Column TwoNews and opinion on all things KM & CMJSR 286: The last portlet standard- June 30, 2008 Janus Boye has written about the release of JSR 286, the latest portlet standard. To quote: Standards generally go missing in this marketplace, but judging from the very limited attention this new version of the portlet spec has received, it...http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002906.html KM Method Cards- June 30, 2008 I had the pleasure of catching up with Patrick Lambe when he was in town last week. Best yet, he provided me with a copy of their brand-new KM Method Cards. 80 cards in total, these cover a huge range...http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002905.html Make government data freely available- June 29, 2008 Craig Thomler has written an article on making government data freely available. To quote: Rather than struggling, as it currently does, to design web sites that meet each end-user need, we argue that the executive branch should focus on creating...http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002904.html Search usability research findings- June 29, 2008 Avi Rappoport has written about the search usability research conducted at Open University in the UK. To quote: Whitney Quesenbery and her colleagues convey the findings of a long study about how search is used at the UK's Open University,...http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002903.html Last chance for Presentation Zen in Sydney- June 26, 2008 View Despite the late notice, we've had registrations flooding in for the Presentation Zen session in Sydney next Friday (4th July), presented by Garr Reynolds. We're approaching 150 people, but have space for just under 200, so it's...http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002902.html Universal Edit Button- June 26, 2008 Michael Angeles has written about the interesting idea of creating an Universal Edit Button. To quote: There is a group of people getting around the idea of having a Universal Edit Button in browser bars to indicate when a page...http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002901.html On a scale of 1 to 5- June 22, 2008 Alex Kirtland has written an article on designing rating systems (eg. where users score from 1 to 5). To quote: Where would we be without rating and reputation systems these days Take them away, and we wouldn’t know who to...http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002900.html 3 surprises on the "relevancy list" for Intranet managers- June 20, 2008 Jane McConnell talks about a number of issues which aren't priorities for intranet teams. To quote: What bothers me the most is to see "Risk management" next to the bottom of the list. If we want the intranet to become...http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002899.html Information Architecture TV- June 19, 2008 There's a new site: Information Architecture TV. To quote: Information Architecture Television is a weblog that contains quite an extensive collection of online videos concerning usability, information architecture, interaction design and user experience design. Thanks to putting people first....http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002898.html Enterprise social networking has landed in BT- June 19, 2008 Richard Dennison has written about the newly-launched social networking tools in BT. To quote: Top left is the normal friends functionality &8230; only we call them contacts because it would never do to have friends at work &8230; this also...http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002897.html |