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ISSUE #21
6-June-99
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WebWord.com Newsletter
"Usability & the Internet"
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List Owner
John S. Rhodes
John@WebWord.com
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June 6, 1999 Newsletter #21
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Table of Contents
1. Lotus Domino Resources
2. Focus on User Responses
3. Online Class: Designing Effective Web Pages
4. Link to WebWord.com
5. Reducing Color Depth
6. More Information Architecture
7. Business Listing: Diamond Bullet Design
8. Manage Your Career (sponsor)
9. Server Side Includes (SSIs)
10. WebWord.com Newsletter Archive
11. Send Me Your Software, Hardware, and Books
12. Job Posting Opportunity
13. What Can You Find at WebWord.com?
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ITEM #1
Lotus Domino Resources
I'm looking for the best resources available on Lotus
Domino. I'd like basically any information you can
provide: recommended books, articles, web sites,
software, and development tools. The more the better.
Give me everything you've got.
If I get enough information I'll write up a full blown
report. If you send me information I'll will give you
quite a bit of free exposure (either in this newsletter
or in the report). I link liberally and give credit
where credit is due. Here is your chance to show off,
and help others.
Please send me your Lotus Domino information!
<mailto:lotus-domino@webword.com>
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ITEM #2
Focus on User Responses
A new Moving WebWord Article is now online:
<http://webword.com/moving/responses.html>
Have you thought about what things you would like
people to do once they reach your site? If you are
focusing only on improving traffic, for example, then
you are probably missing out on capturing responses
that you want. You need to evaluate the things that
users can do once they reach your site, and you need
to set priorities on those possible responses. This
will let you focus your site on those things that you
care about, and it will greatly improve your users'
experience.
Take a look at the newest Moving WebWord article
<http://webword.com/moving/responses.html>
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ITEM #3
Online Class: Designing Effective Web Pages
I'll be teaching another online class through Broome
Community College for the Fall 1999 semester. Class
size is limited, so if you are interested, be sure
to sign up today. The easiest and fastest way to sign
up is through the Business and Information Technology
department. Contact Patricia Franks to sign up or ask
questions <mailto:franks_p@sunybroome.edu>
Here's the official quote from the college catalog:
"Experienced web designers will enhance their ability
to create attractive, useful web sites by exploring the
elements of good design. Issues such as audience
identification, clarification of need, development of
content, efficiency in use of files based on type and
size, and an introduction to human factors in improving
design will be explored. A popular commercial web
authoring package will be used to create an attractive
and effective web site as a final project."
My main focus will be on usability, although I will be
covering many other design considerations, as the above
description indicates. If you are looking for a crash
course on effective web design from the viewpoint of
usability, this course will be right for you.
Again, for more information, please contact Patricia
Franks <mailto:franks_p@sunybroome.edu>.
Thanks.
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ITEM #4
Link to WebWord.com
Have you found this newsletter to be useful? Do you
like reading the articles, interviews, and reports
on WebWord.com? I would *greatly* appreciate a link
back from your site. By doing this, you can become
a WebWord.com Friend <http://webword.com/friends.html>.
Help yourself by helping WebWord.com.
You can also recommend WebWord.com to friend by using
this form: <http://webword.com/cgi-bin/birdcast.cgi>.
I promise that it is simple, fast, and easy to send a
note to a friend or colleague.
As always, thank you for your support.
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ITEM #5
Reducing Color Depth
Sean Murphy of PCFuel recently took an image I created
an compressed it without any real loss in integrity.
He took a small image I created for people wanting to
join the WebWord.com Friends Club and pretty much cut
the size of the image in half. If you want to see what
he did, see his tips and tricks page:
<http://pcfuel.com/tips/wwwdesign.htm>
And, if you want to learn more about the WebWord.com
Friends Club, go here <http://webword.com/friends.html>.
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ITEM #6
More Information Architecture
In the last newsletter I told you about the interview
that I conducted with Information Architect, Louis
Rosenfeld <http://webword.com/interviews/rosenfeld.html>
I found an article that compliments his interview.
<http://webreview.com/wr/pub/96/09/20/arch/index.html>.
It is a good article to round out your understanding of
information architecture.
