Where to put stuff By Nic Price on 9 March 2005 — 1 min read Chatting to my friend Claire earlier about having cleared my inbox thanks to Mark Hurst’s very handy guide to Managing incoming email. We talked about how, because of the tools we’ve been given to deal with our information, we’ve been encouraged to organise our information in hierarchical structures. A few years ago I built a... More
Gestalt formula By Nic Price on 8 March 2005 — 1 min read “The fundamental ‘formula’ of Gestalt theory might be expressed in this way. There are wholes, the behaviour of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by the intrinsic nature of the whole. It is the hope of Gestalt theory to determine the nature of such... More
Broken By Nic Price on 4 March 2005 — 1 min read Great idea: This is broken “A project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it.” Amongst the hundreds of posts is a picture of a “Restroom” sign in Seattle with an arrow pointing to the sky Courtesy of Mark Hurst in New York who’s behind goodexperience.com More
A designated quiet area By Nic Price on 2 March 2005 — 1 min read Sign on train today… Just wondering… what constitutes using a mobile phone these days? I read the news on mine today quite happily (and quietly). If I’d read it to someone else would I have been arrested? More
Loosability By Nic Price on 2 March 2005 — 1 min read Buttons to operate toilet door on board train today… Just wondering… how do you know when it’s locked? More
Follow your bliss By Nic Price on 1 March 2005 — 1 min read If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are – if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life... More
Getting there… By Nic Price on 1 March 2005 — 1 min read I’m starting to narrow in on what to write about when I do my Masters At the moment it’s looking like: The application of Gestalt theory in user interface and information design for web-based applications More later. More
You’re only as good as your last blog By Nic Price on 25 February 2005 — 1 min read I’m still pondering this one… More
Form and function: for better or worse By Nic Price on 21 February 2005 — 1 min read “Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” Frank Lloyd Wright, US Architect, 1867-1959 Many everyday designs in use in the synthetic world are like moments of harmony during a turbulent but ultimately constructive relationship. In between these moments you find form following function... More
6 degrees By Nic Price on 19 February 2005 — 1 min read Flickr Graph is a brilliant use of the Flickr API concept Flickr Graph is an application that explores the social relationships inside flickr.com. It makes use of the classic attraction-repulsion algorithm for graphs. Start exploring your contacts by entering your flickr username or the email address you used to register there Designed and built by... More