it's not weird but very productive bbc.com/news/technology-4662…
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That's a wrap!📺🎥🎬 Thank you all for coming to see @BBCClick LIVE in Scotland this week! Guests @VADundee were joined by @NASAJPL @KateForbesMSP @GillianDoc @usabilitydoc @AbertayUni @Hyundai_Global @StephenBeckett Highlights on @BBCWorld @BBCBreakfast @BBCNews @BBC end of Dec! – at Dundee, Scotland
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✔️ AI
🚀 NASA
🤪 EmoJury
💢 Voice Technology
🤖 Hello, Robot
👆🏼 Topple Finger
...well that was FUN! @BBCClick
#BBCClickLive – at Dundee, Scotland
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Beautiful day for a trip from Edinburgh to Dundee. #bbcclick @BBCClick Live here we come... ift.tt/2O1c3NX
Great to have the chance to talk about how we made @BBCClick's interactive special yesterday at @EncountersSFF with @franct... TLDR - wizards on top, flow charts underneath! bbc.co.uk/click1000
Here's one way the BBC VR Hub is bringing new audiences into VR - via 150 local libraries around the UK. Brillaint feedback from the people who took part...
Over the last few months, with huge support from librarians, the @BBC have taken some of their best #VR experiences into over 150 libraries. From visiting the Congo to stepping inside the TARDIS - find out more about the participant's virtual adventures👉 buff.ly/2MwDsI1
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Thanks to everyone who guessed at how many unique programmes you could create through @BBCClick 1000. Most popular guess, 84 trillion. Correct answer: there are 84 quadrillion different (legal) paths through, from beginning to end. How many have you tried? bbc.co.uk/click1000
QUIZ FANS! I asked the brilliant @standupmaths to help calculate the number of unique paths through our interactive @BBCClick episode 1000. Fancy a guess? Have a play here: bbc.co.uk/click1000 . And know this: there are 158 different pieces of video. So, how many paths?
6%84,782,122
16%84,782,122,157
41%84,782,122,157,122
37%84,782,122,157,122,920
1,343 votes • Final results Stephen Beckett retweeted
If you play through the brilliant new interactive @BBCClick 1000 to the end you will find me talking to @spenley about @fightingfantasy, art, board and video games - your choice! But to see the Fighting Fantasy art, remember at the start to #keepthehat storyplayer.pilots.bbcconnec…
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Live now - watch this week's episode of @BBCClick that let's you choose to watch what interests you most: bit.ly/2Xo1Dta
We're working on ways to make programmes that are personal for everyone in every situation - discover what we've been up to: bbc.in/2XsCIEP
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How we made the BBC's first interactive TV Show - @BBCClick 1,000: The Future of Television: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… via @bbciplayer