Campaigning for digital rights in the UK By Nic Price on 26 July 2005 — 1 min read “I will create a standing order of 5 pounds per month to support an organisation that will campaign for digital rights in the UK but only if 1000 other people will too.” — Danny O’Brien I’ve signed up. Find out more and sign up here at PledgeBank. 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
Google map pins – joining the dots By Nic Price on 30 June 2005 — 1 min read Several times recently I’ve been describing walks and runs to people and thought wouldn’t it be great to be able to plot them out on the amazing Google maps service. It already does a great job with routes from A to B (say East Dulwich to Marylebone High Street – my current daily bicycle commute).... More
Lies, damn lies and statistics By Nic Price on 28 June 2005 — 1 min read I’ve just spent 10 minutes filling in Cameron Marlow’s weblog survey for his phd at MIT I’m looking forward to seeing his results More
So farewell then… By Nic Price on 26 June 2005 — 1 min read …Richard Whitely Channel 4 afternoons will be a strange place without you Count down More
What next? Missing a trick with online transactions By Nic Price on 22 June 2005 — 1 min read After completing online transactions I often find myself in a cul-de-sac. There are some notable exceptions, but most sites I’ve used are missing a trick. Often the only options are to return to a previous page or close the window housing the application. This has always struck me as an ideal moment to let me... More
Tagtastic By Nic Price on 18 June 2005 — 1 min read Massive thanks to Ben O’Neill for the superb Technorati tagging plug-in for WordPress. I’ve been wanting to use something like this for ages, but my technical ability doesn’t cover php in enough depth yet. So it was great to find this plug-in which is working a treat and is straightforward to install. It took me... More
What’s in a wiki? By Nic Price on 20 May 2005 — 1 min read The life of a wikipedia page on the subject of the Heavy Metal Umlaut, brilliantly captured and explained in a screencast (animation of screens with voice-over commentary). Via: podbat See also: wikipedia More
You are here By Nic Price on 11 May 2005 — 1 min read Yes, but how did I get here? Yesterday I went to the Design Museum in London with some friends from work to see the design of information exhibition “YOU ARE HERE” (now in its last week). It was full of amazing examples of how we convey complex information through models, signs and symbols, including navigation... More