LONDON BOYS KILLED BY TRAIN – PICTURES By Nic Price on 20 March 2006 — 1 min read Does the word “PICTURES” sell more copies of the paper? Whatever the circumstances (I haven’t read the story yet), this sounds like a terrible tragedy. I often see Evening Standard hoardings with the word “PICTURES” after a dash after the headline. In this case I felt its use was particularly insensitive. More
links for 2006-03-19 By Nic Price on 20 March 2006 — 1 min read south by southwest festivals + conferences (tags: sxsw podcasts) More
links for 2006-03-18 By Nic Price on 19 March 2006 — 1 min read Re-cycle Re~Cycle’s mission is to collect and ship second hand bicycles and parts to Africa. Local partners teach local people the skills of how to repair and maintain them, to improve their lives in a sustainable manner. (tags: charity recycle recycling green ecofriendly cycling) More
Simple message By Nic Price on 18 March 2006 — 1 min read Progress means simplifying not complicating. Bruno Munari I knew it all rang a bell More
links for 2006-03-17 By Nic Price on 18 March 2006 — 1 min read KMi Hexagon (tags: km hexagon) Knowledge Media Institute (tags: kmi) Windows Live It’s in Beta – finally got round to trying it out… (tags: windows live windowslive) More
The duck’s feet By Nic Price on 17 March 2006 — 1 min read Simplicity is in the air… The following quote via Euan Semple’s The Obvious? Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity – Charles Mingus And this from Mark Hurst’s Good Experience blog following eTech Sometimes – here’s the real heresy – sometimes the best option for users might be... More
links for 2006-03-16 By Nic Price on 17 March 2006 — 1 min read Inbox Zero: Schedule email dashes | 43 Folders (tags: email inbox productivity merlinmann 43folders) More
links for 2006-03-15 By Nic Price on 16 March 2006 — 1 min read Ray Ozzie: Wiring the Web Microsoft’s take on Web 2.0 (tags: Microsoft wiringtheweb rayozzie) More
links for 2006-03-14 By Nic Price on 15 March 2006 — 1 min read XTech 2006: Building Web 2.0 (tags: xtech conference 2006) Flow: How action and awareness get things done | 43 Folders (tags: flow 43folders) TakeAway: DO it yourself media (tags: conference opensource) MIT World » Distributed Intelligence » Home MIT World™ is a free and open site that provides on-demand video of significant public events at... More