Collusion of mediocrity By Nic Price on 24 February 2006 — 1 min read Greetings and welcome to the safe and nice city of Mediocrity where challenge and honesty are illegal, and we celebrate the power of safe niceness. There are no threats here, no troubles born of confrontation or challenge. Please conduct yourself in a pleasant, non-threatening manner during your visit to our city. Please do not display... More
How far do you trust Google? By Nic Price on 9 February 2006 — 1 min read Google’s new Desktop 3 will let Google store files from your hard disk I already use gmail, so Google has my email and search history, but I think this would feel like too many of my eggs in someone else’s basket. More
Today is Groundhog Day By Nic Price on 2 February 2006 — 1 min read According to the official site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club: It is the day that the Groundhog comes out of his hole after a long winter sleep to look for his shadow. If he sees it, he regards it as an omen of six more weeks of bad weather and returns to his hole. If... More
Great British Design Quest By Nic Price on 30 January 2006 — 1 min read Vote for your favourite British design icon from 1900 onwards. The Great British Design Quest is a vote to discover the public’s favourite British design icon. Organised by the Design Museum and The Culture Show, the vote opens with a shortlist of 25 and is narrowed down to a Top 10, Top 3 and a... More
Name that tune By Nic Price on 20 January 2006 — 1 min read Sounds fun, I haven’t tried it yet. My friend Paul R says it’s only got 1 out of 3 of his so far! songtapper.com Song Search and Retrieval by Tapping This site lets you search for a song, by tapping the rhythm of its words (lyrics). Let’s say you have a song stuck in your... More
Your site may never get a second chance to make a first impression By Nic Price on 16 January 2006 — 1 min read It’s an aura thing. Internet users make up their minds about the quality of a website in the blink of an eye, a study shows. Researchers [from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada] found that the brain makes decisions in just a twentieth of a second of viewing a webpage. They were surprised as they believed... More
Thigh Tech By Nic Price on 16 January 2006 — 1 min read Just wondering… Was this intentional? Does it bring in more business than if they’d placed their logo somewhere else? More
Amazon takes on the search giants with Alexa By Nic Price on 17 December 2005 — 1 min read Every so often an idea comes along that has the potential to change the game. When it does, you find yourself saying – “Sheesh, of course that was going to happen. Why didn’t I predict it?” Well, I didn’t predict this happening, but here it is, happening anyway. In short, Alexa, an Amazon-owned search company... More
Who pays for fraud? By Nic Price on 25 November 2005 — 1 min read Fraud has hit the headlines again in the last couple of days after recent statistics revealed it cost the UK £16bn last year. I’ve just been the victim of fraud after my bank card and PIN for the current account I’m opening were intercepted before they reached me. Those responsible managed to withdraw several hundred... More