5th ConstituencyFrom Sumser and the interbiznet Greenhouse: A Deeper Faster LookSumser Rides Again- (Found July 15, 2008 ) A while back, we exchanged mail with Dave Winer (head of Userland, the producer of Radio which we use to build the blog). The article is worth a short readhttp://scriptingnews.userland.com/stories/storyReader$1447 Blog Notes 1- (Found July 15, 2008 ) It's exactly why techies don't fare well as marketers. The single most obvious flaw in Weblog design is that the full newsfeed (the home page) is seen as the most important component of the game. It certainly makes infinitely more sense for the full xml feed to be hidden so that readers pick form categories. When I tell new readers about the 'blog', I inevitably send them to the root level of the folder. "Here's the blog at http:xxx.xxx.xxx". Truth is that they wouild be better served by being..http://radio.weblogs.com/0108019/2002/05/16.html#a43 Usability Is Not Generic- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Neilsen's Top-10 Guidelines for Homepage Usability are an interesting starting point. But, don't think the battle is over because you have met a couple of graphic design rules. Usability is really a market targeting and segmentation exercise. The question is not "is this website usable for everyone" Rather it is "is this material usable for my audience in the way that they want to use it" That means that usability begins with the question "Who is my audience" While the high profile...http://radio.weblogs.com/0108019/2002/05/16.html#a44 Web Services Defined- (Found July 15, 2008 ) A simple picturehttp://www.dangerous-thinking.com/stories/2002/02/16/webServicesDefined.html Risk- (Found July 15, 2008 ) John Robb's essay "The New Economy" hit the streets late Friday night. It's interesting to see the experience of an entrepreneur generalized into a political perspective. A military pilot and researcher by trade, Robb's immersion in a profoundly bootstrapping company (both technically and financially) combined with the military "can-do" sensibilities make him an attractive spokesman for the notion that economic sluggishness is somehow someone's fault and that a price will be...http://radio.weblogs.com/0108019/2002/05/17.html#a53 Blog Notes 3 - Blogging Is A Way of Thinking- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Blogging is a way of thinking. Rather than simply absorbing information, as in passive consumption of broadcast information (including the passive web), Blogging requires that the blogger act as an active filter. It's a skill that is practiced in a range of settings already; from cocktail party preparation by strong networkers to competitive intelligence gathering. Consuming information with an editorial eye and then redistributing it is the method that most social networks favor for...http://radio.weblogs.com/0108019/2002/05/17.html#a52 Secrets Of Networking- (Found July 15, 2008 ) From x Blog: Secrets of Networking cool! When will we see one for blog networkshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0108019/2002/05/17.html#a51 Privacy and Corporate Knowledge- (Found July 15, 2008 ) We've always said that privacy is like tailoring. If you want a perfect suit, you have to let a tailor probe around in spots usually reserved for a spouse's touch. Without that sort of intrusion, you may as well just buy the thing off the rack. People who have never worn a hand tailored suit may not understand the extraordinary differences in fit and feel. Be assured, the intrusion is usually worth the return. That doesn't mean that we want everyone groping us trying to make their products...http://radio.weblogs.com/0108019/2002/05/17.html#a50 Seniors Online- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Seniors are the fastest growing group of online users and a powerful resource to focus on the emerging labor shortage. This group mirrors the early Internet population: About 60 percent are men. Forty percent are women. They're more likely than their offline peers to be married. They're highly educated. They have relatively high retirement incomes. Characteristics: Many wired seniors are newcomers to the Web. They're more likely than younger Americans to be online on a typical...http://radio.weblogs.com/0108019/2002/05/17.html#a49 E-mail: When E stands for embarrassing.- (Found July 15, 2008 ) E-mail: When E stands for embarrassing. One more time: email is broken.http://radio.weblogs.com/0108019/2002/05/17.html#a48 |