Broken By Nic Price on 4 March 2005 — 1 min read Great idea: This is broken “A project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it.” Amongst the hundreds of posts is a picture of a “Restroom” sign in Seattle with an arrow pointing to the sky Courtesy of Mark Hurst in New York who’s behind goodexperience.com More
A designated quiet area By Nic Price on 2 March 2005 — 1 min read Sign on train today… Just wondering… what constitutes using a mobile phone these days? I read the news on mine today quite happily (and quietly). If I’d read it to someone else would I have been arrested? More
Loosability By Nic Price on 2 March 2005 — 1 min read Buttons to operate toilet door on board train today… Just wondering… how do you know when it’s locked? More
Getting there… By Nic Price on 1 March 2005 — 1 min read I’m starting to narrow in on what to write about when I do my Masters At the moment it’s looking like: The application of Gestalt theory in user interface and information design for web-based applications More later. More
The host with the most By Nic Price on 24 February 2005 — 1 min read Springcleaning his blog Tom Loosemore found this pdf document outlining what he thought were the key components for a successful online community when he applied for a job with Microsoft in 1996. Everything you need to know distilled in to one side of paper. He was offered the job but didn’t fancy the commute to... More
Can’t find it? Try these By Nic Price on 24 February 2005 — 1 min read A piece in today’s Guardian Online lists some of the web’s top search engines as a “new search war breaks out” I’ve set them up below for easy access. The groupings are taken from the paper version of the Guardian. (One or two missing from the original list until I have time to get them... More
Form and function: for better or worse By Nic Price on 21 February 2005 — 1 min read “Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” Frank Lloyd Wright, US Architect, 1867-1959 Many everyday designs in use in the synthetic world are like moments of harmony during a turbulent but ultimately constructive relationship. In between these moments you find form following function... More
6 degrees By Nic Price on 19 February 2005 — 1 min read Flickr Graph is a brilliant use of the Flickr API concept Flickr Graph is an application that explores the social relationships inside flickr.com. It makes use of the classic attraction-repulsion algorithm for graphs. Start exploring your contacts by entering your flickr username or the email address you used to register there Designed and built by... More
Fontastic By Nic Price on 19 February 2005 — 1 min read Just came across this nifty gizmo called What the font?! – nice idea, very easy to use, and it works pretty well If you want to know what font someone’s used for, say, an advertisement, a book, an album cover… take a picture of some of the text and upload it to the site. It... More
Request to Google By Nic Price on 18 February 2005 — 1 min read When I search Google for tat gallery… …and it says “Did you mean tate gallery?” I’d like to tell it “No” More