How will you spend your extra second this year? By Nic Price on 30 December 2005 — 1 min read 11, 10, 9, 8… It’s not getting quite the same hype as the Y2K “bug”, but this year we get an extra leap second in our countdown to the New Year! According to BBC News: A leap second is added to Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) to keep it in step with solar time – based... More
Tomorrow’s world By Nic Price on 18 December 2005 — 1 min read Microsoft has unveiled some of its visions for the future. Is it just me or does this (and others’ ideas of the future) feel as though they’re pretty much here now, or at least a lot nearer than the futures of yesteryear? I wouldn’t be surprised if someone somewhere has written on how there might... More
links for 2005-12-17 By Nic Price on 18 December 2005 — 1 min read Bold predictions for the savvy designer, 2006 edition ~ Authentic Boredom (tags: 2006 predictions design webdesign web trends) More
Amazon takes on the search giants with Alexa By Nic Price on 17 December 2005 — 1 min read Every so often an idea comes along that has the potential to change the game. When it does, you find yourself saying – “Sheesh, of course that was going to happen. Why didn’t I predict it?” Well, I didn’t predict this happening, but here it is, happening anyway. In short, Alexa, an Amazon-owned search company... More
links for 2005-12-10 By Nic Price on 11 December 2005 — 1 min read Cheers for Yahoo’s move to a community-driven Web | News.blog | CNET News.com Yahoo! buys del.icio.us – I wonder how much they paid… (tags: delicious yahoo web) del.icio.us/about In case you’re wondering what the folk at Yahoo! have just bought, here’s del.icio.us explaining itself. (tags: delicious bookmarking social web about) More
links for 2005-12-05 By Nic Price on 6 December 2005 — 1 min read Step Two Designs Home Page Lots of really useful stuff on intranets (tags: intranets) More
links for 2005-12-02 By Nic Price on 3 December 2005 — 1 min read User-centered design (UCD) – 6 methods (tags: ucd design web usability) ISO 13407 – Google Search Google search results for ISO 13407 [Human-centred design processes for interactive systems] (tags: 13407 ISO13407 UCD ISO) More
links for 2005-12-01 By Nic Price on 2 December 2005 — 1 min read evhead: Ten Rules for Web Startups Good tips. Thanks to Paul H (oneanother) for the link. (tags: lists toptens tips) Bearsac.com A bear that goes out and about and meets people. Photos on the site. I had a random moment meeting Bearsac on the tube today. (tags: teddybear bearsac) More
If you go down to the tube today By Nic Price on 1 December 2005 — 1 min read There I was staring at the Independent on the District Line this lunchtime when I heard this slightly high-pitched voice coming from a seat nearby. “Can I have a sip of your cappuccino?” said the voice. “No, you might burn yourself” said a man’s voice. I looked round to see small brown bear wearing a... More
Spoke By Nic Price on 30 November 2005 — 1 min read So I did a turn at Online Information yesterday. I talked about implementing a content management system at the BBC (intranet). I think it went ok. More