Improvements for Snap Shots from Snap.com I just updated a blog tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more. Sometimes Snap Shots bring you [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Web 2.0'
Snap Shots Blog Tool Update
December 15th, 2007by Cyn · Comments Off
Tags: about this blog, Web 2.0
Blogs in Plain English
December 11th, 2007by Cyn · Comments Off
A simple 3-minute video explanation about blogs and how they are used.
Ginny Redish’s New Book Reviewed in “Communicator’s eNEWS”
September 25th, 2007by Cyn · Comments Off
Janice (Ginny) Redish, a member of the Washington DC Chapter, has a new book out called “Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works”, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2007, 380 pp., $49.95 (plus s&h; http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780123694867 or through http://www.redish.net). The “Communicator’s eNEWS”, Issue 78, September 2007, says that “This is a great guide for a [...]
Tags: book, book review, Ginny Redish, Web design, writing for the Web
“Blogging for Search Engines” Handout Available
September 25th, 2007by Cyn · Comments Off
Nancy McCord gave a presentation about “Blogging for Search Engines” to the Capital PC User Group on Saturday, 22 September 2007 at the Cleveland Park Library in DC. Because of the popularity of her topic, she set up a resource area where you may download a PDF of her handout. See http://www.mccordweb.com/web-design/downloads.php. The presentation was [...]
Tags: blogging, handout, presentation, search engine, Web 2.0
Don’t Give Out a Business Card Until You Listen to This!
September 16th, 2007by Carolyn Kelley Klinger · Comments Off
Freelancers and others that work from home or alone have fewer opportunities to network around the water cooler. In this 17-minute enhanced audio podcast, three networking pros reveal how to “break out of solitary confinement” and network successfully. This podcast features an interview between host and technical writer Carolyn Kelley Klinger, technology consultant Gabe Goldberg, [...]
Tags: consultants, freelancers, Gabe Goldberg, Kristen King, networking, podcast, STC, Web 2.0
Usability Professionals Assemble in Washington DC for User Focus 2007
September 1st, 2007by Carolyn Kelley Klinger · Comments Off
The Washington, DC Metro chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) is pleased to announce that registration has opened for User Focus 2007. This second annual usability conference, to be held on Friday, October 12, 2007 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, is a one-day exchange of ideas and experiences that demonstrate the value of [...]
Tags: design, Jared Spool, registration, related conference, testing, tutorial, UPA, usability, Usability Professionals Association, user






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