What would your txt msg templates be? By Nic Price on 2 November 2007 — 1 min read These are the text message (SMS) templates that came with my phone: I am late. I will be there at I’m at home. Please call I’m at work. Please call I’m in a meeting, call me later at I will be arriving at Meeting is cancelled. Please call See you at See you in Sorry,... More
So… going forward By Nic Price on 2 November 2007 — 1 min read I’ve noticed two expressions being used more and more these days, mostly in a work context. First, the use of the word “So” to begin an answer to a question. This seems particularly rife amongst presenters on the conference circuit. Often it seems to be used to acknowledge a question and the questioner as if... More
Google’s OpenSocial launches By Nic Price on 2 November 2007 — 1 min read Google says “the web is better when it’s social” so it must be true. OpenSocial from Google. Not another social network. Is this a nail in Facebook’s coffin? It’s funny, I’ve become so accustomed to consciously ingnoring google ads on web pages that the little box promoting the opensocial blog on the homepage nearly escaped... More
links for 2007-11-01 By delicious on 1 November 2007 — 1 min read Avoiding Dangerous Intranet Managers Recognise any of these stereotypes? (tags: intranet) More
One to watch, as it were… BBC Internet Blog By Nic Price on 1 November 2007 — 1 min read […] I think we have been slow to embrace blogs as a way of discussing our strategy and direction. This often leads to the debate happening elsewhere, based often on only half the information, and without our being able fully to join in the debate. We’ve not done ourselves any favours, and we want to... More
Peckham Rye Park Café latest By Nic Price on 1 November 2007 — 1 min read I have it on good authority that the café will open on Monday 12th November. Hooray! I met the people who’ll be running it today, they were kind enough to show me round. It looks fantastic. The very best of luck to them 🙂 More
Vote for the best bar in East Dulwich 2007 – East Dulwich Forum By Nic Price on 1 November 2007 — 1 min read It’s time for you to vote for your favourite East Dulwich bar (or pub) of the year. There’s no criteria for voting, just your favourite drinking establishment. Imagine you left East Dulwich for a few months and then returned, where would you go for your first drink? Where have you deservedly spent rather a lot... More
The West Dulwich Forum By Nic Price on 1 November 2007 — 1 min read Interesting to see the arrival this week of The West Dulwich Forum – “Talk about property, restaurants, pubs, shops, services, transport, planning, it’s up to you…” It has a striking resemblance to the East Dulwich Forum. I wonder if they are they by any chance related? Another feed for my RSS reader… More
links for 2007-10-31 By delicious on 31 October 2007 — 1 min read How to travel with kids | Travel | Guardian Unlimited (tags: travel children families holiday) Saga launches social website for over-50s | Technology | The Guardian (tags: saga socialnetworking silversurfers sagazone) Details Revealed: Google OpenSocial To Launch Thursday (tags: google opensocial) Business Innovation Factory | Innovation Story Studio | Euan Semple Euan’s talk at BIF... More
links for 2007-10-28 By delicious on 28 October 2007 — 1 min read John Naughton: Microsoft makes Facebook a club you don’t want to join | Business | The Observer “Pssst … have I got a deal for you! Send me a cheque for £10 and I will sell you a 0.000001 per cent interest in NetworkerColumns Ltd, a privately held company which produces copious quantities of mildly... More