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Wasn’t even in the manifesto.. May 17, 2011: This programme seeks to model one of the most efficient and cost-effective health services in the world – the NHS – on one of the least: the US system. OECD figures show that healthcare in the US costs $7,500 per person per year. The OECD average is $4,500. In the UK it costs $3,500. Yet [...] Read more – ‘Wasn’t even in the manifesto..’.
Mailcamp – a timely reminder of the value of email May 13, 2011: Where I try to summarise Mailcamp; a really useful whistle-stop series of talks from various government and associated organisations on how they are using email for effective marketing. Read more – ‘Mailcamp – a timely reminder of the value of email’.
Sea change March 23, 2011: Jeremy Keith on the move away from desktop-specific web presences to a more responsive web-native design. Read more – ‘Sea change’.
Four months with the Kindle March 10, 2011: So after four months with a Kindle seems a good time to review my feelings about the Amazon eBook reader. Read more – ‘Four months with the Kindle’.
The worst restaurant in the world: AA Gill is certainly an acquired taste, but is never better than skewering a bad restaurant in one of his reviews. Read more – ‘The worst restaurant in the world’.
Reelizer February 14, 2011: A site celebrating the fine art of film art. Read more – ‘Reelizer’.
If we don’t, remember me. February 8, 2011: Absolutely lovely site. It has a very simple premise of creating a animated image from a couple of frames from classic films. The effect is mesmerising. Read more – ‘If we don’t, remember me.’.
From Pattern to Component: Tate Tyler on five key qualities of good re-usable UI components Read more – ‘From Pattern to Component’.
How to prototype an iPhone app in 13 minutes using Apple Keynote + Keynotopia November 28, 2010: via vimeo.com Useful looking template pack for using Keynote as a prototyping tool. Posted via email from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘How to prototype an iPhone app in 13 minutes using Apple Keynote + Keynotopia’.
Questioning (the) Authority November 4, 2010: The more your clients understand the cost of features, the less likely they are to ask for things that don’t support their business objectives. Start big, end small. via cognition.happycog.com This is something I have just been bitten by on a recent project. It’s Project Management 101 to clearly define what the functionality and expected [...] Read more – ‘Questioning (the) Authority’.
Broken Meetings (and how you’ll fix them) October 25, 2010: via vimeo.com Posted via email from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Broken Meetings (and how you’ll fix them)’.
The real cost of free | Cory Doctorow: But for so long as this plan involves embedding control, surveillance and censorship into the very fabric of the information society’s infrastructure, I’ll continue to tour the world, for free, spending every penny I have and every ounce of energy in my body to fight you. via guardian.co.uk Posted via email from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘The real cost of free | Cory Doctorow’.
Another pizza documentary!: via vimeo.com Posting yet another documentary about pizza making and the men that do it. Worryingly this seems to be becoming a theme. There’s something about the artisan aspect of this that appeals. Posted via email from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Another pizza documentary!’.
Great retro shots of Graceland August 3, 2010: via chrisglass.com Loving this series of shots from Graceland. The TV room in particular is spectacular.. Posted via email from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Great retro shots of Graceland’.
Gallery of World Cup footballs since 1930 June 5, 2010: via dieweltmeisterschaftsbaelle.de This is what I love about the internet. Funny how something such as football design can be so evocative. I definitely had the 86 ball (Mexico) and the Italia 90 one. Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Gallery of World Cup footballs since 1930’.
360° Color: A Peek Inside Pantone May 28, 2010: via vimeo.com Rare look behind the scenes at Pantone. How do they come up with colour? Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘360° Color: A Peek Inside Pantone’.
Peter Morville – The Future of Search | IxDA March 8, 2010: via ixda.org Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Peter Morville – The Future of Search | IxDA’.
links for 2010-01-12 January 12, 2010: The Art of Penguin Science Fiction Great site listing classic Penguin science fiction book covers. Consistently interesting and challenging designs. (tags: design typography graphics books illustration covers penguin sci-fi bookcovers) Read more – ‘links for 2010-01-12’.
OBSESSIVES: Pizza – CHOW January 4, 2010: via youtube.com Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘OBSESSIVES: Pizza – CHOW’.
5 Future Intranet Trends December 8, 2009: via netjmc.net Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘5 Future Intranet Trends’.
The Sebastopol Residence November 30, 2009: via feedproxy.google.com Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘The Sebastopol Residence’.
Bustin the new iPhone! November 3, 2009: Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Bustin the new iPhone!’.
Make Yourself Presentable September 16, 2009: Understandably, I was nervous, so beforehand, I had scribed lots of notes to guide me as I was speaking. On the big day, I used Keynote’s “presenter mode” which allows the presenter to see their notes while the audience sees the normal slides. A few slides in, I realized my grave mistake: I had entirely [...] Read more – ‘Make Yourself Presentable’.
Please start from the beginning… with Marcus Lillington September 7, 2009: via havocinspired.co.uk Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Please start from the beginning… with Marcus Lillington’.
