The BBC is respected around the world for its news coverage. It’s not perfect by any stretch, but the quality is generally high. That is, of course, until it comes to technology.
The problem with anything related to technology other that actually participating in that technology (and here I’m talking about reporting, teaching, authoring and so on) is that you can’t gain a full and contemporary understanding of that technology unless you are participating in it. Basically, it’s all doomed from the start. This is a point at which the BBC excels, and fails more spectacularly than the rest.
Allow me to introduce Bill Thompson. Bill would appear to be the BBC’s soul technology reporter. Just look at him. He’s more like Bilbo Baggins than anything else. No that looks are important, that is unless you have nothing useful to say, in which case they can be your sole redeeming feature.
Unfortunately, compared to the things Bill Thompson has to say, his looks are still his only redeeming feature, and that’s going some.
Examples to follow.
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