Author Archives: AndrewBoyd
GANTT games at Oz-IA
To try and combat post-lunch snoozing at last year’s OzIA, I circulated a hotel pad with the following question on it: What does GANTT stand for? Have a guess and pass it on. The answers were: Get Another New Time … Continue reading
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Is IA more than just not screwing up?
Donna and I went on a roadtrip today with her daughter Amber to complete the family Christmas visits. Along the way we discussed the content for her revamped website, and with it, the business benefits of IA. Try as we … Continue reading
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Knowledge Worker: Redundant concept through ubiquosity or elitism?
Steve Collins wrote the following: Shawn Callahan of Anecdote argues that the need for the term knowledge worker is redundant now that technology is ubiquitous in the developed world and that almost every worker trades in knowledge of some sort. … Continue reading
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Dodo: Information silos in action/inaction
Insanity took me a couple of months ago and I’ve been a Dodo customer (of sorts) ever since. I say “of sorts” because they haven’t provided me with much of any kind of service yet, and they haven’t billed me … Continue reading
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When collaborative interface design goes wrong…
The tale can now be told. Wikipedia defines the Dunning-Kruger effect as: The Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon wherein people who have little knowledge think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge. The phenomenon was demonstrated … Continue reading
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WebBlast Canberra 2007: Yes, it was a blast! :)
WebBlast Canberra 2007 took place on 12 December 2007. The success of the evening was a credit to the organisational skills of co-convenor Gavin Dispain. This is the second time that he and I (and a lot of volunteers) have … Continue reading
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Why I’m over FaceBook
…social backbone of the web, open platform of the future, brave new world, business/social networking paradise, all things to all people, the new Google, blah blah blah. If it is so wonderful why do I have to go to a … Continue reading
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Fitts’s Law
Fitts’s Law basically says that if you make something bigger and more clickable, it is easier to click on. Terrible truism but ultimate proof that common sense isn’t. If you want to get Fitts’s Law, or explain it to a … Continue reading
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Web form validation: Opera does it better
I was researching an article for PortaBlogger and came across this web form validation/confirmation mechanism on the Opera Community site: As the form fields are filled in, the green check icon appears for a valid entry – in real time. … Continue reading
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Death of Email: A sign?
There seems to be a growing backlash against email. Anne Zelenka certainly is not a big fan. So while I disagreed with Anne at the time, I’ve been watching for indications that she may have been right – and perhaps … Continue reading
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