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Your Information Architecture is in my Audio!

I have always liked the Boxes and Arrows site for the latest on information architecture and interaction design. This post, Information Architecture for Audio: Doing It Right, caught my eye. I had never consciously considered information architecture principals while creating audio.
Here’s the key points:

Write with your audience in mind
Structure your content by providing an overview [...]

Some Books We Like

I just created a new page call Books We Like that lists, well, books we like.
The books are categorized by topic and, depending how observant you are, the topics are listed in order of the doing media process.
These are all on our shelf in the office. A few need updated copies. And I recommend all [...]

Corporate Video: It’s Back!

I get the Video Insider newsletter regularly (with all my other newsletters) and it usually has good stuff in it. But I never felt compelled to respond to anything in it. Until now. This article took me by surprise: Online Video: Redefining How Businesses Connect With Their Customers
I’ve been doing “corporate video” for toooo long. [...]

DoingMedia in the news

Alan at the AlanWeinkrantzPRBlog did a short video interview of me a few weeks ago. I got to talk about my company, Doingmedia LLC, and my approach to business, as well as about some of the coworking efforts I’ve been working on.
And there was a companion mention in Alan’s monthly column for the Express-News in [...]

When Words Are Not Enough: Rich Media for Training and Documentation (Part 3)

(This three part post is the content of my presentation at DocTrain West on May 5, 2008 in Vancouver, BC. You can view the presentation here.)
Some Streaming Details
Steaming your rich media files has some hardware and software requirements. First you’ll need some way to create the file; your editing software will take care of this. [...]

When Words Are Not Enough: Rich Media for Training and Documentation (Part 2)

(This three part post is the content of my presentation at DocTrain West on May 5, 2008 in Vancouver, BC. You can view the presentation here.)
You: Media Expert
That sounds like a lot to know and remember. You should keep in mind that you know a great deal about how good media is made. And you [...]

When Words Are Not Enough: Rich Media for Training and Documentation (Part 1)

(This three part post is the content of my presentation at DocTrain West on May 5, 2008 in Vancouver, BC. You can view the presentation here.)
It’s not enough to create a manual or job aid in today’s “instant media” environment. Today’s employees have grown up with and expect a rich media experience wherever they are. [...]

Interviewed on Podcast: Using Video in Training and Documentation

Tom Johnson at the I’d Rather Be Writing blog interviewed me about my session at DocTrain West in May.
Here are the presentation slides.
The presentation content is a three parter starting this week!

Busy Spring on the Conference Trail

I’m getting ready to attend SXSW Interactive this week in Austin. I’m a SXSW virgin so I’m going to sessions, parties, mixers, whatever. Looking to meet some cool people and learn a bunch.
I speak at the Content Convergence and Integration conference in Vancouver, BC on Wednesday, March 12. My session is “User Generated Rich Media: [...]

Preserving Media

As we (OK, me) get older we start to think about the stuff we accumulate. Personally, I have 4 large totes (those plastic boxes with the two-part lid) filled with my life’s work. It goes back more than 20 years to television programs I shot in grad school. I’ve always kept them in the house, [...]