Moving house, virtually By Nic Price on 17 September 2007 — 1 min read When you move house and send your change of address cards out, you probably only put your new address on the cards and not your old one. And if people want to send you a “Happy New Home” card they’ll need to copy down your new address on to an envelope. But when people change... More
Oxford Internet Survey 2007 By Nic Price on 31 July 2007 — 1 min read I went to the launch of the Oxford Internet Survey last week at the House of Commons and haven’t had a chance to write it up. Thankfully BBC News has picked up on the main points on its website. A couple of things really stood out for me… 5% of people in the UK who... More
IT Conversations By Nic Price on 16 July 2007 — 1 min read Don’t be put off by the name! If you’re interested in anything vaguely related to technology there’s something to listen to here. I finally started catching up with some of my blog, news and podcast subscriptions recently and that coincided well with the arrival of my Nokia N95. Some podcast stuff I’ve been listening to... More
Linkbook and FacedIn By Nic Price on 16 June 2007 — 1 min read A friend recently told me they hadn’t used LinkedIn since discovering Facebook, which I found interesting. I think they are very different animals, each with their own set of services – a few of which overlap. Not all my “connections” on LinkedIn are “friends” on Facebook and vice versa. It makes a good Venn diagram... More
Social media usage in the “enterprise” – some numbers By Nic Price on 6 June 2007 — 1 min read I get asked regularly – particularly by colleagues in the intranet/enterprise portal management world – how many people use the discussion forum, wikis and blogs which live on Gateway, the BBC’s intranet, which I manage. Below are some snapshot numbers I pulled together in May. To give some context, the monthly reach for Gateway is... 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
Creating Passionate Users: Dilbert and the zone of mediocrity By Nic Price on 21 October 2006 — 1 min read Just read this brilliant and incredibly timely (for me anyway!) post from the always passionate Kathy Sierra. To avoid the Zone of Mediocrity, you must suspend disbelief. You must be willing and able to turn off (temporarily) The Voice inside that says, “We’ll never get away with this. People will hate it.” That doesn’t necessarily... More
Job title mash up By Nic Price on 1 August 2006 — 1 min read The BBC is currently advertising for an “On-Demand Scheduler” (n.b. this link will self-destruct on 15th August) The idea of scheduling on-demand content struck me as oddly amusing. More
New cycle journey home from work: day 1 By Nic Price on 18 April 2006 — 1 min read Distance: 11.78 miles Time: 45 minutes 41 seconds on the pedal Average speed: 15.4 mph Max speed: 27.1 mph Total elapsed time: 49 minutes approx. More
Google Calendar launches By Nic Price on 13 April 2006 — 1 min read And it’s superb. You can add events really quickly – it understands things like “Mum here at 6 today”. And sharing events and calendars is intuitive too. More