Essential intranet reading By Nic Price on 3 January 2008 — 2 mins read Are you involved in intranet (in its broadest possible definition) content, design, management, publishing, thinking, consultancy, evaluation or strategy? What’s on your reading list? I’ll kick off with my blog subscriptions tagged “intranet” in google reader (view posts/subscribe to this list): Column Two – James Robertson in Australia, who is also behind the Intranet Innovation... More
What would your txt msg templates be? By Nic Price on 2 November 2007 — 1 min read These are the text message (SMS) templates that came with my phone: I am late. I will be there at I’m at home. Please call I’m at work. Please call I’m in a meeting, call me later at I will be arriving at Meeting is cancelled. Please call See you at See you in Sorry,... More
If you’re in this list, you can be trusted By Nic Price on 18 October 2007 — 1 min read Accountant Articled clerk of a limited company Assurance agent of recognised company Bank/building society official Barrister British Computer Society (BCS) – Professional grades which are Associate (AMBCS), Member (MBCS), Fellow (FBCS) (PN 25/2003) Broker Chairman/director of limited company Chemist Chiropodist Christian Science practitioner Commissioner of oaths Councillor: local or county Civil servant (permanent) Dentist Designated... More
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
Some recent bookmarks By Nic Price on 27 June 2007 — 1 min read Delicious seems to have stopped posting my bookmarks across on to this website, so here are a few recent additions: Should Designers and Developers Do Usability? (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) to usability webdesign roles … saved by 38 other people … 1 day ago BBC NEWS |UK | ‘Most dangerous’ roads revealed to A682 yorkshiredales longpreston... More
Cycling charter from the Evening Standard By Nic Price on 2 May 2007 — 1 min read I saw that David Cameron fellow riding his bike to work down Constitution Hill this morning on my cycle commute to White City. He appeared to have a bit of an entourage and wasn’t wearing a cycle helmet. When I mentioned this to a friend at work he suggested he didn’t need a cycle helmet... More
What do I do to keep fit? By Nic Price on 19 April 2007 — 1 min read Nigel tagged me a wee while ago and I’ve finally had a moment to respond. Here are a few things I do to keep fit: Running – it’s my Dad’s fault, and it’s his Dad’s fault! There’s nothing quite like it for clearing my mind. The more undulating the better… the Yorkshire Dales and the... More
The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda By Nic Price on 23 February 2007 — 1 min read Every now and then I read something that seems to coincide with my life so perfectly I imagine there must be an Amélie-like character who has placed it in my path. This is certainly true of John Maeda’s book The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life). Maeda is a world-renowned graphic designer, visual... More
Five things By Nic Price on 27 January 2007 — 1 min read I’ve been tagged by Nigel Paine and Martin Belam – so here goes… Five things you might not know about me: I went to nine nurseries/schools including O Pequeno Principe (The Little Prince) nursery in Brazil and the Junior English School in Rome, Italy. At Southampton University I was the long-haired lead singer in a... More