Is “one size fits all” ever true? By Nic Price on 21 November 2005 — 1 min read Can you think of an example of something that exists in one size and one size only and is manufactured for one purpose? I can’t. Yet. Some suggestions talking to colleagues (and my uber-pedantic reasons why they don’t count): Red Nose – they make them for cars too Earrings – I reckon they do different... More
Web 2 or not web 2 By Nic Price on 21 November 2005 — 1 min read I’m full of admiration and respect for Tim O’Reilly but I get really wound up by what he’s coined “Web 2.0” or “web 2 point oh” as it seems to be pronounced. It’s just the web. Nothing more nothing less. Giving it a version number somehow suggests it’s something that can be commoditised, productised, owned.... More
links for 2005-11-20 By Nic Price on 21 November 2005 — 1 min read Open Thread: Your best tip on doing presentations | 43 Folders Presentation advice in 66 comments and counting… (tags: presentationskills presenting) More
I’m riffing about riffs By Nic Price on 19 November 2005 — 1 min read New from Jon Hicks (who designed the Firefox logo): Riffs is a recommendations engine, a place to rant and rave about anything, recommend and get recommendations. My main use for it will probably be to give music recommendations, but you could use it to rate and review a gig, movie, conference or meal you’ve just... More
links for 2005-11-17 By Nic Price on 18 November 2005 — 1 min read Presentation Zen: Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic “to examine briefly the two contrasting visual approaches employed by Gates and Jobs in their presentations while keeping key aesthetic concepts found in Zen in mind” via Mark Hurst’s Good Experience (tags: stevejobs billgates presentation) flagrantdisregard.com Flickr Toys (tags: flickr flickrtoys) More
links for 2005-11-16 By Nic Price on 17 November 2005 — 1 min read Ofsted – Reports Section (tags: education ofsted schools reports) Intranet Focus Ltd Martin’s chairing the session I’m speaking at later this month at Online Information on Enterprise Content Management (tags: intranet intranetfocus martinwhite cms enterprisecontentmanagement) Metatorial Services Inc. – Site Intro Bob Boiko’s company site. He’s doing the keynote on the Enterprise Content Management track... More
links for 2005-11-15 By Nic Price on 16 November 2005 — 1 min read holly marie art and design » Blog Archive » Print CSS, Mobile Design Useful links on designing for handheld and print (tags: handheld mobile print css stylesheet design webdesign) More
Magazine dates question By Nic Price on 15 November 2005 — 1 min read Why do some magazine publishers bring out the January 2006 issue in November 2005? So far, after a little searching, I’ve found this explanation from someone called Andy Walton in December 2000: I see it as yet another form of the “the other guy does it, so I have to” marketing phenomenon. If you’re at... More
links for 2005-11-14 By Nic Price on 15 November 2005 — 1 min read IxDA Resource Library “The IxDA Resource Library is an annotated collection of content on all aspects of interaction design.” (tags: interactiondesign design userinterfaces userexperience) More
links for 2005-11-13 By Nic Price on 14 November 2005 — 1 min read Derelict London.com A different way of looking at London. Crying out to move on to Flickr, geotag, RSS feeds etc. Thanks to my brother Jo for the link. (tags: London photography architecture urban) More