Usability Design
by Garth A. Buchholz | DigitalPractices Media Inc. ISSN 1920-1893
Categories: Web 2.0, digital practices, security, social media, social networking, standards, usability, usable links | Comments Off

Have you ever been concerned about security on Twitter? You should be.
I’ve tweeted this before on my Twitter pages @usabilitydesign and @socialmediamash, but I have to expand on this issue here because I think it’s going to be something that is going to become an issue for Twitter micro-bloggers.
In case you’re new to Twitter, or not familiar [...]

Categories: SaaS, Web 2.0, business, podcasting, social media, social networking, software, trends, usability, user-centred design, web strategy | Comments Off

When most businesses hear about the rise of social media – i.e. blogging, podcasting, social networks such as Facebook – their reactions can be paraphrased as “Interesting, but how is that going to help our business?” or “I don’t want my employees wasting their time socializing on the Web.”
With social media, the emphasis is on [...]

Categories: Cloud Computing, Internet, content, convergent media, digital practices, eBusiness, eCommerce, information technology, intellectual property (IP), intranets, net neutrality, social media, social networking, trends | Comments Off

When I was updating my information on LinkedIn.com, a business networking site that allows professionals to create and expand their own private networks of colleagues, clients and consultants, it occurred to me that in an open Internet environment where it’s hard to know who you can trust (e.g. what used to be called “cold calling” [...]

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Shel Holtz, ABC (Accredited Business Communicator), is principal of Holtz Communication + Technology, which focuses on helping organizations apply online communication capabilities to their strategic organizational communications.
What inspired you to write your latest book, Corporate Conversations?
There is a fair amount of literature available on employee communications for communication professionals. But there’s very little geared toward [...]