When is a photo not a photo? By Nic Price on 24 November 2005 — 1 min read When it’s of an illustration according to Flickr. Monkstyle.net who’s been posting illustrations to Flickr says: I noticed a while ago that when I searched for photos using tags on flickr, that my photos weren’t showing. After checking through the Flickr faqs I discovered that this is because I have been marked as ‘NIPSA’ [Not... More
Is “one size fits all” ever true? By Nic Price on 21 November 2005 — 1 min read Can you think of an example of something that exists in one size and one size only and is manufactured for one purpose? I can’t. Yet. Some suggestions talking to colleagues (and my uber-pedantic reasons why they don’t count): Red Nose – they make them for cars too Earrings – I reckon they do different... More
Web 2 or not web 2 By Nic Price on 21 November 2005 — 1 min read I’m full of admiration and respect for Tim O’Reilly but I get really wound up by what he’s coined “Web 2.0” or “web 2 point oh” as it seems to be pronounced. It’s just the web. Nothing more nothing less. Giving it a version number somehow suggests it’s something that can be commoditised, productised, owned.... More
I’m riffing about riffs By Nic Price on 19 November 2005 — 1 min read New from Jon Hicks (who designed the Firefox logo): Riffs is a recommendations engine, a place to rant and rave about anything, recommend and get recommendations. My main use for it will probably be to give music recommendations, but you could use it to rate and review a gig, movie, conference or meal you’ve just... More
School tests seem to be all the rage at the moment By Nic Price on 13 November 2005 — 1 min read You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? I have no idea what 8th Grade is, I should find out. The BBC is doing something along these lines with the Weekly Curriculum Quiz but of course being British doesn’t give you the code to boast about it... More
Food4Thought campaign from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) By Nic Price on 7 November 2005 — 1 min read With junk food giant visual design treatment. Frightening food facts about what’s really on your plate. More info on the Food4Thought website. More than one in three children do not know what chips are made of, a survey for the British Heart Foundation reveals. A worrying 36% of 8-14 year-olds could not correctly identify the... More
Message to online insurance quote websites By Nic Price on 6 November 2005 — 1 min read If there are showstoppers ask them upfront! Don’t let me spend 10 minutes filling in personal details about myself and my other half only to be told that you can’t offer me a quote because of my other half’s profession. I was just trying to get a quote on behalf of a friend who was... More
If this sounds familiar, here’s a ready-made email By Nic Price on 5 November 2005 — 1 min read Hello I received a letter and voucher ‘wooing’ me back to [Insert company name]. Decided to have a go and the following happened: 1. Tried to key in voucher code when section came up in checkout procedure but was told I needed to book a delivery time first 2. Dutifully continued, booked delivery time and... More
Wikipedia and folksonomy By Nic Price on 4 November 2005 — 1 min read Euan points to a post from Thomas Vander Wal about Folksonomy definition and Wikipedia, in which he talks about how his original definition of Folksonomy (which he clearly re-articulates in the post) has become fuzzy. Just to pick up on one small point. Vander Wal says: Quoting a Wiki entry without pointing to the revision*... More
Momentarily I can be found! By Nic Price on 4 November 2005 — 1 min read Occasionally I search for my name on the web in the vain hope that one day I will no longer be buried beneath hundreds of thousands of prices for network interface cards (NICs). And to my great astonishment that day has arrived (at least on Google anyway)! I had to capture this as no doubt... More