How mirrors work – Richard Fenyman August 24, 2009: Posted via email from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘How mirrors work – Richard Fenyman’.
Please start from the beginning… with Rachel Andrew: via havocinspired.co.uk Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Please start from the beginning… with Rachel Andrew’.
Notify – An awesome new Gmail Notifier for OS X – Vibealicious: via vibealicious.com Nice Google Mail menubar app. Supports multiple accounts. Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Notify – An awesome new Gmail Notifier for OS X – Vibealicious’.
Let Google s Matt Cutts Up Your SEO Mojo August 21, 2009: via webmonkey.com 45 intro to SEO and other topics from Google’s Matt Cutts Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Let Google s Matt Cutts Up Your SEO Mojo’.
Top Twenty Finalists « ReBurbia August 13, 2009: via re-burbia.com Site devoted to ideas about how suburbs will look in the future. I’m a sucker for this sort of stuff.. Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Top Twenty Finalists « ReBurbia’.
links for 2009-08-07 August 7, 2009: CSS Menus With Images – CSS Sprites (tags: css webdesign tutorials sprites) Sliding Boxes and Captions with jQuery (tags: jquery javascript slider animation gallery tutorial) How To Make a Bookmarklet For Your Web Application Considerations when creating a bookmarket (tags: javascript bookmarklet howto `) Easy Slider 1.7 – Numeric Navigation jQuery Slider | Css Globe [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-08-07’.
Documentary Heaven :: Food For Your Brain July 31, 2009: via documentaryheaven.com Documentary aggregation site Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Documentary Heaven :: Food For Your Brain’.
Star Wars: Uncut: via starwarsuncut.tumblr.com Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Star Wars: Uncut’.
Google Wave presentation – abridged July 23, 2009: via youtube.com Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Google Wave presentation – abridged’.
links for 2009-07-20 July 20, 2009: 12 Rules For Bringing 'Social' To Your Business (tags: socialmedia enterprise2.0) Read more – ‘links for 2009-07-20’.
Please start from the beginning… with Elliot Jay Stocks: via havocinspired.co.uk Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Please start from the beginning… with Elliot Jay Stocks’.
Google Analytics Interface Tutorial: via youtube.com Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Google Analytics Interface Tutorial’.
links for 2009-07-17 July 17, 2009: Content Strategy (tags: contentstrategy content strategy webdesign) Read more – ‘links for 2009-07-17’.
links for 2009-07-16 July 16, 2009: SharePoint does not give you Web Governance (tags: sharepoint governance) Content Strategy: The Philosophy of Data (tags: contentstrategy content strategy webdesign Writing) The Discipline of Content Strategy (tags: content strategy Writing webcontent contentstrategy) What Makes A Content Strategist? (tags: content strategy) Read more – ‘links for 2009-07-16’.
The Culture Show: Guillermo del Toro: via bbc.co.uk Mark Kermode interview Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘The Culture Show: Guillermo del Toro’.
The Muswell House July 15, 2009: via freshome.com Architect Adrian James eco firendly yet stylish house in Oxfordshire. Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘The Muswell House’.
links for 2009-07-15: Extending intranet publishing standards into new content areas (tags: intranet strategy) General Social Media Best Practices (tags: socialmedia bestpractices) Intel Social Media Guidelines (tags: socialmedia guidelines web2.0 corporate policy) Read more – ‘links for 2009-07-15’.
Scope – reboot video: via video.reboot.dk Posted via web from Rozzers emphemera Read more – ‘Scope – reboot video’.
links for 2009-07-09 July 9, 2009: Wheat & Chaff: 5 Tips To Create a Successful Intranet – Part One – Solid Branding (tags: branding intranet strategy tips) Read more – ‘links for 2009-07-09’.
links for 2009-07-08 July 8, 2009: The 10 Twitter Commandments | Blog | Econsultancy (tags: twitter howto tips bestpractices socialmedia) Read more – ‘links for 2009-07-08’.
links for 2009-07-07 July 7, 2009: Content Templates to the Rescue (tags: content templates workflow webcontent) Read more – ‘links for 2009-07-07’.
links for 2009-07-03 July 3, 2009: Web strategy: Don’t focus on web problems (tags: strategy enterprise enterprise2.0) Read more – ‘links for 2009-07-03’.
links for 2009-07-02 July 2, 2009: Will social media kill off the intranet in years to come? (tags: intranets socialmedia intranet enterprise2.0) Read more – ‘links for 2009-07-02’.
links for 2009-06-30 June 30, 2009: MySnipurl for chris_rothschild – Manage Snips – Snipurl / Snurl / Snipr Take the ugly long URLs all over the web and snip them into a snipurl that is short, snippy, secure, memorable, and easy to share. [Snipurl, Snurl, Sn.im, and Snipr are synonymous. You can use any one of them.] What do successful intranet [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-30’.
