Google reader By Nic Price on 8 October 2005 — 1 min read I’ve been trying out the newly launched Google reader, which I was alerted to via my Bloglines subscription to a Google blog – oh my aren’t we just sooo post-modern 😉 You need a Google account (gmail address) to use it. Like gmail it makes extensive use of ajax for screen-based rather than page-based interactions.... More
links for 2005-10-07 By Nic Price on 8 October 2005 — 1 min read start · The Design Encyclopedia It’s a wiki. Via Peter Bogaards newsletter (tags: design wiki encyclopedia) More
A few quick notes from IBF Live 2005 By Nic Price on 7 October 2005 — 1 min read I met and listened to lots of new and and interesting people at the annual IBF conference this week. “The user arrives running”, and so did Ted Nelson, as Martin Leith put it, the “ht” in html. Ted shared with us his sideways view on the world. When asked to describe a computer we describe... More
Bunny ha ha or bunny peculiar? By Nic Price on 7 October 2005 — 1 min read I’m happy to fall for this great publicity for the film which I’m really looking forward to and will gladly walk under a ladder to get to. Posters for the new Wallace and Gromit film on a south coast island will not feature the word “rabbit” because of a local superstition. […] In Portland [Dorset],... More
We won an award :) By Nic Price on 7 October 2005 — 1 min read Sarah, Andy and I picked up the Best Intranet Award for Best Content, awarded to the BBC for it’s intranet Gateway which we all work on. Pictured with Paul Miller, Chairman of the Intranet Benchmarking Forum. More
links for 2005-10-04 By Nic Price on 5 October 2005 — 1 min read Fairvue Central >> Designs I like his designs and he does some brilliant stuff with CSS (tags: design webdesign css) More
And it’s goodnight from him By Nic Price on 4 October 2005 — 1 min read Ronnie Barker (1929-2005) Genius comic actor – a very funny man More
Google calendar imminent? By Nic Price on 4 October 2005 — 1 min read I’ve been looking for some open source calendar software to sit alongside my blog for my own personal use and to share if useful one or two event categories with friends and family Having just read that a google calendar might be with us within a month, I might just wait and see what it... More
links for 2005-10-03 By Nic Price on 4 October 2005 — 1 min read Collaborative writing software online with Writeboard. Write, share, revise, compare. Looks great. Will definitely use for copy for web projects. Keeps all versions, lets you see differences between versions and allows comments (tags: writeboard 37signals onlinecollaboration writing) Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005 (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) Plus ca change (tags: webdesign jakobnielsen alertbox usability) More
In case you haven’t heard this one already… By Nic Price on 3 October 2005 — 1 min read Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: “Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq”. “OH NO!” the President exclaims. “That’s terrible!” His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits head in hands. Finally, the President looks up and asks, “How many... More