A year to the day since I embarked on this freelance adventure.
It’s been full of variety, full of people, full of learning, full of challenges and full of fun!
Thoughts to follow sooner or later no doubt.
Observations and questions from Nic Price
Nic Price - latest internet activity
"Twitter is a great place for slogans but a poor place for arguments" So says @DavidHepworth on @RadioAcademy's latest podcast.
RT @timoreilly: Obama Appts Edward Tufte to Recovery Advisory Panel - Big vctry for Data Visualization Transparent Govt http://bit.ly/9IIWNh
If the most asked question on the phone these days is "Where are you?" what was the most asked question 25 years ago?
Noticing lots of cases for microcopy in the physical world as well as digital. Particularly public spaces and public transport.
Spotify: Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Steve Angello Remix Edit http://bit.ly/cE4CJV
RT @toadmeister: Have to admire Will Self's courage on Jon Venables. #questiontime
RT @Londonist: First sighting of a cycle superhighway. Looks like a roadkill smurf http://bit.ly/brtavg
RT @matt: Bored by sweeping generalisations about commercial radio by #save6music fans. We do a diff job with little cash & support ur cause.
"Don't you manage the internet once you've done an intranet?" via friend on Facebook @s2d_jamesr @paulsq @IntraTeam #IE10 Thanks Neil :-D
Minor delays online due to earlier signal to noise failure in the Socialmedia area #stuckintraffic
Can LinkedIn answer? RT @s2d_jamesr: What is the career path for intranet managers? (We can't do the one job for the next 20 years) #ie10
The intranet is NOT an IT system @IntraTeam: The intranet is the only IT-system not having a specific purpose. Challenge? #IE10 Martin White
Great #nutshell "You hired them, why don't you trust them?" Mark Oehlert via @ebase blog post re #LT10UK http://bit.ly/9FXbKt
If you're looking for sucess stories on your social websites / intranet, find the word "thanks" and work back from there.
Great to see so many cyclists out on this sunny London morning. And thanks for the new smooth cycle paths in Hyde Park :-)
Received 3 Direct Msgs from phished Twitter accounts in last hour. All BBC people. All said "you look funny on this blog" with a dodgy URL
Just received a spam / hacked Direct Message from @nickhighambbc with the words "you look funny on this blog (URL)"
Pictures of trees growing around objects http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2010/02/22-trees-growing-around-objects.html
Bookmarked 3 links
Wireframes and prototypes let you ask questions that would be much harder to ask directly to stakeholders. Great way to get people thinking.
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Happy anniversary Mr P! Having got the first year out of the way I would say you’ve done the hard bit.
All the best and hope to catch up with you soon!
October 6th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Thank you Mr Shbib. Emailing you now :-)
October 7th, 2008 at 5:29 pm