Day Two: Gilbane Conference San Francisco

April 12, 2007 Blog No Comments

Yesterday was day two of the Gilbane Conference on Content Management and LISA Forum and busy was the best word to describe our participation in the event. Scott Abel of TheContentWrangler.com moderated a session entitled “The Multi-Site, Multi-Channel User Experience”, featuring panelists Ann Rockley, President, The Rockley Group and Ron van den Broek, VP Sales & Marketing, Tridion. Both speakers provided a high-level overview of the processes needed to manage web content geared toward serving multiple audiences with full regard for improving the user experience. One contentious issue that has Read the full article…

Gilbane Conference and LISA Forum San Francisco 2007

April 10, 2007 Blog 1 Comment

For the next three days we’re at the historic Palace Hotel in the heart of San Francisco participating in the Gilbane Conference and LISA Forum. The annual content management event is by far the best organized and most professional of all content events we’ve attended (and we’ve attended many!). This year’s west coast event is organized into five tracks: Content Management, Web Content Management (yes, there’s a BIG difference), Enterprise Search, Collaboration and Enterprise Blogs and Wikis, and Publishing Technologies. Each track has a variety of speakers offering presentations, workshops, Read the full article…

The Hype is Real: Social Media Invades the Inc. 500

April 9, 2007 Blog No Comments

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Center for Marketing Research conducted a nationwide telephone survey of those companies named by Inc. Magazine to the Inc. 500 list for 2006 under the direction of blog researchers Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes. Nearly one quarter (121) of the Inc. 500 participated. The Inc. 500 is a list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies announced in the September issue of Inc. Magazine. Given that previous research shows only 8% of the Fortune 500 currently having a public blog, this research was undertaken to Read the full article…

Do You See What I See? Exploring Cross-Cultural Variation in Looking Behavior

April 1, 2007 Blog No Comments

Take a good look at the picture below. What do you see? After you’ve determined what you see in the photo, visit Do You See What I See? Exploring Cross-Cultural Variation in Looking Behavior (February 2007 User Interface Design Newsletter, Human Factors International). Record your thoughts about the photo and then read the accompanying article. You may be surprised to learn that what you see in the photo is likely to be significantly different from others, depending on where you live and your cultural background. Food for thought for anyone Read the full article…