From edublogs: Six points for organisations entering the Live Web By Nic Price on 6 September 2007 — 1 min read edublogs: Six points for organisations entering the Live Web. Interesting post by Ewan McIntosh. Via Nick Reynolds at work. More
Linkbook and FacedIn By Nic Price on 16 June 2007 — 1 min read A friend recently told me they hadn’t used LinkedIn since discovering Facebook, which I found interesting. I think they are very different animals, each with their own set of services – a few of which overlap. Not all my “connections” on LinkedIn are “friends” on Facebook and vice versa. It makes a good Venn diagram... More
Listen By Nic Price on 2 April 2007 — 1 min read As we are surrounded by more and more noise, we need to get better and better at listening. More
Ad nonsense By Nic Price on 24 March 2007 — 1 min read Listening to Xfm on my phone on the bus on the way home from work on Thursday night and an ad came on that went something like this: Imagine a world where we all watched one TV channel. Imagine a world where we all read just one newspaper. Imagine a world where we all used... More
Thought for the day By Nic Price on 29 July 2006 — 1 min read Great promo video for the British Humanist Association Find out more about Humanism More
Admirable artwork at Admiralty Arch By Nic Price on 12 July 2006 — 1 min read Ban illegal timber. Greenpeace. Courtesy of, and arty credit to, my mate Paul. More
LONDON BOYS KILLED BY TRAIN – PICTURES By Nic Price on 20 March 2006 — 1 min read Does the word “PICTURES” sell more copies of the paper? Whatever the circumstances (I haven’t read the story yet), this sounds like a terrible tragedy. I often see Evening Standard hoardings with the word “PICTURES” after a dash after the headline. In this case I felt its use was particularly insensitive. More
Social By Nic Price on 19 February 2006 — 1 min read The term “social” is derived from the Latin word “socius”, which as a noun means “an associate, ally, business partner or comrade” and in the adjectival form socialis refers to “a bond between people” (such as marriage) or to their collective or connected existence. Source: Wikipedia More
LinkedOut By Nic Price on 18 January 2006 — 1 min read Recently I’ve had quite a few invitations to join LinkedIn. So I joined and checked it out and there’s something about it makes me feel a little uneasy. I think it has to do with my instant aversion to the idea of actively “networking” as a business activity – it just brings the cynic out... 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