Plain English Videos From Common Craft Make Understanding New Technology Easy

August 31, 2008 Blog No Comments

I can’t say enough good things about The Common Craft Show and their excellent video series designed to help regular, ordinary humans understand technological topics. Take a few minutes and view a few of the most popular selections below. Then, share them with others—friends, relatives, and co-workers—who would benefit from these easy-to-understand video tutorials. It’s some of the best free content on the web today! Social Media in Plain English A simple story that illustrates the forces shaping social media. Podcasting in Plain English A 3 minute explanation of podcasting. …

Web Operations Management and Web 2.0: An Interview with Lisa Welchman

August 29, 2008 Blog No Comments

David Hobbs, senior consultant at Welchman Consulting, interviews his boss, Lisa Welchman, about the discipline known as Web Operations Management and why organizations need it. “The more collaborative and free you want to be on your public facing Web sites, or intranets, for that matter, the more operational controls and policies you need to have in place in order to ensure quality,” says Welchman. Read the interview and grab yourself a copy of Web Operations Management: A Primer. Wom Primer View SlideShare document or Upload your own.

Web Operations Management and Web 2.0: An Interview with Lisa Welchman

August 29, 2008 Blog No Comments

David Hobbs, senior consultant at Welchman Consulting, interviews his boss, Lisa Welchman, about the discipline known as Web Operations Management and why organizations need it. DH: Hi Lisa, you and I talk about Web Operations Management all day, but some readers of The Content Wrangler may not be familiar with the term. So, what is Web Operations Management? LW: Web Operations Management (WOM) is a discipline which provides a framework for organizations to effectively manage their Web sites. Currently, organizations manage Web site in all sorts of haphazard ways. This …

[Member Profile] Meet MJ Broadbent

August 29, 2008 Blog No Comments

Information and Interaction Design Consultant, MJ Broadbent, President of MJ Broadbent Design, is a formally-trained graphic designer who swerved into Information Architecture and User Experience Design twelve years ago and never looked back. She says she’s “one of those people who can’t help but create order from chaos and broker improved communications—of all kinds.” Learn more about MJ and, if you’re not already, become a member of The Content Wrangler Community.

[Member Profile] Meet Piero Tintori

August 27, 2008 Blog No Comments

As CEO and Founder of TERMINALFOUR, a Dublin-based provider of enterprise web content management software, Piero Tintori has helped his firm become a world leader in the content management space, implementing hundreds of web content projects for organizations around the globe. Learn more about Piero and, if you’re not already, become a member of The Content Wrangler Community.

[Member Profile] Meet Norman Page

August 25, 2008 Blog No Comments

Marketing Manager Norman Page works to help his firm, LongJump get the word out on the company’s web-based, on-demand applications. Learn more about Norman. And, if you’re not already, become a member of The Content Wrangler Community.

U.S. Federal Government Silences Typo Spotters; Forces Them To Stop Encouraging Others

August 25, 2008 Blog 5 Comments

In a nation that prides itself on its freedom of expression comes this ridiculous story—Typo Vigilantes Answer To The Letter Of The Law—featured in The Arizona Republic. The story starts our like this: “Two self-anointed grammar vigilantes who toured the nation removing typos from public signs have been banned from national parks after vandalizing a historic marker at the Grand Canyon…In addition to being banned from national parks for a year, the defendants, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to vandalize government property, are banned from modifying any public signs. They …

Twing.com: Searching Online Forums and Communities Just Got Easier

August 21, 2008 Blog 2 Comments

Twing.com, a powerful new search engine dedicated to finding information within forums and communities, today announced it’s taken the ‘beta’ label off its logo. “Initial response to our product has been great and after making changes based on feedback along with adding new features, we feel the product is ready for prime time,” say General Manager Kevin Shea. You’ll have to check out the site yourself to see if you agree. Twing recently added more features for members and non-members alike. “We’ve added a handy Saved Search feature so users …

Apple’s MobileMe: Hot or Not?

August 20, 2008 Blog No Comments

In this article from PeachPit Press, author Terry White < ahref="http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1235053">shares his likes and dislikes of Apple’s new MobileMe service. If you are interested in cross-platform, cross-device content reuse and syndication, you’ll want to learn more about MobileMe.

Automating CMS Metadata – Could It Work? How?

August 20, 2008 Blog No Comments

Emerging technology marketing guru, Paul Wlodarczyk asks, “What if a web service could automatically provide the CMS metadata when you go to check-in a new topic?” Wlodarczyk explores why you would want to automate metadata creation and which technologies you might need to make such automation a reality. He also discusses some of the barriers to this approach, which, not surprisingly, are related to silos created by software. Alas, can’t we make all of our tools work together?