Spoke By Nic Price on 30 November 2005 — 1 min read So I did a turn at Online Information yesterday. I talked about implementing a content management system at the BBC (intranet). I think it went ok. More
Momentarily I can be found! By Nic Price on 4 November 2005 — 1 min read Occasionally I search for my name on the web in the vain hope that one day I will no longer be buried beneath hundreds of thousands of prices for network interface cards (NICs). And to my great astonishment that day has arrived (at least on Google anyway)! I had to capture this as no doubt... More
The internet enters our living space By Nic Price on 30 October 2005 — 1 min read This is my first post from “downstairs.” As of this weekend, we have wi-fi at home (thanks Pai!). Now if something springs to mind I can grab the laptop (for the first time in ages the “lap” bit counts) and check it out, or write it, or email someone. Up until now this has been... More
Two things I’m doing to declutter By Nic Price on 24 October 2005 — 1 min read Using a shredder. It’s very cathartic! Regularly transferring my ideas and actions from my PocketMod and emailing them to myself. PocketMod, my new PDA! 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
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
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
Chip and PIN By Nic Price on 18 February 2005 — 1 min read Chip and PIN as a method of payment has been in the UK for a couple of months now, and according to all the major card companies is the most secure system so far. According to this info on UK government website crimereduction.gov.uk, the initiative is costing £1.1billion. This to combat plastic fraud which in... More
It was the chicken’s day off By Nic Price on 10 February 2005 — 1 min read This from razorhead’s blog which I stumbled on the other day and is well worth a read. There are five types of road crossing in use on UK roads: Refuge: these are the islands in the centre of the road usually demarked by illuminated keep left/right signs which have be battered by cars that managed... More