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{ Monthly Archives } October 2006

These guys (almost) get it


A very web design-centric but good post here on the Web Design Process. It’s so close I can almost taste it!
The list of process steps are:

Know what you’re doing
Know what the site needs to do (Is this “Goal”?)
Know what the site’s visitors want (When did we figure out who the “Audience” would be?)
Get [...]

2006 10 30 Todd O'Neill Audience
Internet
Message
Objective
Online
Web Design
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Produce your own semi-professional videos - Part 2


Ryan Carter wrapped up his piece on producing a semi-pro video over at the Download Squad. Very Windows heavy and it seemed very Windows-constrained with much talk of his Windows box crashing and needing mucho memory.
Since our point is not to discuss how but who, what and why, I think he did a fair to [...]

2006 10 30 Todd O'Neill Any Media
CD-ROM
DVD
Video
Video Production Comments (1)

Broadcast is Dead. Long Live Broadcast!


I realized pretty quickly that quoting Mark Twain would be beyond cliche. But, did anyone hear this story on NPR the other night? There was a quote from political consultant Bill Buck who said YouTube is “a tremendously valuable way, not only now but into the future, for getting out whatever message you want to [...]

2006 10 27 Todd O'Neill Audience
Internet
Message
Objective
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Sometimes you have to be reminded


Pamela Slim has a great post on writing over at Escape From Cublicle Nation that reminded me to break out my copy of “Elements of Style” and brush up a bit in the writing department.

2006 10 19 Todd O'Neill Message
Writing Comments (2)

StartupNation: 5 Essentials of Website Usability


I posted a comment on this well intentioned article over at StartUp Nation. The article almost hit the mark so I dropped some info on the “Three Ws of Communications”.
I’ll cover more about the “Three Ws” in a future (soon) post.

2006 10 18 Todd O'Neill Audience
Message
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The Authoritative HD DVD (but not Blue Ray) FAQ


Hugh Bennet has been writing about disc-based medium for a long time. I first read his articles in the mid-90s in “CD-ROM Professional” (which became “Emedia Professional” and now “Event DV”.)
Hugh has recently updated this very comprehensive guide to HD DVD (with mentions of the competing standard, he has an FAQ for Blue Ray [...]

2006 10 10 Todd O'Neill DVD Comments (2)

What’s in a name?


A colleague passed this post from SEOMmoz.org on to me — 11 Best Practices for URLs — and it seemed to tie the whole URL naming issue up with a nice little bow. The author even addresses the sub-optimal URLs (http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1422) they use for the site.
Besides not posting for weeks (yes weeks) I realized that, [...]

2006 10 09 Todd O'Neill Internet
Intranet
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