links for 2009-06-26 June 26, 2009: The 7 wonders of wireframes (tags: prototyping ux ui wirframes wireframing wireframe) Rozzers emphemera – Crap I like and want to keep somewhere (posterous) My posterous site Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-26’.
links for 2009-06-25 June 25, 2009: The BBC’s Fifteen Web Principles (tags: reference guidelines bbc) BBC – Future Media Standards & Guidelines (tags: reference guidelines bbc webdev Styleguide webdesign) 8 good business reasons for having an intranet (tips for writing an intranet business case) (tags: intranet strategy businesscase) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-25’.
links for 2009-06-24 June 24, 2009: Microsoft Sharepoint vs. Enterprise 2.0 Start-ups: Day of Reckoning Arrives (tags: enterprise2.0 sharepoint collaboration) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-24’.
links for 2009-06-23 June 23, 2009: view from the other side…: CMS control, who does what Thoughts on models of content authoring and cms content models (tags: content webcontent cms model strategy) 10 useful Twitter presentations (tags: socialmedia twitter presentation) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-23’.
links for 2009-06-11 June 11, 2009: Intranet Benchmarking Forum: Feeding into the next-generation intranet at Ernst & Young (tags: intranet intranets justification) Preparing for HTML5 with Semantic Class Names (tags: html semanticweb toread markup standards webstandards coding) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-11’.
links for 2009-06-10 June 10, 2009: Writing Microcopy (tags: content ui copywriting microcopy webcontent) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-10’.
links for 2009-06-09 June 9, 2009: Social Media Game for NGLIS (tags: socialmedia game facilitation) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-09’.
links for 2009-06-06 June 6, 2009: Intranet strategy & execution (tags: intranet strategy intranets kpi) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-06’.
links for 2009-06-05 June 5, 2009: Google's Wave of the future is genius, but will it work? (tags: google googlewave thinking) What's an API and why do I want one? (tags: api data) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-05’.
links for 2009-06-03 June 3, 2009: BAN Internal Email « Carl’s Notepad (tags: email) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-03’.
links for 2009-06-02 June 2, 2009: Ditch useless content As web has increasingly become a channel for storing and sharing business-critical content (both within and beyond the firewall), you need to consider how long you can afford to hold onto your web content for. (tags: content webcontent) Transparent Office: CIOs: It's Strategy Time (tags: strategy enterprise2.0) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-02’.
links for 2009-06-01 June 1, 2009: Support your web editorial team (tags: content strategy webcontent) Read more – ‘links for 2009-06-01’.
links for 2009-05-30 May 30, 2009: Enterprise 2.0, version 2.0 : Andrew McAfee’s Blog (tags: enterprise2.0 socialsoftware enterprise web2.0 definition) All About Floats (tags: css Webdesign layout reference float) How Email Inefficiency Reduces the Quality of Group Input (tags: email Collaboration productivity justification) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-30’.
links for 2009-05-29 May 29, 2009: Target emotions in the business case (tags: businesscase) Five intranet publishing models (tags: intranets) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-29’.
links for 2009-05-28 May 28, 2009: Going beyond reducing intranet frustration (tags: intranets) Going beyond reducing intranet frustration (tags: intranet) Focus On Typography Part 1: Contrast (tags: typography fonts webfonts) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-28’.
links for 2009-05-27 May 27, 2009: Content Strategy: The Philosophy of Data (tags: content strategy) The Discipline of Content Strategy (tags: content strategy) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-27’.
links for 2009-05-26 May 26, 2009: The 6 Dangerous Fallacies of Social Media | Social Media Marketing | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert (tags: socialmedia web2.0 strategy) Social media job interview questions (tags: socialmedia recruitment) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-26’.
links for 2009-05-24 May 24, 2009: Web fonts now (how we’re doing with that) (tags: typography css fonts Webdesign reference @font-face webfonts) Last Exit to Nowhere (tags: tshirt clothes Film shop shopping store t-shirts) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-24’.
links for 2009-05-23 May 23, 2009: Must have and promising extensions for a coporate MediaWiki instance (tags: Mediawiki wiki) Breaking down corporate brick walls? (tags: enterprise2.0 strategy socialmedia) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-23’.
links for 2009-05-21 May 21, 2009: 15 Ubiquity Commands to Enhance Your Web Experience | Tools for Thought | Tools for Thought (tags: firefox ubiquity tips) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-21’.
links for 2009-05-20 May 20, 2009: 5 simple steps to a good intranet wiki/blog (tags: intranets tips wikis blogs) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-20’.
links for 2009-05-19 May 19, 2009: The 4 essential web writing tips (tags: content copywriting copy tips webcontent) Why content strategy matters (and size doesn’t) (tags: content strategy) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-19’.
links for 2009-05-18 May 18, 2009: Not very social media (tags: socialmedia twitter media strategy newspapers) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-18’.
links for 2009-05-16 May 16, 2009: api-design.pdf (application/pdf Object) (tags: REFERENCE api programming architecture howto) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-16’.
