London Pride By Nic Price on 8 July 2005 — 1 min read London Pride has been handed down to us. London Pride is a flower that’s free. London Pride means our own dear town to us, And our pride it for ever will be. Oh Liza! See the coster barrows, Vegetable marrows and the fruit piled high. Oh Liza! Little London sparrows, Covent Garden Market where the... More
London bombs By Nic Price on 7 July 2005 — 1 min read What a difference a day makes. Yesterday London was united in euphoria following the success of the Olympic bid. Today I’ve heard words like shock, disbelief, grief, confusion, panic, calm. First there was talk of power surges on the underground. Then as reports came through of an explosion on a double-decker bus, the horrible truth... More
Teen ‘sleepwalks to top of crane’ By Nic Price on 7 July 2005 — 1 min read A teenage sleepwalker was rescued after being found asleep on the arm of a 130ft crane, police have revealed. Police and firefighters were called to a building site in south east London, after a passer-by spotted the girl. The unnamed 15-year-old had apparently left her home near the site, climbed the crane and walked across... More
links for 2005-07-06 By Nic Price on 7 July 2005 — 1 min read backstage.bbc.co.uk :: Front Page :: “use our stuff to build your stuff” (tags: rss tags webservices ideas prototypes services feeds apis BBC socialsoftware opensource mapping) More
Awesome! By Nic Price on 6 July 2005 — 1 min read The waiting is over. The Olympics will be in London in 2012. What a superb performance by Seb Coe and the team. Fantastic decision, fantastic news. More
Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner By Nic Price on 6 July 2005 — 1 min read I am a bundle of nerves listening to the live announcements of the IOC’s whittling down of the contending cities for the 2012 Olympic Games. Moscow, New York and Madrid have been voted out. It’s now between London and Paris… the decision has been made and will be announced at 12.46 BST. More
links for 2005-07-05 By Nic Price on 6 July 2005 — 1 min read The Observer | Focus | The rise and rise of people power The lunatics are taking over the asylum. At last! (tags: opensource consumerpower consumerchoice customerexperience creativeconsumers) lists:thingsyoucandowithrss [DokuWiki] Handy wiki listing ideas and resources for getting the most out of RSS (tags: web rss tips reference tools wiki internet) Crossing the Chasm – Wikipedia,... More
Work-life blur By Nic Price on 4 July 2005 — 1 min read 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 help connect people with each other and with information My love of language(s) Not to... More