Again, I recommend Louis Rosenfeld's *excellent* book:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565922824/wedwordcom
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ITEM #7
Business Listing: Diamond Bullet Design
At Diamond Bullet Design, our design and development
techniques stress User-Centered Design, emphasizing
early and continual focus on users. A successful
design requires more than quality layout and graphics.
It is the end product of a design process that requires
proficiency in numerous areas. Diamond Bullet's staff
combines expertise in graphic design, communications,
cognitive psychology, software development, information
architecture, media production and human-computer
interaction.
DBD's philosophy is to create solutions with users and
usability as our top priorities. Our firm's services
are tailored to meet the specific needs of each client,
thus creating products which are effective, highly
usable, and compelling. Usable designs are achieved not
only through expertise, but also through proven
processes of User-Centered Design, which incorporate
user-testing, established usability guidelines, and
participation from clients throughout the design,
development and implementation of a web site.
Diamond Bullet Design
<http://www.diamondbullet.com>
* This listing was provided free by WebWord.com to give
you exposure to consultants and businesses doing HCI,
usability, and human factors work. If you would like
to be listed, contact me <mailto:john@webword.com>.
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ITEM #8
Manage Your Career (sponsor)
You tell us what you want and we'll bring hiring
companies to you via e-mail. It's confidential, fast
and focused on what YOU want.
It is FREE -- the companies pay, not you!
<http://www.careercentral.com/a.asp?i=101&g=29>
How does it work? You fill out a simple profile, and
when a recruiter or hiring manager wants to fill a
position, we match their requirements with the most
appropriate candidates. If your skills and interests
match their job specifications, a job description is
automatically e-mailed to you.
It's HOT! Give it a try, you can't lose!
<http://www.careercentral.com/a.asp?i=101&g=29>
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ITEM #9
Server Side Includes (SSIs)
I working on a report about Server Side Includes (SSIs).
I already have quite a bit of information, but I'm sure
you might have something interesting to tell me. Here
are a few questions I have for you:
1. What are the best books and articles for learning
about SSIs?
2. What web sites would you recommend? Where can we find
the best online tutorials?
3. What are the best alternatives to SSIs?
4. Who are the SSI gurus? Are there any?
Please send me your suggestions and comments. If I use
your comments, I'll link back to your site in my report.
Send comments to <mailto:ssi-info@webword.com>.
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ITEM #10
WebWord.com Newsletter Archive
There are now over 740 WebWord.com subscribers. More and
more people are joining us every day. This is great news
because the larger the community, the better we can help
each other. Given about 60 people have joined since the
last newsletter, I thought I would remind everyone that
you can catch up on old newsletters by visiting the
Newsletter Archive <http://webword.com/archive>.
There
is a lot of great information in the older newsletters,
so you might want to visit it. Tell a friend too.
Visit the WebWord.com Newsletter Archive at
<http://webword.com/archive>
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ITEM #11
Send Me Your Software, Hardware, and Books
I recently started receiving all kinds of books from
folks that want me to do reviews of their work. I would
like to offer you the same opportunity. I am setting up
a small testing laboratory where I will stress test
software and hardware. I will also be writing short
usability reviews of products, which I will post via
this newsletter and/or the WebWord.com site. And, I will
review a limited number of web and usability related
books. If you would like to contribute to this effort,
please contact me at <mailto:john@webword.com>.
Also, if you think that your friends or colleagues would
like to contribute, pass this newsletter along to them.
Thanks for your help.
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ITEM #12
Job Posting Opportunity
* Are you hiring?
* Do you want to reach a highly technical and
sophisticated audience of professionals?
Advertise your job posting in the WebWord.com
Newsletter for only $10. This is a cost of less
than $.02 per potential job candidate. If you are
interested, email me the following information:
Organization
Position Location
Position Title
Short Position Description
Qualifications
Web Site or Relevant Link
Contact Person
Email Address
Phone Number
Fax Number
Here's my address <mailto:john@webword.com>
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ITEM #13
What Can You Find at WebWord.com?
Articles (Moving WebWord)
<http://webword.com/moving/>
Expert Interviews
<http://webword.com/interviews/>
Recommended Books
<http://webword.com/books/booksindex.html>
Newsletter Archive
<http://webword.com/archive>
Usability Reports
<http://webword.com/reports>
Recommended Web Sites
<http://webword.com/hotsites.html>
Free Stuff
<http://webword.com/freestuff.html>
Friends
<http://webword.com/friends.html>
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