 Meta title: 301 Moved Permanently Meta description: Website needs meta description | This listing is not rated yet. Rate it! | Report it! Column Two http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo News and opinion about intranets, content management, usability and information architecture (IA) Category: Blog Directory » Computer Blogs » News And Media Hits: 3 Date added: 2006-05-10 10:31:44 Alexa traffic rank: 204,020 Site average load time: 1.368 Second(s) Fast - Faster than 74% of websites |
Latest blog posts from Column Two
How intranet teams should spend their time
Intranet teams need to use their time wisely. It is very easy to fall into the trap of dealing with urgent requests and problems, never actually making any progress. Effective intranet teams must plan up front how they will spend their time to deliver both short term and long term benefits to... Read more...
Published
Should the intranet look sexy?
The design of public websites, particularly when they have a marketing or branding role, is vital. In these cases, a team of experienced graphic designers and front end developers work hard to create polished and beautiful designs. When it comes to intranets, however, is their 'look and feel'... Read more...
Published
Content migration: options and strategies
There is a lot of work involved in redeveloping and relaunching an intranet or website. The project management challenges start early, and it is easy to overlook the time (and effort) needed to migrate the content from the old to the new site. Yet, for its lack of visibility, content migration... Read more...
Published
Photo: Down the river to the Castle Tower
HDR: Down the river to the Castle Tower Yesterday we drove from Prague down to Cesky Krumlov, in South Bohemia. This is a picture-perfect town, perching on rocky outcrops and hemmed in by the winding river. This is a HDR (high dynamic range) image, with 9 images combined together to give a... Read more...
Published
Photo: panorama - from the pews to the frescoes
Panorama: From the pews to the frescoes I've now spent several days in Prague, in the Czech Republic, taking a holiday at long last. This is a tremendously beautiful city, even when it's packed with tourists. This was the second major church we've been into, and it's a beauty! Seemed like the... Read more...
Published
Producing great search results: harder than it looks - part 1
Jared Spool has written an article on producing great search results. To quote: When creating a search results page, it's unfortunately too easy to produce an ineffective design. We know this because, in the course of our research, we've studied hundreds of search results pages. Many of the... Read more...
Published
Assessing weights for users’ needs
Jared Spool has written several articles on what he calls a Weighted Differences Matrix. From part 1: The process we’d use is to compare the designs side-by-side and list the differences. A method I’m fond of is to do the comparisons with two sites at a time. In this case, we’d probably... Read more...
Published
Recreate or integrate … that is the question?
Richard Dennison has asked whether it is better to recreate or integrate web 2.0 services within the organisation. To quote: The balance between recreating and integrating I think is going to be what makes or breaks our internal social media tools in the future. We need to give it some serious... Read more...
Published
Integrating social media into a web content strategy
Britt Parrott has written an article on integrating social media into a web content strategy. To quote: Any individual or organization that sells products or offers services should value open communication as a goal. If your client or company does not have an existing communications plan, or... Read more...
Published
Preparing for user research interviews: seven things to remember
Michael Hawley has written an article on preparing for user research interviews. To quote: Interviewing is an artful skill that is at the core of a wide variety of research methods in user-centered design, including stakeholder interviews, contextual inquiry, usability testing, and focus groups.... Read more...
Published
Some spare time in Europe
As mentioned in my last post, I'll be running a workshop in Denmark in September (before heading across to present at KMWorld & Intranets in San Jose). I'd like to make the most of the 24-hour flight from Australia to Europe. I'll have some time free on the week of September 8-12, so please do... Read more...
Published
"Delivering Innovative Intranets" comes to Denmark in September
In September I'll be presenting a two-day intranet workshop in Denmark (17-18 September 2008). Organised by IntraTeam, this is going to be a great event, for both novice and experienced teams. A wide range of topics will be covered, including all my latest thinking: evolution of intranets... Read more...
Published
