Meaning and Measure

When you can’t get to all the content

Misty — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:35:07 +0000

It's Wednesday and I already know my favorite blog post of the week is Mark Boulton's piece on Structure First. Content Always.Boulton challenges the idea that we need to know the content before we design, instead insisting we need to know the content structure.

the Blog is Back

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:35:43 +0000

Like many others before, I went away from my blog to work on other people’s blogs so it’s been over a year since I’ve posted. What a year it was!

Where am I now?

In Seattle, co-hosting the Information Architecture/User Experience Meetup on the second Tuesdays of the month [...]

Webinar Resources

Misty — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:01:49 +0000

I’m back after 3 weeks on the road. 2 of them in Spain with no laptop, phone, email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube though I did watch Barca and Athletico Madrid football games on TV. And now it’s all about how to structure my time as [...]

All about Kindle

Misty — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:35:52 +0000

I have moved to the side of Kindle and am busily pdf-ing documents to read while literally walking down the street. I’ve also been playing with the browser feature and hope to see that expand in future models.

But mostly I look for free books

Like Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald [...]

Community Management – what’s in your browser?

Misty — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:38:11 +0000

I am officially a Community Manager. I manage blogs, twitter and facebook channels and try to think about every other little scrap of information that might interest these communities and how I can share it. Everyday, I start with my smartphone. Checking the email, twitter and facebook mentions I missed while asleep. Mentally add to [...]

Content Strategy for Multiple Channels

Misty — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:07:37 +0000

I’ve been thrilled working on my new blog with the Washington Ensemble Theatre, so much so I have neglected my own blog for too long. It is easier to write when you have a cause and a passion – local theatre is definitely one of mine.

Working on the blog [...]

Content Strategy is more than Buzz

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:24:16 +0000

The Seattle Content Strategy Meetup Ask a Content Strategist Panel was an excellent informational for anyone considering how content strategy works within the many roles and situations it can sit. Whether you’re free-lance, agency or in-house staff, if you are interested in how the content puzzle fits together to tell a story – as [...]

Seattle’s UX Meetup

Misty — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:35:22 +0000

August 10th was another successful meetup of the IA/UX group in Seattle. I’ve talked with the organizers Rachel Elkington & Andrew Szydlowski about why this event is so successful. The fact that there is no talk, no agenda, no formal presentation – you just have to show up and talk with other people who [...]

The UX calendar

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:22:01 +0000

It seems like every community has a stellar volunteer who takes it upon him or herself to organize information in a helpful and meaningful way. In Seattle, one of those people is Nick Finck, offering the superb UX Calendar. Without it, I really wouldn’t know when the IA meetup, IXDA meetup, Content Strategy [...]

MindTouch’s MIB Most Influential Tech Comm Blogger

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:21:18 +0000

Mark Fidelman’s post on the most influential technical communicator bloggers offered some interesting metrics. Using the MIB (most influential blogger) scale based on Alexa, Klout Influence, Google Page Rank, Technorati Authority, and Twitter Followers, it’s a lovely advertisement for those who made it to the top 25, even offering them a nice badge.

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