Monthly Archives: May 2008

A monkey returns

By Jason | May 20, 2008

Back in 1996 a site launched offering tutorials, news and offered a platform for early developers to share their thoughts, work and best practices. That site was Webmonkey.
Yesterday, Webmonkey relaunched with a new and improved design and platform. The site is now based on a wiki platform and offers more great resources in terms of […]

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Good ideas

By Jason | May 19, 2008

While catching up on some RSS feeds, I came across the following quote:
We realized we didn’t have to come up with brilliant ideas - we needed brilliant ways of executing good ideas.
—Mackey McDonald, Chairman of VF Corp.
It struck me as unique, so I thought I’d pass it along.

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Mobile user experience

By Jason | May 16, 2008

With devices like the iPhone changing the industry and the way users use mobile devices, one question remains, How do we improve the user experience?
Last month a group met to debate mobile user experience leading up to the MEX conference and Mobile Entertainment was there to cover it.

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Better presentations

By Jason | May 15, 2008

As an Information Architect, I’m often asked to put together presentations explaining exactly what it is I do. As you know, if you’re not familiar with IA or the Library Sciences associated with it, you may find it dull, boring, and generally tough to get excited about.
I recently finished reading Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds […]

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