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Stop using PDF and MS-Word Forms

May
13
2010
By Gary Barber

Posted in  usability, user interfaces, ux

Doorway

Look around the web, you’ll find them all over the place. MS-Word and PDF forms that you have to download and complete.  I would be forgiven for thinking that we have not progressed on the web since 1995.

I know I’m not perfect I have been party to this crime against UX as well.

We know they are bad, so why are we still using them.

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You’re feel inspired to join a professional association.  The website seems pretty good, it lists all the benefits. There is a professional air about it.   You can see that some of your respected peers are already members.

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Growing Business in a Walled Garden

Apr
30
2010
By Gary Barber

Posted in  social networking, web business

Broken Wheel

Social networking sites like Facebook and the like were fun when they started.   You could be ensured of a reasonable degree of trust with them.

I don’t know if you have noticed lately, but Facebook have been slowly but surely selling off your privacy, and rights  to the information you put on their site. They are doing this by just changing their Terms and Conditions from time to time.   The changes have been slow and almost calculated.

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Relevance of Web Industry Associations

Apr
27
2010
By Gary Barber

Posted in  musing, professionalism, web industry

Perth Port80 Xmas 2008

Over the last few years I have really  come to question the point of various web industry professional associations.

Yes, it’s all about member benefits, relevancy, and value for money.   What I also look for is the chances to network, face to face or online, ways to enhance my professional development (offline and online).  Also the validation that you are following industry best practice as well.

Still the most important requirement is a sense of  community and belonging.

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Networking the Morning After

Apr
14
2010
By Gary Barber

Posted in  social networking, web business

Business Cards

You have been to all the networking events, chatted to people, exchanged business cards. Even found a few contacts that would be worthwhile leads in the future.

Still after all this, it just doesn’t seem to be working.

So you go to few more events, you have been really listening to people and you have your opening  networking pitch perfect, it’s all going well.

However still the results aren’t that great. Sound familiar?

The problem is business networking doesn’t stop once you have left the event. It’s about the longer term networking post event. This is often the most important aspect of networking besides the event.

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