Cycling charter from the Evening Standard By Nic Price on 2 May 2007 — 1 min read I saw that David Cameron fellow riding his bike to work down Constitution Hill this morning on my cycle commute to White City. He appeared to have a bit of an entourage and wasn’t wearing a cycle helmet. When I mentioned this to a friend at work he suggested he didn’t need a cycle helmet... More
Intranet vibes By Nic Price on 20 April 2007 — 1 min read I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Netvibes is quite simply everything an intranet (homepage) needs to be. As well as being a great way of managing all my stuff on the internet of course. More
Grand Designs comes to East Dulwich By Nic Price on 19 April 2007 — 1 min read There’s talk over in the East Dulwich Forum that Channel Four’s Grand Designs has been filming in Landells Road in East Dulwich. The episode is scheduled to go out on Wednesday 16th May. And last night saw Kevin McCloud revisiting Peckham. More
My Dad’s photos from the top of Kilimanjaro By Nic Price on 19 April 2007 — 1 min read In 2005 my Dad walked up Mount Kilimanjaro. Here’s a spectacular picture he took from the summit. It’s difficult to get a true sense of scale. And having watched An Inconvenient Truth, it’s a moment in time that may never be recaptured. More
What do I do to keep fit? By Nic Price on 19 April 2007 — 1 min read Nigel tagged me a wee while ago and I’ve finally had a moment to respond. Here are a few things I do to keep fit: Running – it’s my Dad’s fault, and it’s his Dad’s fault! There’s nothing quite like it for clearing my mind. The more undulating the better… the Yorkshire Dales and the... More
The parent button By Nic Price on 2 April 2007 — 1 min read It’s my younger son’s first birthday today. He has been given some amazing presents, most of which make various electronic noises and tunes when bits of them are pressed. It struck me that a lot of them don’t have an “off” button, or “parent button” as I call it. Some do, but many, like the... More
Listen By Nic Price on 2 April 2007 — 1 min read As we are surrounded by more and more noise, we need to get better and better at listening. More
Ad nonsense By Nic Price on 24 March 2007 — 1 min read Listening to Xfm on my phone on the bus on the way home from work on Thursday night and an ad came on that went something like this: Imagine a world where we all watched one TV channel. Imagine a world where we all read just one newspaper. Imagine a world where we all used... More
The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda By Nic Price on 23 February 2007 — 1 min read Every now and then I read something that seems to coincide with my life so perfectly I imagine there must be an Amélie-like character who has placed it in my path. This is certainly true of John Maeda’s book The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life). Maeda is a world-renowned graphic designer, visual... More