links for 2009-05-15 May 15, 2009: Intranet Benchmarking Forum: Demonstrating intranet success using metrics (tags: intranet metrics roi) Ruby on Rails explained (in something approaching plain English) (tags: rubyonrails ruby mvc) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-15’.
links for 2009-05-13 May 13, 2009: The Man in Seat Sixty-One… (tags: travel train trains rail guide REFERENCE railways) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-13’.
links for 2009-05-08 May 8, 2009: SharePoint Confessions – stories from life on MOSS (tags: sharepoint justification) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-08’.
links for 2009-05-07 May 7, 2009: SharePoint dissected (with case study) (tags: sharepoint case_study justification) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-07’.
links for 2009-05-06 May 6, 2009: Better User Orientation through Navigation | UX Booth (tags: usability Webdesign navigation ux ui reference) Design Decisions: The New Backpack Marketing Site – (37signals) (tags: content justification design ux) spotting real opportunities in search logs (tags: search analytics ia) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-06’.
links for 2009-05-05 May 5, 2009: Visible Tweets Fancy presentation for tweets (tags: twitter presentation) Read more – ‘links for 2009-05-05’.
links for 2009-04-28 April 28, 2009: 10 linkbait strategies to build links and drive traffic (tags: content seo marketing) Octane 3 :: Urban Vinyl Store (tags: shopping design shops shop) COI usability toolkit Great resource for web development. Well written and good examples (tags: content reference usability government Accessibility guidelines ux) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-28’.
links for 2009-04-27 April 27, 2009: Second Life's span is virtually over as firms decide to get real (tags: secondlife virtualworlds second_life) The End of Second Life – Second Life (tags: secondlife virtualworlds) Writing for the Web (tags: content copywriting REFERENCE usability Writing) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-27’.
links for 2009-04-24 April 24, 2009: List of 40 Social Media Staff Guidelines (tags: guidelines socialmedia blogging socialnetworking policies) 10 Tips for a Successful Wiki (tags: wiki wikis tips howto management collaboration enterprise2.0) The Art of Writing Great Twitter Headlines — Copyblogger (tags: twitter Writing copywriting headlines tips content) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-24’.
links for 2009-04-21 April 21, 2009: What are your biggest complaints about Sharepoint? (tags: sharepoint bestpractices Accessibility development usability justification) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-21’.
links for 2009-04-20 April 20, 2009: Intranet statistics Statistics, findings and highlights from the Intranet Insider World Tour in New York City (tags: intranet statistics intranets) Website management: you can't automate everything (tags: content management) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-20’.
links for 2009-04-17 April 18, 2009: Erik Spiekermann’s Typo Tips (tags: typography tips fonts type webdesign content) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-17’.
links for 2009-04-16 April 16, 2009: How to Revise an Email So That People Will Read It (tags: Writing email tips howto) Writing killer web headings and links (tags: content links Writing copy copywriting web_writing) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-16’.
links for 2009-04-15 April 15, 2009: How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips (tags: webdesign design inspiration tips web typography) Intranet_Site_by_scorpionsera.jpg (JPEG Image, 1100×800 pixels) – Scaled (99%) (tags: intranet screenshot) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-15’.
links for 2009-04-15: Is Self-Centered Web Copy Hurting Your Websites? (tags: copy copywriting content) How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips (tags: webdesign design inspiration tips web typography) Intranet_Site_by_scorpionsera.jpg (JPEG Image, 1100×800 pixels) – Scaled (99%) (tags: intranet screenshot) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-15’.
links for 2009-04-15: How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips (tags: webdesign design inspiration tips web typography) Intranet_Site_by_scorpionsera.jpg (JPEG Image, 1100×800 pixels) – Scaled (99%) (tags: intranet screenshot) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-15’.
links for 2009-04-15: How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips (tags: webdesign design inspiration tips web typography) Intranet_Site_by_scorpionsera.jpg (JPEG Image, 1100×800 pixels) – Scaled (99%) (tags: intranet screenshot) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-15’.
links for 2009-04-15: How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips (tags: webdesign design inspiration tips web typography) Intranet_Site_by_scorpionsera.jpg (JPEG Image, 1100×800 pixels) – Scaled (99%) (tags: intranet screenshot) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-15’.
links for 2009-04-15: Intranet_Site_by_scorpionsera.jpg (JPEG Image, 1100×800 pixels) – Scaled (99%) (tags: intranet screenshot) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-15’.
links for 2009-04-15: Intranet_Site_by_scorpionsera.jpg (JPEG Image, 1100×800 pixels) – Scaled (99%) (tags: intranet screenshot) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-15’.
links for 2009-04-15: Intranet_Site_by_scorpionsera.jpg (JPEG Image, 1100×800 pixels) – Scaled (99%) (tags: intranet screenshot) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-15’.
