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Spoke

Posted on 30 November 2005 by Nic Price

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.

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Momentarily I can be found!

Posted on 4 November 2005 by Nic Price

Occasionally I search for my name on the web in the vain hope that one day I will no longer be buried beneath hundreds of thousands of prices for network interface cards (NICs). And to my great astonishment that day … Continue reading →

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The internet enters our living space

Posted on 30 October 2005 by Nic Price

This is my first post from “downstairs.” As of this weekend, we have wi-fi at home (thanks Pai!). Now if something springs to mind I can grab the laptop (for the first time in ages the “lap” bit counts) and … Continue reading →

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Two things I’m doing to declutter

Posted on 24 October 2005 by Nic Price

Using a shredder. It’s very cathartic! Regularly transferring my ideas and actions from my PocketMod and emailing them to myself. PocketMod, my new PDA!

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Work-life blur

Posted on 4 July 2005 by Nic Price

3 things that cross over between my work and my life: A desire to understand how things work. (What goes on under the bonnet? What do they feel like to use? What’s the story behind the design?) Using technology to … Continue reading →

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My flickr photographr badge :)

Posted on 28 June 2005 by Nic Price

Thanks to John Watson who’s behind flagrant disregard (he’s got some other flickr stuff there too)

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The host with the most

Posted on 24 February 2005 by Nic Price

Springcleaning his blog Tom Loosemore found this pdf document outlining what he thought were the key components for a successful online community when he applied for a job with Microsoft in 1996. Everything you need to know distilled in to … Continue reading →

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Can’t find it? Try these

Posted on 24 February 2005 by Nic Price

A piece in today’s Guardian Online lists some of the web’s top search engines as a “new search war breaks out” I’ve set them up below for easy access. The groupings are taken from the paper version of the Guardian. … Continue reading →

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Chip and PIN

Posted on 18 February 2005 by Nic Price

Chip and PIN as a method of payment has been in the UK for a couple of months now, and according to all the major card companies is the most secure system so far. According to this info on UK … Continue reading →

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It was the chicken’s day off

Posted on 10 February 2005 by Nic Price

This from razorhead’s blog which I stumbled on the other day and is well worth a read. There are five types of road crossing in use on UK roads: Refuge: these are the islands in the centre of the road … Continue reading →

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