Posted on | December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
Here is a visually interesting way to navigation news, photos and video commentary from around the world. At a glance you can quickly see where things are happening.
Check it out for yourself by visiting the Washington Post.
Posted on | December 16, 2009 | No Comments
I love design. I love great design. And as an Information Architect I love how we can communicate using visuals instead of just words. Here’s an example from Michael Anderson who took a novel approach to his CV. Inspired me to do the same.
See posting on Fast Company web site.
Posted on | December 4, 2009 | No Comments
Recently there has been so much focus on social media. More and more people are tweeting, uploading their latest presentations, music or videos, creating fan pages and of course blogging. If you’re in business, you must be asking yourself what is the point of all this if you’re not seeing a difference to the bottom line? Read more
Posted on | December 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Have you come across something in your daily adventures that makes you go, “What the F@#K?! Who the hell designed this?”. Well, yesterday a parking machine was such a thing? Read more
Posted on | December 1, 2009 | Comments Off
I’ve recently been engaged on the redesign of an Intranet for a non-profit healthcare organization. One of the stakeholders asked how could social media work for their staff. Intranets were started to help with internal collaboration, communication, and knowledge sharing. They also facilitate the dissemination of company policy, guidelines and business values. There is a definite home for social media applications with this kind of cross-pollination of information and conversation within a corporation. Read more
Posted on | November 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Intranets are private web sites only accessible from within an organization or business’ network. Many organizations have adopted Intranets to improve internal communication, business processes and sharing of company knowledge. A Twitter feed could be a great addition to keeping your Intranet up to date. If you’re a CEO or department manager, you could use Twitter to broadcast to your team your thoughts, ideas, company news and events. This could be a great way to keep your team on the same page with what is going on in your place of work.
Posted on | November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
In a recent report posted on eMarketer.com, Neilsen had shown a slow down in traffic to Twitter.com – a decline of nearly 30% in one month. What does that mean? You have to also take into account that Twitter users have and will continue to grow (double digits in 2010) as more learn how to incorporate it in their daily personal and professional lives. In my view, the decline in traffic to Twitter.com means absolutely nothing. It may just be inevitable. Read more