links for 2009-04-12 April 12, 2009: The Secret Underground Guide to Social Media for Organizations* (tags: socialmedia web2.0 guide howto) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-12’.
links for 2009-04-11 April 11, 2009: - thumblogger.com (tags: pron) Top 10 Must Haves For Every Good Intranet Almost a mini strategy for an effective intranet (tags: intranet list tips) How ESPN built a stellar intranet in 6 months (tags: intranet case_study) Top ten reasons managers become great (tags: management business tips career advice leadership) 15 Steps to a More Productive [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-11’.
links for 2009-04-10 April 10, 2009: Enterprise Web vs Consumer Web [2.0]: Top Six Differences (tags: enterprise2.0 web2.0 enterprise) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-10’.
links for 2009-04-09 April 9, 2009: UnchainedGuide.com: London – Your guide to the best independent shops (tags: London shopping guide resources REFERENCE shops shop) Planning for SharePoint success (tags: sharepoint governance) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-09’.
links for 2009-04-08 April 8, 2009: Focusing on your website user by developing personas (tags: personas usability webdesign ia) Gartner Highlights Four Ways in Which Enterprises Are Using Twitter (tags: twitter gartner) Curriculum | WaSP InterAct Curriculum WaSP InterAct is a living, open curriculum based upon web standards and best practices, designed to teach students the skills of the web professional. [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-08’.
links for 2009-04-07 April 7, 2009: 8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs (tags: typography reference css type graphicdesign) 82 Essential Blogging Tips, Tricks and Resources (tags: blogging blogs resources tips Writing) 10 Tips to Design Usable Shopping Carts (tags: ecommerce usability design shopping tips webdesign shoppingcart e-commerce) Your rights (tags: privacy politics uk advice humanrights rights law legal) Why URL [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-07’.
links for 2009-04-03 April 3, 2009: Web Workplace – a new word for intranet? (tags: intranet intranets web2.0 enterprise2.0) Read more – ‘links for 2009-04-03’.
links for 2009-03-30 March 30, 2009: Charlie's Angles: Help! My email isn't full of useful stuff I want to read! (tags: email communication) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-30’.
links for 2009-03-28 March 28, 2009: Beware of using opinions to design an intranet (tags: intranets guidelines intranet) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-28’.
links for 2009-03-27 March 27, 2009: Building Eduserv’s internal blog Really good round up of developing an internal blog (tags: intranet wordpress blog) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-27’.
links for 2009-03-26 March 26, 2009: Tweeting for a “brand” or organisation (tags: enterprise2.0 guidelines twitter businesstool) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-26’.
links for 2009-03-25 March 25, 2009: SharePoint — The swiss army knife (tags: sharepoint intranet justification) Developing CSS for IE6 and 7 (tags: css webdesign webstandards browser ie6 ie7) Practical Accessibility Tips with WCAG 2.0 (tags: web tips Accessibility wcag2) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-25’.
links for 2009-03-24 March 24, 2009: No collaboration without communications (tags: intranet enterprise2.0 communications internalcomms) Does your intranet close the business process loop? (tags: intranet enterprise2.0 businesstool) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-24’.
links for 2009-03-23 March 23, 2009: Social Media ROI: Measuring the unmeasurable? (tags: web2.0 socialmedia roi) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-23’.
links for 2009-03-20 March 20, 2009: Collaborage: Enterprise 2.0 Implementation Overview (tags: sharepoint enterprise2.0) Intranet governance in the social media age How governance models are affected by the move so a more social landscape (tags: intranet socialnetworks) The problem is bigger than SharePoint (tags: sharepoint) Sharepoint and Enterprise 2.0: The good, the bad, and the ugly (tags: sharepoint enterprise2.0 enterprise collaboration) [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-20’.
links for 2009-03-19 March 19, 2009: 6 simple steps for a good intranet plan (tags: strategy intranet planning) There’s a Better Way to ReTweet! (tags: twitter socialmedia tips retweet advice tip) Getting to grips with Social Media Great presentation on the challenges to the enterprise of getting involved in Social Media (tags: enterprise2.0 socialmedia) Breadcrumbs In Web Design: Examples And Best [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-19’.
links for 2009-03-18 March 18, 2009: Event reporting toolkit Resources for social reporting on events, conferences etc (tags: howto socialmedia social Events) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-18’.
links for 2009-03-17 March 17, 2009: Basics – The Quest for the Nearly Empty In-Box (tags: email productivity) Removing poor quality content increases customer satisfaction (tags: content justification) 12 Examples of Paragraph Typography — Jon Tan 陳 (tags: css design examples webdesign typography code) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-17’.
links for 2009-03-16 March 16, 2009: Michael Sampson: Currents: Response to "SharePoint 2007: Gateway Drug to Enterprise Social Tools" (tags: sharepoint governance enterprise2.0 collaboration planning) Supersleight jQuery Plugin for Transparent PNGs in IE6 — All in the head (tags: css javascript hacks jquery ie6 png transparency) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-16’.
