IT Conversations By Nic Price on 16 July 2007 — 1 min read Don’t be put off by the name! If you’re interested in anything vaguely related to technology there’s something to listen to here. I finally started catching up with some of my blog, news and podcast subscriptions recently and that coincided well with the arrival of my Nokia N95. Some podcast stuff I’ve been listening to... More
Mail on Sunday By Nic Price on 16 July 2007 — 1 min read I wonder if I crossed a line yesterday which I may not have crossed five years ago when I bought the Mail on Sunday. Yes, I was one of the million or so extra buyers who fell for the free Prince album. The paper immediately came in handy to line the bottom of the cat... More
Linkbook and FacedIn By Nic Price on 16 June 2007 — 1 min read A friend recently told me they hadn’t used LinkedIn since discovering Facebook, which I found interesting. I think they are very different animals, each with their own set of services – a few of which overlap. Not all my “connections” on LinkedIn are “friends” on Facebook and vice versa. It makes a good Venn diagram... More
Social media usage in the “enterprise” – some numbers By Nic Price on 6 June 2007 — 1 min read I get asked regularly – particularly by colleagues in the intranet/enterprise portal management world – how many people use the discussion forum, wikis and blogs which live on Gateway, the BBC’s intranet, which I manage. Below are some snapshot numbers I pulled together in May. To give some context, the monthly reach for Gateway is... More
Important drug scheme development for people with Myeloma By Nic Price on 4 June 2007 — 1 min read Source: BBC NEWS | Health | Cancer-drug refund scheme backed A watchdog has endorsed a new scheme under which a bone marrow-cancer drug’s manufacturers would refund the NHS if a patient did not respond to treatment. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is recommending multiple myeloma patients in Wales and England should get... More
Intranet vibes By Nic Price on 20 April 2007 — 1 min read I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Netvibes is quite simply everything an intranet (homepage) needs to be. As well as being a great way of managing all my stuff on the internet of course. More
Grand Designs comes to East Dulwich By Nic Price on 19 April 2007 — 1 min read There’s talk over in the East Dulwich Forum that Channel Four’s Grand Designs has been filming in Landells Road in East Dulwich. The episode is scheduled to go out on Wednesday 16th May. And last night saw Kevin McCloud revisiting Peckham. More
The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda By Nic Price on 23 February 2007 — 1 min read Every now and then I read something that seems to coincide with my life so perfectly I imagine there must be an Amélie-like character who has placed it in my path. This is certainly true of John Maeda’s book The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life). Maeda is a world-renowned graphic designer, visual... More
Two today By Nic Price on 22 January 2007 — 1 min read Just realised this blog is two years old today. Blog Stats There are currently 413 posts and 202 comments, contained within 33 categories. Spam Akismet has protected your site from 27,716 spam comments. More
Fast ticket? By Nic Price on 10 December 2006 — 1 min read The nutshell: buying rail tickets online still isn’t very joined up. TTL: “Thank you for calling thetrainline.com how can I help?” Me: “Hello, I accidentally managed to book myself two tickets using the website. Can you tell me how I can cancel one of them please?” [brief exchange of reference numbers and identification information] TTL:... More