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2004 June 28 • blogs, businessAbout Syndication and RSS
FAQ: If you're new to RSS and syndication on the web this page offers a straightforward exploration of the purpose and promise these changes bring to Internet publishing and browsing.
2004 June 24 • accessibility, businessIs accessible web design a cost or a benefit for clients?
quotes: Members of the Guild of Accessible Web Desgners consider whether accessible web design is a cost or a benefit for clients. credit: [MCU: Accessible web design weblog]
2004 June 24 • business, design5 questions to ask your web development team
article : Some important questions that managers and site owners should be asking their web developers. [credit: 456 Berea Street]
2004 June 23 • business, writingQuality metadata makes for successful web content
article: "Metadata is a web writing skill. It helps your readers quickly find what they need. Metadata is an essential part of successful web sales and marketing efforts. It helps influence people to buy. In every sense, metadata can drive action. It can help you achieve your objectives." [credit: InfoDesign]
2004 June 23 • businessMaking Knowledge Management Work on your Intranet
article: Discusses typical KM challenges facing large organizations and how a company intranet can be leveraged to create lasting and measurable business value. [credit: Column Two]
2004 June 20 • accessibility, businessBenefits of an accessible website - part 2
article: The business case. [credit: accessify.com]
2004 June 6 • accessibility, business, designBanner Advertising and Accessibility
article: The Ad Sizes Task Force has reduced the number of ad sizes for the purpose of reducing the costs and inefficiencies associated with the planning, buying and creating of online media. The result is the Universal Ad Package, a set of four ad sizes that all compliant member publishers have agreed to support. [credit: Juicy Studio]
2004 June 4 • business, web standardsThe Browser Wars Reignite
article: Smoke, Mirrors and Silence: The Browser Wars Reignite is an interesting (and frightening) article by Nigel McFarlane on the new browser war that may kill the web. [credit: 456 Berea Street]
2004 June 4 • business, designBudget Design
booklet: "Budget Design: Increase Profit by Improving Process" is practical advice and tips to improve effectiveness and efficiency on low budget projects. [credit: Brian Sweeting's IT Weblog]
2004 June 4 • businessWeb Standards ROI
article: Keith Robinson shares some personal work experience to help illustrate the benefit Web Standards have on ROI. [credit: design PRINCIPLES]
2004 May 29 • business, designThe Confidence Game
article: How does a user interface designer know that a given design will work? How does anybody develop enough confidence in a design to move it toward the real world? The methods designers use to evaluate user interfaces require training and experience. But the people who need to hire designers are unlikely to have those skills. How do the people who are paying the bills know they are getting good answers?
2004 May 16 • business, web standardsThe Way Forward with Web Standards
website: MACCAWS (making a commercial case for adopting web standards) have published a document outlining the business case for adopting web standards. [credit: GAWDS.org]
2004 May 14 • business, usabilityWeb-User Satisfaction on the Upswing
survey: "Site visitors are more likely to finish Web tasks successfully, but site searches are still troublesome, according to a recent survey." [credit: InfoDesign: Understanding by Design]
2004 May 9 • businessClient Background Check Essentials
article: Running a client check, a primer on things to check before accepting a new client. [credit: fullasagoog.com WebBuilder blend]
2004 May 1 • business, designThe Evolution of Corporate Websites
article: A high-level look at web design trends over the past 10 years. It’s fascinating to see how they have evolved over the years, from the early days of magazine-style brochureware to the most recent trends of two-way Web interfaces. [credit: Read/Write Web]
2004 April 25 • blogs, businessCorporate Blogging Resources
list: The Contentious weblog has an excellent set of links about corporate weblogs, specifically, what they are and how they work. [credit: reachcustomersonline]
2004 April 11 • business, design, web standardsThe Way Forward with Web Standards
white paper: What Every Web Site Owner Should Know About Standards: A Web Standards Primer for non-tech Web site owners. This is just the beginning. We've got lots of ideas and projects coming up. Stay tuned for more.
2004 April 4 • businessIdeas For Client Education
article: Just as the title of the article indicates, some tips on how to communicate with and educate your clients. [credit: design PRINCIPLES]
2004 April 4 • blogs, businessIntroduction to Weblogs for Professionals and Small Businesses
article: By creating a weblog on your website, you will have the ability to turn your site into a news, information and discussion resource that represents the focus of your company. Further, weblogs use a distinct set of resources and tools that distinguish them from normal websites.
2004 April 4 • business, processThe high cost of not finding information
article: "We need to embed both people and information within a system that fits how people in the organization work, that understands the workflow and when the needs for information arise. People need to use information within the context of their jobs and their environment. It's not just the information that is vital to the organization. It's the exchange of information, the information within the context of the people and the situation of the moment that needs to be recorded and tracked so that when people disappear, the reasons why decisions are made remain behind." [credit: InfoDesign: Understanding by Design]