links for 2009-03-15 March 15, 2009: 24 ways: Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6 (tags: css Webdesign javascript hack browser ie6 png transparency) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-15’.
links for 2009-03-11 March 11, 2009: Learning how to blog better (tags: training blogging tips) 5 ‘must have’ intranet standards (tags: intranet) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-11’.
links for 2009-03-10 March 10, 2009: Study Finds SharePoint Primarily Used for File Sharing (tags: sharepoint collaboration) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-10’.
links for 2009-03-09 March 9, 2009: Archive 7 Tips for Efficient Meetings (tags: business management collaboration tips meeting productivity Meetings) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-09’.
links for 2009-03-05 March 5, 2009: Enterprise Twitter: Clarity Amid The Hype How useful and in what circumstances would a twitter-like application be useful for the enterprise. (tags: intranet enterprise2.0 twitter socialnetworking) Bosses Warm Up to Social Networking on Company Time (tags: enterprise2.0 justification socialnetworking) Reinventing intranet information architecture (tags: intranet design ia intranets InformationArchitecture) 3 ways to improve users’ intranet [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-05’.
links for 2009-03-04 March 4, 2009: Fluid Grids (tags: css tutorial webdesign layout fluid grid) ntranet Governance Guide really good overview of getting a well-structured governance in place for Intranet (tags: governance intranets) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-04’.
links for 2009-03-03 March 3, 2009: Integrating Social Media Into Intranets by Julian Mills, Prescient Digital Media (tags: intranet enterprise2.0 socialmedia presentation) Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-03’.
links for 2009-03-02 March 2, 2009: Top 40 Free Downloadable Open Source SNS Free open-source social networking platforms (tags: resources socialmedia socialnetworking software community opensource) 10 Apps You Can’t Do Without (tags: web2.0 tools software WebApps productivity list apps) Simple Guidelines for Workday Quality Over Quantity Limit email, focus on no more than three tasks a day. (tags: email workflow tips [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-03-02’.
links for 2009-02-28 February 28, 2009: AdWords Learning Center (tags: seo adwords marketing advertising) Main Page – ATV Flash (tags: appletv howto wiki) Read more – ‘links for 2009-02-28’.
links for 2009-02-27 February 27, 2009: Getting started on Twitter Nice step-by-step on getting started with twitter (tags: twitter) Majority of UK businesses miss out on instant messaging benefits because of security fears (tags: im) Benefits of Corporate Business Instant Messaging (tags: im) Corporate instant messaging usage: opportunities and threats (tags: im) Read more – ‘links for 2009-02-27’.
links for 2009-02-26 February 26, 2009: iPhoto Book Themes Detailed look at each of the iPhoto Book Themes (tags: images theme iphoto) Read more – ‘links for 2009-02-26’.
links for 2009-02-24 February 24, 2009: IBM, The Last Company To Pull Out Of Second Life? Is IBM reducing it's commitment to Second Lifesec (tags: secondlife) Read more – ‘links for 2009-02-24’.
links for 2009-02-18 February 18, 2009: socialmedia » Social media game Facilitation game to trigger conversations about what social media tools may be appropriate in different situations (tags: web2.0 socialmedia tools games) Using CSS to Fix Anything: 20+ Common Bugs and Fixes Today we wanted to share with you some quick CSS tips and tricks on how to avoid easy pitfalls [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-02-18’.
links for 2009-02-17 February 17, 2009: 50 Free High-Quality Icon Sets (tags: resources webdesign images graphics icons) Future intranet manager (tags: intranets) Getting Things Done: Setting Up Outlook (tags: REFERENCE outlook gtd) Typechart – Browse Web Type, Grab CSS. (tags: css resources webdesign tools typography fonts) Better CSS Font Stacks Advice on getting the most out of your font css. (tags: [...] Read more – ‘links for 2009-02-17’.
links for 2009-02-16 February 16, 2009: How I Might Deal with IE6 (tags: css webdesign tips browsers ie6 conditionalcomments tricks) Five tips for better online surveys Seth Godin's suggestions for better surveys (tags: tips communications surveys sonlinesurvey) Why some content is deliberately complex If it looks complex, is unintelligable then it must be right. (tags: content) Read more – ‘links for 2009-02-16’.
links for 2009-02-12 February 12, 2009: Twitter in slides Good intro to twitter (tags: twitter) Simple scalable CSS based breadcrumbs CSS technique and nice graphics for css breadcrumb navigation (tags: css webdesign navigation breadcrumbs) Read more – ‘links for 2009-02-12’.
links for 2009-02-10 February 10, 2009: Stop The Presses The shift to online annual reports (tags: justification reports communications) Starting a blog? 12 ideas for blog posts (tags: howto blogging blogs tips blog) The different types of blog post (tags: blogging tips blog) Read more – ‘links for 2009-02-10’.
links for 2009-01-29 January 29, 2009: How Twitter Can Help at Work NY Times article outlining how twitter can support your business (tags: @work twitter) Read more – ‘links for 2009-01-29’.
