Curious statue spotted near Tate Modern By Nic Price on 2 February 2008 — 1 min read The following from my Dad made me chuckle, especially the inscription: As we were approaching Tate Modern from Southwark Street a couple of weeks ago we came across a curious statue in Sumner Street. The larger than life-size grey figure wears clothes that flutter in the wind and is mounted on a plinth bearing no... More
Keeping the conversation going By Nic Price on 1 February 2008 — 1 min read One of the things I find tricky with blogs is remembering to go back and check whether anyone’s followed up on any comments I’ve made. There’s a system called coComment which is designed to help with this, but for some reason it feels like too much effort – or at least it did when I... More
IBF24 By Nic Price on 1 February 2008 — 1 min read Wearing my IBF hat, I’m involved in setting up and running a 24 hour online event in June this year. It’s called IBF 24 and is being designed as an online conference focusing on intranet innovation. Starting at 11am GMT on June 18th, the plan is to follow the sun, so there are three consecutive... More
Nowhere to hide By Nic Price on 1 February 2008 — 1 min read I’ve got that song by Martha and the Vandellas in my head now. “Nowhere to run to baby, nowehere to hide…” When I left the institution four months ago it was with the intention of “setting up on my own” as I put it. And thankfully things have got off to a very positive start,... More
So much for procrastination By Nic Price on 24 January 2008 — 1 min read Oh the irony… I’ve been so busy doing things since I wrote my last post a fortnight ago I haven’t had a moment to write anything here. I must also send belated birthday wishes to this blog which was 3 years old 2 days ago. More
All in good time By Nic Price on 9 January 2008 — 1 min read My grandmother once gave my father a plate. It was called a round tuit. I was reminded of it today as I found myself running out of ways to procrastinate. Using twitter to announce my predicament I quickly received what I needed from @shbib. A link to an article titled “Structured Procrastination” written and published... More
Not so chubby – The Grocer’s Blog By Nic Price on 9 January 2008 — 1 min read A take on the blogging CEO PR stunt… Waitrose head honcho Mark Price (no relation) wants to drop a couple of trouser sizes in three months and is using a blog called Not so chubby on the Waitrose website to record his experience – including his food diary and how many column inches he’s picking... More
Following mentions of “intranet” on twitter By Nic Price on 5 January 2008 — 1 min read As mentioned in a previous post, you can ask twitter to text message or instant message you whenever any term you’re interested in is mentioned in a tweet. As well as tracking East Dulwich, I’ve been tracking a few others including “intranet” It makes for some pretty interesting reading but was hard to share online... More
Essential intranet reading By Nic Price on 3 January 2008 — 2 mins read Are you involved in intranet (in its broadest possible definition) content, design, management, publishing, thinking, consultancy, evaluation or strategy? What’s on your reading list? I’ll kick off with my blog subscriptions tagged “intranet” in google reader (view posts/subscribe to this list): Column Two – James Robertson in Australia, who is also behind the Intranet Innovation... More