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Social Surfing
The way we consume information online is changing rapidly. If there were web sites that we wanted to share with our friends, we would e-mail the links to them. Any discussions happened after the fact through e-mail threads and were out of context.
Jeremiah Owyang talks about the future of the social web being [...]
Be Honest About Your Web Goals
I came across a campaign website for Lakehead University and at the very top of the website is the call-to-action, ‘Enter to win an Apple MacBook.’ At first glance all it appears that I need to do is supply an e-mail address. Upon submitting, I needed to provide more personal information like birth date, address, [...]
Usability Testing With Usabilla
I’ve noticed a shift in the web design world. Maybe the shift isn’t recent, maybe I’m just become aware of it. The increasing importance of involving the user in the design process. User centered design is becoming especially important in higher education. As colleges and universities begin to face tougher times due to reduced budgets, [...]
Web Strategy… Adding Intelligence to Web Design
Where I work, we are embarking on a web realignment (redesign) project for our main web presence. From the very beginning we’ve had the mindset that this approach had to be strategic in nature. I remember back in the day when designing websites it was enough to be cool and eye-catching and was very creative [...]
Higher Education Web Goals
The college where I work is very close to starting a major web realignment project – I’ve actually talk a bit about this in previous posts. The first task to tackle is to develop a web strategy. A key component of the strategy are the goals.
For most institutions, there are many goals for the website; [...]
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