Archives for the tag "usability"
Consequences of not having a good content strategy
An unexpected, informal usability test shows the role of content as part of the overall user experience.
Podcasts on usability
Userability Show: podcast series that answers usability questions.
Delivering the steak, not just the sizzle
There are too many sites that deliver the sizzle without the steak – in other words, great interactivity but not enough, or the right, content.
Flash pages, skip intros, and other annoying content
Do you support or annoy your website visitors with the first content they see? Using Flash splash screens, skip intro buttons, talking heads, and other presentation techniques is tricky. A few sites do it well; many annoy their visitors before they’ve even given them a chance to engage.
What’s the difference in a UX name?
Is it a good idea to call yourself a User Experience Designer, or should you be more specific about your expertise in the field?
Poor usability marring site experience sparks thoughts on ROI
What happens when a site is developed to be very attractive and nominally useful, but lacks user-centered design.
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- Managing Your Brand Online: Two Workshops
- Underestimating the “yes but” factor
- Registration now open for content strategy conference
- Consequences of not having a good content strategy
- Content strategy explained: two perspectives
- Naming the “other” type of content strategy
- Managing Your Online Brand: A Vancouver Workshop
- How to alienate customers and drive away prospects
- Treasure and the hunt: a content strategy take on user experience
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- Using topic-based writing to meet aggressive deadlines
- Flash pages, skip intros, and other annoying content
- Content strategy includes convergence, integration, and syndication
- Content strategy and the new face of documentation
- CMS selection practices need maturation
- Redefining content strategy
- A practical definition of content
- The Content is Not in the Tool: Using Blogging, Microblogging, and Related Social Media Tools to Get Jobs and Influence People (or not)
- 5 Top Business Benefits of Content Re-Use
- Having community means growing community
Random Posts
- RT @janusboye: View slides from "Succeed Fast" - excellent talk by @proops on better #projectmanagement: http://gu.nu/3zBU 5 hrs ago
- Broken brand. RT @kirstyt: Disneyland website REALLY unfriendly for non-US details. Must have 5 digit post code. phone no in 3-3-4 format. 9 hrs ago
- Death of #Flash? RT @zeldman: In A List Apart 302: Flash and Standards: The Cold War of the Web by Daniel Mall. http://j.mp/aPFK4x 13 hrs ago
- Good post - just scratches the surface, tho. RT @cmswire: Key Questions Rarely Asked About Website Content Migration http://bit.ly/bsG8hs 5 days ago
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