Tag Archives: WorkLifeBlur

Is it time for change to change?

Posted on 8 February 2006 by Nic Price

Ant sums it up nicely With new and astute technical leadership, the company has begun the steady march to rebuild the infrastructure – readying it for faster development. But, culture is slower to change than code. We still tend to … Continue reading →

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Nielsen announces his “10 best intranets of 2006″

Posted on 23 January 2006 by Nic Price

And they are: Allianz Australia Insurance, Australia ALTANA Pharma AG, Germany Bank of Ireland Group, Ireland Capital One, USA IBM, USA Merrill Lynch, USA METRO Group, Germany O2, UK Staples, USA Vodafone, UK Summary: This year, we saw increased use … Continue reading →

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The intranet

Posted on 23 January 2006 by Nic Price

pervasive adj 1: spread throughout; “a pervasive anxiety overshadows the triumphs of individuals” [syn: pervading] 2: spreading throughout; “armed with permeative irony…he punctures affectations”; “the pervasive odor of garlic”; “an error is pervasive if it is material to more than … Continue reading →

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Web-based RSS aggregators for intranets

Posted on 13 January 2006 by Nic Price

Just wondering… does anyone anywhere know of a webserver-based RSS aggregator that will run on an intranet? Commercial, open-source, it doesn’t matter at the moment, I’m just interested to know what’s available. It would help people share both internal and … Continue reading →

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Tips for managing email

Posted on 10 November 2005 by Nic Price

Here’s something that I wrote back in February and have been meaning to put in a post on here for ages… There are quite a few good guides to managing email. The latest one I’ve read is this one by … Continue reading →

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Public service remixing

Posted on 31 October 2005 by Nic Price

I’m with Euan on Annotatable Audio, it’s a stunning thing. And then this clever archive thingamijig comes along. And I’m reminded why I like working for the BBC.

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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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Google map pins – joining the dots

Posted on 30 June 2005 by Nic Price

Several times recently I’ve been describing walks and runs to people and thought wouldn’t it be great to be able to plot them out on the amazing Google maps service. It already does a great job with routes from A … Continue reading →

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What’s in a wiki?

Posted on 20 May 2005 by Nic Price

The life of a wikipedia page on the subject of the Heavy Metal Umlaut, brilliantly captured and explained in a screencast (animation of screens with voice-over commentary). Via: podbat See also: wikipedia

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You are here

Posted on 11 May 2005 by Nic Price

Yes, but how did I get here? Yesterday I went to the Design Museum in London with some friends from work to see the design of information exhibition “YOU ARE HERE” (now in its last week). It was full of … Continue reading →

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