Archive for the 'Articles' Category
October 5, 2005
Good Intro Article on Web Analytics
Digital Web Magazine has published a nice intro article to web analytics: Dollars & Sense of Web Analytics:
Web analytics, whose origins date back to the invention of the Web, has worked its way from the domain of the technically minded to marketers, thanks in part to software with improved user interfaces and easy-to-understand reports. Despite these improvements, there is still a lack of understanding of the technical side of analytics. Web developers and marketing folks need to share the analytic tool, and each group has specific needs that can be fulfilled by the tool.
Check it out.
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September 16, 2005
New Article: The Association Web Job Description
I have just posted an article I wrote that went out in ASAE’s Technoscope newsletter a while ago: The Association Web Job Description. The article identifies the major areas that should be considered when designing positions to support an association web site, including sample language.
You may also want to see the sample interview questions for content management positions that I posted a while ago.
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August 8, 2005
The Knowledge Sharing Toolkit
David Bartholomew has released a Knowledge Sharing Toolkit that he has developed over the past 2 years.
The ‘Knowledge Sharing Toolkit’ is the result of a two-year DTI-funded project carried out by innovation consultancy David Bartholomew Associates (DBA) and nine of the UK’s leading architectural and engineering practices - Aedas, Arup, Broadway Malyan, Buro Happold, Edward Cullinan Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Penoyre & Prasad, Whitby Bird and WSP.
A concise 49 page how-to manual accompanied by nine detailed case studies, the Toolkit shows building design practices how to develop a knowledge strategy to support their business objectives, and explains the main tools and techniques for learning and sharing knowledge, and how to use them.
I haven’t had a chance to read it yet (just spotted it today) but thought I would go ahead and share the link for those of you interested in facilitating knowledge sharing.
(Via James Robertson.)
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August 25, 2004
Six great ways to ruin a brainstorming session
Nice article on how not to run a brainstorming session: Six great ways to ruin a brainstorming session - InnovationTools. Spotted via James Robertson.
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August 7, 2004
Keynote’s APXL
Just came across an Apple developer connection article on how Apple’s Keynote presentation software stores all presentation data in an xml document:
At the heart of the Keynote presentation file is the presentation.apxl file, which specifies every detail of the presentation’s appearance and behavior—from the appearance of the master slide and each individual slide to the transitions used between slides and the state of the presentation when the customer first opens it.
The article goes on to talk about some of the nifty possibilities of integrating your databases and applications with Keynote. My own idea is that with a little (ok, maybe a lot) of hacking, you could provide a Keynote presentation feed for your weblog.
I love XML.
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July 16, 2004
Sir Tim of Web
Creator of the web turns knight:
Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the world wide web, has received his knighthood from the Queen.
The “father of the web”, who already has an OBE, went to Buckingham Palace to get his reward for “services to the global development of the internet”.
Well deserved!
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July 14, 2004
Software That Lasts 200 Years
Interesting article by Dan Bricklin: Software That Lasts 200 Years.
I will call this software that forms a basis on which society and individuals build and run their lives “Societal Infrastructure Software”. This is the software that keeps our societal records, controls and monitors our physical infrastructure (from traffic lights to generating plants), and directly provides necessary non-physical aspects of society such as connectivity.
We need to start thinking about software in a way more like how we think about building bridges, dams, and sewers. What we build must last for generations without total rebuilding. This requires new thinking and new ways of organizing development. This is especially important for governments of all sizes as well as for established, ongoing businesses and institutions.
In a nutshell, the article recommends some form of private-public parternship to develop infrastructural software in an open source manner with an eye toward long term utility rather than short-term profit.
I think the Open Source Applications Foundation might be a step in this direction.
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July 13, 2004
Can We Do Away with Pop-ups Now?
Vast majority of pop-up click-throughs are a mistake:
Rob Stevens, head of business behaviour at Bunnyfoot, said: “Achieving an over-inflated click-through rate might help brands to justify their spend, but they are only deceiving themselves. The brand, which we used in our research study, is not only wasting up to 90% of its budget by paying for unintentional click-throughs, it is also frustrating and deceiving users.”
When the august firm of Bunnyfoot Universality says it’s so, it must be. :) Perhaps a few more studies will be done to confirm this and drive a wooden stake through the heart of pop-up advertising.
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July 11, 2004
Article on an Association Weblog
Just noticed this article in my referral links (they kindly link to my site at the end of the piece): Case Study: Why the Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s (ACCA) blog is not cool by Debbie Weil in WordBiz Report.
It’s tempting to say the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) has a cool blog. But it wouldn’t be true.
What ACCA, the trade association for 4,000 heating, ventilating and air conditioning companies, has created is a highly efficient way of communicating with its members.
It’s a nice piece that goes through why the ACCA blog was created and how they run it. I liked the message to their members that Kevin Holland launched it with:
ACCAbuzz is a new way we will be communicating with our members and the entire HVACR industry. It gives us an easy way to post quick news items, commentary, and links to articles of interest. As time goes on, ACCAbuzz will become the real nerve center of our website, because it’s here that our staff and members can keep everyone in the loop, ask questions, and get real-time feedback. In announcing this new site to our members, we called it a “daily newsletter on steroids,” because it just keeps growing, all day long!
Also see the page of association blog links on my wiki.
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July 10, 2004
I’m not dead yet!
Webmonkey: The Web Developer’s Resource is back! Looks like they will keep it alive with a lower frequency of updates to the site. I had reported their shut down a while ago. Glad to see them back in the Monkey saddle.
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