Task model and service blueprint templates By Nic Price on 14 February 2020 — 1 min read Here’s a task model and service blueprint I made using Google Slides (see speaker notes for further information): Task model with user needs: Complete an ONS survey on behalf of a business (with added service blueprint) Feel free to make a copy and use it for your own work. Let me know if you do,... More
There will never be a Storm In A Teacup By Nic Price on 10 February 2020 — 1 min read A notification on my phone on Saturday read: “BBC News – Storm Ciara to bring severe gales to UK” This headline got me wondering if there will ever be a Storm Gale. And what other names are and aren’t acceptable. According to this Wired article, we’ve been naming storms since 2015, when the UK and... More
Silence on the radio is not radio silence By Nic Price on 16 March 2017 — 1 min read I once had to do a one minute silence on the radio. It was on Mother’s Day in March 1996, the Sunday following the horrific Dunblane massacre, in which a gunman killed 16 children and a teacher at a Scottish primary school. We were running Sound Radio – a community radio station – from an empty... More
Jobs I’ve had: Car auction driver By Nic Price on 17 October 2011 — 2 mins read [Like many, I’m a firm believer that we learn by doing, and the benefit we gain from the variety of our experiences – both positive and negative – we bring to every new situation. So I thought I’d write about a few of the many different jobs I’ve done since my first in the mid... More
Arts spaces as workplaces – London’s Royal Festival Hall By Nic Price on 20 July 2011 — 3 mins read Since I went freelance nearly four years ago, I’ve spent a lot of time working in – and a lot of time talking about – The Royal Festival Hall in London’s South Bank Centre. Today is the last day I’ll cycle up here from home in London. Next week we’re moving to Bristol, and really... More
The Gnomes, Vaudeville Entertainers By Nic Price on 18 July 2011 — 1 min read The Gnomes, Vaudeville entertainers (photo on Flickr) Almost a hundred years ago, my great grandparents (my father’s father’s parents) were in The Gnomes, a group of London-based vaudeville entertainers. My great-grandfather, Edgar Sidney (standing on the right in this photograph), directed the group. He wrote the words for the “humorous song” I’m going to grow a... More
Infographic: growth in use of the term infographic By Nic Price on 1 June 2011 — 1 min read Infographic: instances of the term “infographic” over time. Source: Google Trends More
Why I think ASUS Padfone misses the point By Nic Price on 1 June 2011 — 1 min read I’ve just watched the shiny video promo for the new ASUS Padfone. It’s a tablet (think iPad, Galaxy) with a marsupial-style pouch for a mobile handset. No longer will you suffer eye-strain trying to read those tiny words on the handset screen. Just pop it in to the tablet, and read them in large print... More
Content connections By Nic Price on 5 May 2011 — 1 min read How does a piece of content relate to other content? Learning, conversations, people, places, events, news, policy and procedure… Not an exhaustive list, and deliberately format-agnostic, but a helpful start when planning and thinking about web and intranet content. Let there be no cul-de-sacs. More
Ten toes running diary – Day one By Nic Price on 22 March 2011 — 2 mins read I recently bought a pair of Vibram Five Fingers running “shoes” after reading about barefoot running on the Britmilfit website. I’m not currently doing Britmilfit, but have done over the last ten years and can thoroughly recommend it. Today I was able to put a last minute client rescheduling to good use, and finally had... More