Smile and be happy By Nic Price on 19 August 2005 — 1 min read Out of the gloom a voice said unto me “Smile and be happy, things could be worse.” So I smiled and was happy and behold things did get worse. I don’t know where this originated, but it was on the pinboard at home when I was growing up with a big yellow smiley face above... More
I am constructively ignorant By Nic Price on 18 August 2005 — 1 min read Visionary stupidity: in which Cordy Swope discusses how companies go wrong with product design and development. My approach to design is as “consumer in context”. I leave the domain knowledge to the experts. The article argues that without a good dose of ignorance and objectivity in the design process brands become myopic to the point... More
Who decides what makes a photo interesting? By Nic Price on 5 August 2005 — 1 min read A couple of days ago Flickr introduced an interestingness algorithm (much of which they’re keeping a secret). So now you can see your photos according to views, favourites, comments and interestingness. More
Enid Blyton 1897-1968 By Nic Price on 22 July 2005 — 1 min read Enid Blyton 1897-1968 Popular writer of over 600 books for children 352-356 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich. Apparently she was born here. Thanks to Natalie for the nod. Now to start getting my head around this geotagging thing. More
Goodnig8t By Nic Price on 14 July 2005 — 1 min read Blogging is changing and challenging journalism. It changed and challenged mine even though I was doing the blogging. It is a way to focus the collective intelligence of the audience onto the facts and arguments. Moblogging from a single device that can do words, pictures, audio and video gives us a taste of the future:... More
Bloggers need not apply By Nic Price on 11 July 2005 — 1 min read Blogger beware! Job seekers who are also bloggers may have a tough road ahead, if our committee’s experience is any indication. You may think your blog is a harmless outlet. You may use the faulty logic of the blogger, “Oh, no one will see it anyway.” Don’t count on it. Even if you take your... More
Work-life blur By Nic Price on 4 July 2005 — 1 min read 3 things that cross over between my work and my life: A desire to understand how things work. (What goes on under the bonnet? What do they feel like to use? What’s the story behind the design?) Using technology to help connect people with each other and with information My love of language(s) Not to... More
The Booth Notebooks – East Dulwich By Nic Price on 30 June 2005 — 1 min read Thanks to my neighbour John for pointing me towards Charles Booth’s Inquiry into the life and labour of the people in London, 1886-1903 (available online thanks to an award-winning project run by the LSE Library in 2002). It’s a fantastic catalogue of observations, including comments on leisure, migration, employment of women, poverty, class, crime, public... More
Google map pins – joining the dots By Nic Price on 30 June 2005 — 1 min read Several times recently I’ve been describing walks and runs to people and thought wouldn’t it be great to be able to plot them out on the amazing Google maps service. It already does a great job with routes from A to B (say East Dulwich to Marylebone High Street – my current daily bicycle commute).... More
My flickr photographr badge :) By Nic Price on 28 June 2005 — 1 min read Thanks to John Watson who’s behind flagrant disregard (he’s got some other flickr stuff there too) More