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Are You Leaving Money on the Table?

Posted on May 28, 2010 by admin

…a few billion dollars here, a few trillion dollars there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. Please see my article on the business case for a content accessibility strategy..

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Universally Designed Content

Posted on April 7, 2010 by admin

A Plea For Your Patience Please bear with me. This blog is about content management, though due to references to education, architecture, etc.,  I must ask that content-management practitioners suspend disbelief for at least a few paragraphs. It should become … Continue reading →

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SharePoint: ‘Forcing It To Fit’ Is An Expensive And Painful Experience

Posted on February 3, 2010 by admin

Please see my SharePoint article on The Content Wrangler site.

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Popping the Question

Posted on January 20, 2010 by admin

About two weeks ago, I joined a project that is  already fairly close to its go-live date.  When I start a project at a client’s office, I ask these questions: Where is the coffee? I think I mentioned that I … Continue reading →

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Holiday Greetings

Posted on December 23, 2009 by admin

Holiday performance by my intern (In the interest in of full disclosure, I should mention that I believe myself to be the composer of “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells” at least that is the legend I am perpetuating). Be safe!

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We didn’t need no stinkin’ Photoshop

Posted on December 17, 2009 by admin

Twitter chat today about Photoshop caused me to reflect on my creative salad days. Image below is from a flier that I created to attract freelance clients in Chicago during the early 90′s. I don’t have the original digital image, this … Continue reading →

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Accessible Packaging and the Best Buy Test

Posted on December 10, 2009 by admin

Is that 1-2 Tablespoons, or 12 Tablespoons? Here’s my problem: I can’t see the damn dosage recommendations on a bottle of children’s pain reliever or any other pharmaceutical packaging for that matter. Worse still, I can’t see the active ingredients, … Continue reading →

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Give Me A DAM Reason To Come Back

Posted on November 13, 2009 by admin

A few years ago, a client had proposed a user incentive in which their digital asset system (DAM) would congratulate the user for ‘saving the company $X.00.’ The value would be calculated by the number of assets downloaded multiplied by … Continue reading →

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If I Can’t Read Your Site, I Won’t Buy Your Stuff

Posted on October 8, 2009 by admin

Is your organization providing content in accessible formats? I’m going to go out on a limb and guess probably not. If you’re answer is yes, then it’s likely that you are required to be 508-compliant by a government agency I’ve … Continue reading →

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Lasswellian Definition of Content Management

Posted on September 28, 2009 by admin

Let me begin with the parsimonious edition of this blog: Content management is defined as who gets what, when and how in an organization. Have a great week! That’s really all you need to know to help you to move away … Continue reading →

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