links for 2009-01-28 January 28, 2009: 10 Steps To Protect The Admin Area In WordPress | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine By Sergej Müller and Alex Frison The administration area of a Web application is a favorite target of hackers and thus particularly well protected. The same goes for WordPress: when creating a blog, the system (tags: tutorials wordpress wp security) Read more – ‘links for 2009-01-28’.
links for 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: Writing Decisions: Saving space without losing meaning Another great insight into desogn and conettn decision making from 37 signals (tags: content webdesign writingforweb) Read more – ‘links for 2009-01-22’.
links for 2009-01-20 January 20, 2009: Talking Twitter BBC blog outlining what twitter is and teh BBC twitter culture (tags: twitter bbc information) Read more – ‘links for 2009-01-20’.
links for 2009-01-16 January 16, 2009: 12 resources for getting a jump on HTML 5 (tags: resources webdevelopment html webdev) Read more – ‘links for 2009-01-16’.
links for 2009-01-14 January 14, 2009: How can the effectiveness of intranets be measured? Create ideas for measuring the tangibles and intangibles (tags: @work intranet) Read more – ‘links for 2009-01-14’.
links for 2009-01-08 January 8, 2009: List of “White Label” or “Private Label” Social Networking Platforms, Community Platforms (tags: @work socialsoftware socialmedia socialnetworking socialnetworks tools software whitelabel) Read more – ‘links for 2009-01-08’.
links for 2009-01-07 January 7, 2009: London concert listings, tour dates, and tickets for London concerts – Songkick (tags: music London) walkit.com London walking directions and maps (tags: tools London travel maps walking) OpenStreetMap Open source mapping (tags: tools travel maps opensource) Read more – ‘links for 2009-01-07’.
links for 2008-12-30 December 30, 2008: AwkwardTV Apple TV hacks (tags: appletv) Read more – ‘links for 2008-12-30’.
links for 2008-12-19 December 19, 2008: The Discipline of Content Strategy (tags: @work strategy content) Read more – ‘links for 2008-12-19’.
links for 2008-12-10 December 10, 2008: CSS3 . Info All you ever needed to know about CSS3. Good resource with examples (tags: css howto resources tutorial) shared drives versus SharePoint Nice comparison of advantages and disadvantages of shared drive rather than Sharepoint (tags: @work sharepoint) Read more – ‘links for 2008-12-10’.
links for 2008-12-08 December 8, 2008: Scientists demonstrate their commitment to the environment by going 'virtual' Scientists from around the world proved their green credentials by participating in a conference on climate change and carbon dioxide storage in the virtual world Second Life , this week (3 December 2008). (tags: secondlife @work) Read more – ‘links for 2008-12-08’.
links for 2008-11-27 November 27, 2008: Basics of intranet governance The key principles of good governanv governance for an Intranet (tags: intranet governance @work) SharePoint search Some thoughts on sharepoint and search (tags: sharepoint @work) Read more – ‘links for 2008-11-27’.
links for 2008-11-26 November 26, 2008: Moving to the Second Classroom Educational impact of virtual worlds Second Life especially (tags: secondlife second_life education training) Read more – ‘links for 2008-11-26’.
links for 2008-11-25 November 25, 2008: iClarified – Tutorials – AppleTV All things AppleTV (tags: appletv mediacenter tutorial tutorials howto) Read more – ‘links for 2008-11-25’.
links for 2008-11-24 November 24, 2008: What is Enterprise 2.0? Comprehensive article on E2.0 and what it can entail (tags: enterprise2.0 business socialsoftware management enterprise) UK government Web Guidelines Handy list of web standards and guidelines for Uk gvt websites (tags: government uk web guidelines) The Inspiration that is Twitter Wisdump article on how Twitter is all pervasive from branding to [...] Read more – ‘links for 2008-11-24’.
links for 2008-11-03 November 3, 2008: SEOmoz | Beginner's Guide to SEO Great one page intro to search engine optimisation. Looks of links to further reading (tags: optimization searchengine REFERENCE resources seo) Read more – ‘links for 2008-11-03’.
links for 2008-10-29 October 29, 2008: Context is everything with intranet content Intranet users MUST understand the context of the information they are consuming. (tags: intranet enterprise2.0 @work) Textgarden.org (tags: txp blogs textpattern) Read more – ‘links for 2008-10-29’.
links for 2008-10-20 October 20, 2008: Sharepoint Summit Round-up and sage advice from Sharepoint summit (tags: sharepoint enterprise2.0 @work) Read more – ‘links for 2008-10-20’.
links for 2008-10-13 October 13, 2008: The Sharepoint Sessions Round up of the Sharepoint Sessions, a conference looking at Sharepoint and it's value to the business. (tags: sharepoint socialsoftware enterprise2.0 @work) 5 Ways to Sell Social Media to Your Boss How to outline the benefits of social media to senior management. (tags: socialmedia justification @work enterprise2.0) Read more – ‘links for 2008-10-13’.
links for 2008-10-11 October 11, 2008: The business case for Enterprise 2.0 Nice overview and quote of the benefits of Enterprise 2.0 (tags: enterprise2.0 enterprise @work) Read more – ‘links for 2008-10-11’.
links for 2008-10-10 October 10, 2008: The Enterprise Soft Spot, er, the Enterprise Email Crisis Scoble on email overload in the enterprise and some companies who are looking to reduce it. (tags: email enterprise collaboration @work) Read more – ‘links for 2008-10-10’.
