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Language is a virus (from outer space) | sandyblair
https://sandyblair.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/language-is-a-virus-from-outer-space
Only through praxis will we understand. This is about me isn’t it? Language is a virus (from outer space). Hey – still not posting often enough, sorry… Anyway – here’s a little off-the-wall musing (do I ever do any other type of musing? Techniques for “Writing for the web” are long established and well proven. On our intranet we’ve got very well written guidelines about web writing. Most intranets do. So why do – otherwise competent – writers not write well? I think the style guide is competing against s...
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Content, the once and future king | sandyblair
https://sandyblair.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/content-the-once-and-future-king
Only through praxis will we understand. This is about me isn’t it? Content, the once and future king. A few years ago (or several hundred in internet time) there was a saying that “content was king”. The phrase was used in discussions during the web 1.0 boom where to get market share more and more sites were using eye-candy rather than optimising the content (Boo.com is the poster child for this). I think history shows that indeed content was king. The usual, rather sketchy, pop music analogy. Update: fo...
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May | 2008 | sandyblair
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Only through praxis will we understand. This is about me isn’t it? May 19, 2008. New quiz, can you name the celebrity partners? I had been thinking of using this quiz as part of a discussion about partnerships within an organisation, what is the responsibility of the IT department, what should comms people do and how does it all work together, especially for things like social media. Me: Do you think the way I’ve laid out the questions and answers is optimum? What this most reminds me is the difficulty w...
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Only through praxis will we understand. This is about me isn’t it? What five metronomes, two soda cans and a piece of wood can teach us about intranets. May 3, 2008. I really liked this video – there’s something very satisfying about watching something self organise. (spotted on the music. However neither will a rigid connection work, which reflects the style of governance that dominates intranets (and seems to be enshrined in the increasingly old fashioned looking BSI standard PAS 124). April 22, 2008.
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September | 2008 | sandyblair
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Only through praxis will we understand. This is about me isn’t it? Language is a virus (from outer space). September 18, 2008. Hey – still not posting often enough, sorry… Anyway – here’s a little off-the-wall musing (do I ever do any other type of musing? Techniques for “Writing for the web” are long established and well proven. On our intranet we’ve got very well written guidelines about web writing. Most intranets do. So why do – otherwise competent – writers not write well? I think the style guide is...
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Partnerships quiz | sandyblair
https://sandyblair.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/partnerships-quiz
Only through praxis will we understand. This is about me isn’t it? New quiz, can you name the celebrity partners? I had been thinking of using this quiz as part of a discussion about partnerships within an organisation, what is the responsibility of the IT department, what should comms people do and how does it all work together, especially for things like social media. Me: Do you think the way I’ve laid out the questions and answers is optimum? You: Um, I dunno, I didn’t get question seven right. Anyway...
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User generated multimedia in the intranet | sandyblair
https://sandyblair.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/user-generated-multimedia-in-the-intranet
Only through praxis will we understand. This is about me isn’t it? User generated multimedia in the intranet. This post discusses the best way to encourage as many people as possible to share video files inside an intranet. We can discuss if that’s a good goal another time, let’s take it as a given. So, what techniques can intranet managers use to encourage people to make ‘good videos’ (assuming we can define good)? 8216; articles as a foundation. Video in the intranet. By talking head I mean a shot of s...
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April | 2008 | sandyblair
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Only through praxis will we understand. This is about me isn’t it? April 22, 2008. The Shakespeare quiz had 14 people complete it. However over 30 people looked at the front page…. was it too intimidating? Highest score was 7. Well I’m enjoying doing them so here’s another:. I’ll get back to posting articles about pop music and intranets soon. But I think there is an interesting lesson about return of investment here. I recorded roughly how I wrote this one. 610 Am reminded its my turn to make the tea.
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The Style Council | sandyblair
https://sandyblair.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-style-council
Only through praxis will we understand. This is about me isn’t it? I’ve been thinking quite a bit more about my “governance of the crowd” idea. It may have a radically different publishing model, but we can still judge a wiki in the same way we judge any other web site – is it providing me with the info I need. 8211; this isn’t to say that Jakob is usually spot on with what he says. With that in mind, here is a quiz on the small details of style. Do it with style quiz. And – not to be obvious or an...
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