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
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
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
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
Fontastic By Nic Price on 19 February 2005 — 1 min read Just came across this nifty gizmo called What the font?! – nice idea, very easy to use, and it works pretty well If you want to know what font someone’s used for, say, an advertisement, a book, an album cover… take a picture of some of the text and upload it to the site. It... 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
If content is king… By Nic Price on 10 February 2005 — 1 min read …context is god! Now… which categories to put this post 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