Comments on: Designing for the Social Web – Book Review and Giveaway

By: Taj Moore

Taj Moore — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:40:05 +0000

Just noticed our conversation there. Nice. Funny how Twitter shapes conversation with being "in the moment" ... I don't even know what I was talking about in that last comment. Sometimes when I want to be extra clear about whether a creative is good at design or just gets too possessive about what they're creating, ostensibly, for others, I use the term "artiste." It carries just a little more tooth and a little less ambiguity when trying to highlight the difference between design and art. Taj Moore’s last blog post..June SF Meeting: Thriving in Chaos

By: Scott Plumlee

Scott Plumlee — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:43:47 +0000

Couple of years ago Luke Wrobleski pointed out http://www.geni.com/ as an example of a site with a great sign up form. You don’t realize you are signing up when you enter your info on the front page, you’re just taking a step to start doing what you came to the site to do, track your family history. So sign up isn’t inconvenient, it’s actually done eagerly by the user.

By: Matt Haltom

Matt Haltom — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:41:52 +0000

I loved the Five principles of design above. If user experience design is your main objectives I could see them being correct, however what if you are creating a type of web art. There are many artistic websites out there that serve their purpose but may not fall into the category or a great experience. I totally agree though that if you do not consider how people are going to use the site you are practically wasting your time. Would love to read the book.

By: Berengaria Navarre

Berengaria Navarre — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:16:34 +0000

I’m in the middle of a degree in web and interactive media, so this is near and dear to my heart. Tuesday I was at a seminar for GIS – Creating Effective Web Maps. The presenter was proposing to these mapping professionals, a radical new concept, “user-centric” design. Apparently, he had only been made aware of the concept two months before. My programmer colleague and I were trying not to fall out of our chairs. They’re not quite there yet but they discussed simplified interfaces and removal of technical jargon, so it’s a start. A couple of good examples of this done properly: Property info in Greeley, CO http://gis.greeleygov.com/origin/propinfo.html and http://www.mdimap.com/statestat/ to find out how your stimulus money is being spent in Maryland.

By: Joshua M Smith

Joshua M Smith — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:49:17 +0000

Another great book to add to my ever expanding Amazon wishlist! It seem this might help me better articulate the value of this type of process to customers. I sometimes find it hard to explain to them why the day of the $250 website are over. Today, a business can exist solely online or be the primary contact point for customers. Having a purpose and walking a visitor through the site? Simple. Genius.

By: Hari

Hari — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:03:15 +0000

I love reading Joshua's blog and would like to read this book as well. Hari’s last blog post..The Secret to Public speaking

By: Andrea Gandino

Andrea Gandino — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:19:39 +0000

Joshua Porter is one of the most brilliant minds in the field of social media; it’s always a pleasure reading his articles over at Bokardo.com as they’re truly insightful and inspiring. Designing the social way has become a top priority for anyone who’s making websites, carefully evaluating all the individual aspects that contribute to form the User Experience.

It was nice to read your review, Andrea! This is certainly the next up on my things-to-read list, I’d love to receive a copy of the book! #fingerscrossed

By: Cristhian

Cristhian — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:02:22 +0000

excellent, this could be very useful to build a succesful online experience both for the users and the developers thanks for sharing!

By: Peter Kaizer

Peter Kaizer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:57:05 +0000

This is and will continue to become an increasingly important part of architecting a meaningful online experience. As content moves beyond just a web site designers need to design for an increasing social web. This is were we will be when Web 3.0 arrives. (oh and I ‘d love a copy of the book!! – Josh is excellent)

By: kingjohnny

kingjohnny — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:41:31 +0000

that is one of the best books I’ve read so far about social media, communities so far. It is so easely written so that every word is understood. He explains his theories with nice illustrations (ref usage lifecylcle) in order to remember it much better.
Also his blog @ bokardo.com contains loads and loads of information. What you definately need to do is follow him on twitter: @bokardo
ohja and you might as well follow me

kingjohnny’s last blog post..in een community?