Nielsen announces his “10 best intranets of 2006” By Nic Price on 23 January 2006 — 1 min read And they are: Allianz Australia Insurance, Australia ALTANA Pharma AG, Germany Bank of Ireland Group, Ireland Capital One, USA IBM, USA Merrill Lynch, USA METRO Group, Germany O2, UK Staples, USA Vodafone, UK Summary: This year, we saw increased use of multimedia, e-learning, internal blogs, and mobile access. Winning companies also encouraged consistent design by... More
What not to email By Nic Price on 8 November 2005 — 1 min read Five email tics I’d love for you to lose For the love of God, people; can we get the word out on these? Format courtesy of my other site. 1. The liberal use of the “VERY HIGH PRIORITY!!!” flag 2. The 18-line sig about all the Bad Things that will happen to me if I... More
Al for bet By Nic Price on 6 November 2005 — 1 min read Here’s my memory’s version of what I’ve just discovered after a Google search for n for lope is called the Cockney Alphabet, but should surely be called the Al for Bet. We used to have fun trying to remember these or making them up on car journeys when I was growing up. Some of them... 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
Driving to By Nic Price on 11 May 2005 — 1 min read The Killers – Hot Fuss Massive tracks – remind me of The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs and U2 Athlete – Tourist Deptford’s Coldplay (ducks for cover) Hothouse Flowers – Home Probably more famous for their 1980s hit “Don’t Go” from a different album. “I can see clearly now” and “Movies”, two tracks back to back... More
What do you want to do with your life? By Nic Price on 11 May 2005 — 1 min read What 43 things would you really like to do? Share them with the world. And find out who else wants to do them too 🙂 More
Change the world for a fiver By Nic Price on 2 April 2005 — 2 mins read This week a hugely important UN-backed report, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was published about how rapidly we’re destroying our planet. It’s four main findings are: Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively in the last 50 years than in any other period. This was done largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh... 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
Instruction manual or warning signs? By Nic Price on 22 February 2005 — 1 min read Thanks to Claire for alerting me to The 48 Laws of Power Remind you of anyone in power anywhere? More