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14th May 2001

May the Best Interface Win!

“It would be nice if the financial markets would reward the companies with the best interfaces, but there are so many other factors determining a company’s success or failure that usability invariably plays second fiddle to issues like marketing and financial acumen.”

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14th May 2001

Grassroots KM through blogging

“The blend of KM and e-learning initiatives is on every CLO’s (Chief Learning Officer) agenda these days … In this article, we share our experiences with a strategy and technology so simple in design, that it could present the next wave of grassroots KM implementations. We are talking of the ’storytelling’ as the killer strategy, and ‘blogs’ as the killer technology. Both of them share one common ground: grassroots interaction — a concept voiced by the likes of John Seely Brown, Larry Prusak, Steve Dennings, Dave Snowden, David Weinberger, among other prominent KM personalities.”

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14th May 2001

CSS: Size Matters

“The Cascading Style Sheets standard includes seven font-size keywords intended to give designers a simple means of setting font sizes without creating accessibility problems. Sizes range from xx-small to xx-large and are relative to users’ preferred ‘medium’ settings. Putting these seven sizes to work should be a no-brainer. Unfortunately there are plenty of obstacles ahead. Fortunately there is a workaround.”

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