Bookmarks for October 3rd October 4, 2008: These are my links for October 3rd from 16:10 to 16:10: jQuery UI – Functional demos – %tags% Read more – ‘Bookmarks for October 3rd’.
Bookmarks for September 30th October 2, 2008: These are my links for September 30th from 13:50 to 14:32: Intranet Value: Why do people use your intranet? – %tags% The WordPress Guru – Tips & Pointers on Making a Killer CMS with WordPress WPscoop – WordPress Social News and Bookmarking Site Read more – ‘Bookmarks for September 30th’.
Bookmarks for September 30th from 12:49 to 12:49 September 30, 2008: These are my links for September 30th from 12:49 to 12:49: Best-practice approach to SharePoint team spaces – A framework for setting up Teamsites in SharePoint Read more – ‘Bookmarks for September 30th from 12:49 to 12:49’.
LILYPAD – crazy floating island July 29, 2008: Floating eco-island for when global warming drowns us all…looks awesome..I’d live there now! Archinect : Features : ShowCase: LILYPAD Read more – ‘LILYPAD – crazy floating island’.
Robyn @KOKO February 28, 2008: February 28th, 2008 Really good gig by the lady Robyn. Crowd was good natured and well into it (especially the ubiquitous gay attendees) and she put on a really good show. Read more – ‘Robyn @KOKO’.
Simian Mobile Disco February 14, 2008: Pushing aside the throngs of nu-rave teenies having it large to warm up act The Whip, I felt that I may be getting a little to old to be up to this sort of lark on a school night. All feelings of enfeeblement soon disappeared with the arrival of SMD onto the stage at the [...] Read more – ‘Simian Mobile Disco’.
Posted with Flock December 9, 2007: This is a test post to see what Flocks in-built blogging tool is like. No option to add into categories as far as I can see. Scratch that. You can add tags, however you can’t see existing categories. But a nice plain editor with a <source> option. Nice feature is that you can use the [...] Read more – ‘Posted with Flock’.
Mr Hudson & The Library October 19, 2007: Absolutely ruddy brilliant! My favourite album of the year, and live were all that I hoped they would be. The venue was KOKO which is a great old-school theatre style place. Really suited to the scale and intimacy of the set. A mashup of lounge jazz and hip-hop (with some steel-band thrown in the mix) [...] Read more – ‘Mr Hudson & The Library’.
Maximo Park [11/10/07] October 11, 2007: Geordie boys Maximo Park at the slopey floor of the Brixton Academy. I’ve never really been much into the ‘Park. I suppose I always saw them as a me-too guitar band following in the footsteps of Snow Patrol, Muse etc.. I have to admit to being pleasantly surprised. They are a great live band with [...] Read more – ‘Maximo Park [11/10/07]’.
Oi Va Voi [09/07/07] July 10, 2007: The musical gig odyssey continues with Oi Va Voi who are very hard to describe. Um, well they are pretty Jewish (lot of their stuff is based on the Klezmer style), quite of lot Eastern-European influences all bound up by electonica with a bit of hip-hop thrown in for good measure. Me and Rammo saw [...] Read more – ‘Oi Va Voi [09/07/07]’.
Euro-festival madness.. July 2, 2007: Let’s rock, baby! So Rammo and I ventured to Belgium for 4 nights of Euro-festival at Rock Werchter….and a great time was had by all. Being the old men we are we only had 2 nights camping and spent the last 2 in a hotel in Leuven. Top 10 band’s I saw in reverse order [...] Read more – ‘Euro-festival madness..’.
Unlimited limit? July 1, 2007: I’m due a handset upgrade and am also having a look at if there’s a better tariff for me as well, so was interested to see O2 announce unlimited web package Bolt-Ons. However the truth is that unlimited actually comes with very clear limits; namely 200mb per month. Surely this is false advertising of the [...] Read more – ‘Unlimited limit?’.
The Sounds [12/06/07] June 12, 2007: How to describe The Sounds? Post-punk New Wave from Sweden probably sums it up. Nothing ground-breaking, but pretty solid knock-about stuff. The gig was at Astoria 2, which is a grotty little hole but the crowd of crazy moshing scandos made up fo it. The Sounds put on a pretty wicked energetic peformance, helped by [...] Read more – ‘The Sounds [12/06/07]’.