In most cases, the audience wasn’t asking about money: they were asking about time. As one woman put it, “spending time on this means time staff isn’t spending on other work.” So in the interest of hers, yours, and everyone else’s time, here’s a rundown on what I see as the real time costs of a variety of Web 2.0

Card sorting is a common technique used to gather input from representative audiences about how they think about your information. Card sorting can also take place remotely, using online tools, as we’ve detailed below. Next, we’ll create a revised information architecture for the NTEN website. First up: Card Sorting!

They will opt for the information that corresponds to their views nearly 75 percent of the time. For example, we don't place eyes in the middle of the face where they actually are. The point is, that while we think we see the data, what we really are looking at is our preconceived idea of what that information means.

This is the first installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. Like many museum and library professionals, I am enamored of the idea of cultural institutions as “third places” – public venues for informal, peaceable, social engagement outside of home or work. More informality.

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This is the second installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. As I was reading The Great Good Place I identified with Oldenburg’s description of Main Street USA, small town America, and rural life. How can a local history museum connect with third places in the community?

This is a bonus installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. have been using quotes from Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place in my own writings for quite a long time. Their seminal writing and research first took place in the 1960’s. was excited. All this so far is obvious.

Their high quality emails present donors with vivid accounts of their work, share successes, and place a significant emphasis on thanking donors. They will from time to time ask donors to take action – in their case, make a gift, but those requests are far outnumbered by high quality stewardship and compelling informational updates.

Goal-Setting at The New York Times How does a established news institution transform itself into a sleek Web 2.0 Unlike a typical Web company, the Times and other news publishers dont have restrictions on the number of ad impressions per visitor. Cultural transformation also takes place via acquisition and investment. business?

and World a Better Place Architecture for Humanity creates sustainable, low-cost housing forboth impoverished and disaster-hit communities. and World a Better Place : Comments April - May 2007 This spring an experienced Earthship crew will be starting construction on Europe’s first residential Earthship to have a building permit.