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
Another reason why junk mail is bad for business By Nic Price on 21 October 2006 — 1 min read Apparently junk mail subsidises the cost of sending a bona fide letter, the price we have to pay, like Google Ads for snail mail (though less intelligently targetted of course). Every week I receive an inordinate amount of junk mail offering discounts, credit cards with huge credit limits, loans – presumably to pay back the... More
links for 2006-10-17 By delicious on 18 October 2006 — 1 min read YouTube – flower arranging (tags: theend umbers droop browming exhaustion strong universal theme stuart silver) More
links for 2006-10-15 By delicious on 16 October 2006 — 1 min read The Colbert Report – New Episodes Added Daily (tags: colbert colbertreport) More
How to find the IMEI number on a mobile phone By Nic Price on 15 October 2006 — 1 min read Key in *#06# Turn off your handset. Turn it on again. Allow the handset to load completely. Press the following keys one by one: * # 0 6 # Read the screen. As you press on the last #, a number will appear with the title IMEI number […] If your mobile phone is stolen,... More
links for 2006-10-12 By delicious on 13 October 2006 — 1 min read Marnie Searchwell gluten-free cakes, birthday cakes, wedding cakes, Christmas cakes and biscuits. (tags: cakes gluten-free London food) More
A case for more cycle lanes… if anyone can be bothered… By Nic Price on 12 October 2006 — 2 mins read On Tuesday morning at precisely 8 o’clock I crashed in to the back of a moped on my bicycle. And it hurt. The moped had just overtaken me and then braked sharply in front of me to turn left at the junction of the Old Kent Road – in the direction of Elephant & Castle... More
links for 2006-10-11 By delicious on 12 October 2006 — 1 min read Rubik’s Cube Solution (tags: rubiks cube solution) How to Solve the Rubik’s Cube (tags: rubiks cube solution) searchmash Is this useful? Yes / No (tags: search internet web www searchmash google) Flora London Marathon Deadline for entries 20th October 2006… (tags: London marathon running 2007) How to solve the Rubik’s Cube – Wikibooks, collection of... More
links for 2006-10-10 By delicious on 11 October 2006 — 1 min read www.blears.net/travel – UK traffic and travel news Great mashup (combination) of Google Maps and BBC travel news RSS feeds from Backstage to show traffic hotspots. Unfortunately it wouldn’t have stopped the idiot cutting me up and causing me to crash in to a moped on my bicycle this morning. (tags: travel travelnews traffic trafficnews googlemaps... More
links for 2006-10-09 By delicious on 10 October 2006 — 1 min read BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Tate Modern unveils giant slides Yippee! (tags: tate tatemodern London art) More