Author Archives: Nic Price

My five minute talk on analogy at UX Bristol

At the end of the excellent UX Bristol back in July, a few of us gave 5 minute talks. These talks are now available to watch online. I talked about how – when I was running the intranet at the … Continue reading

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Arts spaces as workplaces – London’s Royal Festival Hall

Since I went freelance nearly four years ago, I’ve spent a lot of time working in – and a lot of time talking about – The Royal Festival Hall in London’s South Bank Centre. Today is the last day I’ll … Continue reading

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The Gnomes, Vaudeville Entertainers

The Gnomes, Vaudeville entertainers (photo on Flickr) Almost a hundred years ago, my great grandparents (my father’s father’s parents) were in The Gnomes, a group of London-based vaudeville entertainers. My great-grandfather, Edgar Sidney (standing on the right in this photograph), … Continue reading

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Infographic: growth in use of the term infographic

Infographic: instances of the term “infographic” over time. Source: Google Trends

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Why I think ASUS Padfone misses the point

I’ve just watched the shiny video promo for the new ASUS Padfone. It’s a tablet (think iPad, Galaxy) with a marsupial-style pouch for a mobile handset. No longer will you suffer eye-strain trying to read those tiny words on the … Continue reading

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Content connections

How does a piece of content relate to other content? Learning, conversations, people, places, events, news, policy and procedure… Not an exhaustive list, and deliberately format-agnostic, but a helpful start when planning and thinking about web and intranet content. Let … Continue reading

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Araucaria crossword

Araucaria crossword I was lucky enough to get my very own Araucaria crossword for a significant birthday last year. A brilliant present from my parents. And here it is… many – though not all – the clues are connected with … Continue reading

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Ten toes running diary – Day one

I recently bought a pair of Vibram Five Fingers running “shoes” after reading about barefoot running on the Britmilfit website. I’m not currently doing Britmilfit, but have done over the last ten years and can thoroughly recommend it. Today I … Continue reading

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The web – integration not destination

If we really want to help people connect with each other, get stuff done, solve problems and make things, then the web is not the destination. We need to work harder to integrate the web in to people’s lives, when and … Continue reading

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Find, Understand, Share, Extend

Today is World Usability Day. The theme this year is communication. I’ve chosen to write about something which I find helps teams I work with communicate and explore what we design and put on the web. Back in 2005, Yahoo! Search announced … Continue reading

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