Nigel Megitt
@nigelmegitt.bsky.social
Dad, BBC employee, W3C, EBU…; knows about TTML, IMSC etc. Plays a bit of friendly 5-a-side, imagines self as sailor, photographer, painter etc.
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During the dark days of Covid, I was involved in launching some of the NHS services like questionnaires.
I was berated by some *very* smart people who insisted that it could all be built in about five minutes.
All the quickly launched services had horrific flaws.
👀 shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/08...
I was berated by some *very* smart people who insisted that it could all be built in about five minutes.
All the quickly launched services had horrific flaws.
👀 shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/08...
August 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
During the dark days of Covid, I was involved in launching some of the NHS services like questionnaires.
I was berated by some *very* smart people who insisted that it could all be built in about five minutes.
All the quickly launched services had horrific flaws.
👀 shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/08...
I was berated by some *very* smart people who insisted that it could all be built in about five minutes.
All the quickly launched services had horrific flaws.
👀 shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/08...
Notifications on Bluesky has made it work properly at last.
July 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Notifications on Bluesky has made it work properly at last.
From the standards world, to video player implementers, I have some questions:
How do you sync subtitles and captions with media on the web? currentTime? TextTrackCue? Something else? What is your target accuracy? How reliably do you meet it? How do you test?
How do you sync subtitles and captions with media on the web? currentTime? TextTrackCue? Something else? What is your target accuracy? How reliably do you meet it? How do you test?
June 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
From the standards world, to video player implementers, I have some questions:
How do you sync subtitles and captions with media on the web? currentTime? TextTrackCue? Something else? What is your target accuracy? How reliably do you meet it? How do you test?
How do you sync subtitles and captions with media on the web? currentTime? TextTrackCue? Something else? What is your target accuracy? How reliably do you meet it? How do you test?
medium.com/bbc-product-... BBC Product & Technology post on medium from 2022, all still true.
It’s time we all started thinking of BBC’s Engineering as one of the best in the world
That’s a bold statement I know, but let me explain exactly why I believe this is true, and why I’m so passionate about it. The BBC which is…
medium.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
medium.com/bbc-product-... BBC Product & Technology post on medium from 2022, all still true.
Users of the IMSC subtitling/captioning specification please read on 👇
W3C is working on a new edition of the IMSC subtitling/captioning specification and is seeking input on whether to discontinue maintenance on the Image Profile:
lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...
W3C is working on a new edition of the IMSC subtitling/captioning specification and is seeking input on whether to discontinue maintenance on the Image Profile:
lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...
W3C TTWG seeks feedback on draft IMSC 1.3 from Nigel Megitt on 2025-03-31 ([email protected] from March 2025)
lists.w3.org
April 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Users of the IMSC subtitling/captioning specification please read on 👇
W3C is working on a new edition of the IMSC subtitling/captioning specification and is seeking input on whether to discontinue maintenance on the Image Profile:
lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...
W3C is working on a new edition of the IMSC subtitling/captioning specification and is seeking input on whether to discontinue maintenance on the Image Profile:
lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...
I’m really pleased that W3C just published the Candidate Recommendation for DAPT: www.w3.org/news/2025/w3...
Next we will complete the test suite and welcome all implementations. We need at least 2 per feature to get to Recommendation.
Let me know if you’ve made one!
Next we will complete the test suite and welcome all implementations. We need at least 2 per feature to get to Recommendation.
Let me know if you’ve made one!
W3C invites implementations of Dubbing and Audio description Profiles of TTML2
This specification defines DAPT, a TTML-based file format for the exchange of timed text content in dubbing and audio description workflows.
www.w3.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I’m really pleased that W3C just published the Candidate Recommendation for DAPT: www.w3.org/news/2025/w3...
Next we will complete the test suite and welcome all implementations. We need at least 2 per feature to get to Recommendation.
Let me know if you’ve made one!
Next we will complete the test suite and welcome all implementations. We need at least 2 per feature to get to Recommendation.
Let me know if you’ve made one!
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Reposted by Nigel Megitt
For more than ten years I’ve kept loose batteries in a metal tin, and yesterday evening I opened it and two of them were red hot, and I thought oh dear, that’s not good, and I looked up whether you should keep batteries in a metal tin, and let’s say I’m glad that I’m not long dead in a house fire.
January 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
For more than ten years I’ve kept loose batteries in a metal tin, and yesterday evening I opened it and two of them were red hot, and I thought oh dear, that’s not good, and I looked up whether you should keep batteries in a metal tin, and let’s say I’m glad that I’m not long dead in a house fire.
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Beware, this "BBC Breaking News" account is fake. It's not an official BBC News account.
If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.
If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.
November 19, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Beware, this "BBC Breaking News" account is fake. It's not an official BBC News account.
If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.
If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.
Penge, SE20, London. I wonder what they used to exchange here and if there were other not-central exchanges.
September 13, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Penge, SE20, London. I wonder what they used to exchange here and if there were other not-central exchanges.
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The wonder of the web is that there is no center of control.
That is why I, alongside 36 others, have signed the below open letter to @antonioguterres & @UNTechEnvoy 🖊️ #OpenInternet
open-internet-governance.org/letter
That is why I, alongside 36 others, have signed the below open letter to @antonioguterres & @UNTechEnvoy 🖊️ #OpenInternet
open-internet-governance.org/letter
An Open Letter to the United Nations
open-internet-governance.org
July 1, 2024 at 5:34 PM
The wonder of the web is that there is no center of control.
That is why I, alongside 36 others, have signed the below open letter to @antonioguterres & @UNTechEnvoy 🖊️ #OpenInternet
open-internet-governance.org/letter
That is why I, alongside 36 others, have signed the below open letter to @antonioguterres & @UNTechEnvoy 🖊️ #OpenInternet
open-internet-governance.org/letter
Couldn’t see any posts about this here, so I’m doing it. 36 knowledgeable and clever experts notify the UN that decentralisation of the internet and the web would be a bad thing: open-internet-governance.org/letter
An Open Letter to the United Nations
open-internet-governance.org
July 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Couldn’t see any posts about this here, so I’m doing it. 36 knowledgeable and clever experts notify the UN that decentralisation of the internet and the web would be a bad thing: open-internet-governance.org/letter