Help! I’m starting to think in status updates By Nic Price on 1 October 2007 — 1 min read On my Sunday run yesterday morning I suddenly caught myself turning everything I was doing in to Facebook status updates. If you haven’t been on Facebook, status updates let you tell people in your group of friends or networks whatever you want in little SMS type messages which then appear on their Facebook pages next... 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
Lost but for words By Nic Price on 10 December 2006 — 1 min read I can tell Wordie has the potential to become highly addictive for all the right reasons even if I haven’t quite understood the point yet… Wordie lets you make lists of words — practical lists, words you love, words you hate, whatever. See who else has listed the same words, add citations and comments, and... More
Cycle journey home By Nic Price on 28 July 2006 — 1 min read Cateye cordless readings: 11.69 miles Cycling time 44:49 Max 25.5 mph Avg 15.7 mph Polar readings: Max 168 = 91% Avg 133 = 72% Total elapsed time 51:53 560 kcal More
Caught Spam By Nic Price on 12 July 2006 — 1 min read Akismet has caught 7,250 spam for you since you installed it. You can delete all of the spam from your database with a single click. This operation cannot be undone, so you may wish to check to ensure that no legitimate comments got through first. Spam is automatically deleted after 15 days, so don’t sweat... More
Beta blocker By Nic Price on 12 July 2006 — 1 min read A person who blocks innovation and progress by taking a one-size-fits-all approach to life and in particular technology. More
Simple parts that will never get too powerful By Nic Price on 9 March 2006 — 1 min read “The trick… is to make sure that each limited mechanical part of the Web, each application, is within itself composed of simple parts that will never get too powerful.” – says Tim Berners-Lee What are Microformats? Via Peter J. Bogaards’ Understanding by design More
The Next Net 25 By Nic Price on 2 March 2006 — 1 min read This from CNNMoney.Com: A new Web revolution is picking up steam, and the next Google or Microsoft could emerge from the companies that are in the vanguard. Via a certain high-profile blog on our intranet! 🙂 More
So this blog is one year old today By Nic Price on 22 January 2006 — 1 min read 244 posts 105 comments 29 categories Most frequent commenter: Mum 🙂 More
For the record By Nic Price on 7 January 2006 — 1 min read A search for a definition of the currently much- (some say over-) used word mashup takes you to this wikipedia disambiguation page (i.e. it has more than one meaning) which then leads to the following: Mashup (music) redirects you to this definition: Bastard pop is a musical genre which, in its purest form, consists of... More