The OPEN Imperative

May 19, 2008

As I believe I’ve mentioned before, I’ll be spending the next two days at the iCitizen Client Symposium in Columbus, OH. I’ll be manning a table at the social media cafe dedicated to lifestreaming and blogging. I’m pretty excited about the symposium on the whole, as well as my part in it. In preparation for [...]

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Second Spring <br/> Session

May 14, 2008

I just got tapped to do a second presentation at Spring <br />: Topic: Web Accessibility Acronyms (WCAG, WAI-ARIA, JAWS) – WTF? Description: It’s no longer enough for a developer to know Java, .NET, PHP, AS, HTML, CSS, JS, XML (insert other TLAs as applicable), now they’re expected to be experts on WCAG, W3C, ADA, [...]

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Making RIAs Accessible

May 5, 2008

My topic suggestion for Spring <br /> has been accepted. On June 3rd, I’ll be presenting the following: Topic: Making RIAs AccessibleDescription: Rich Internet Applications offer the site visitor a more interactive, engaging experience. But can this richness be conveyed to a user of assistive technologies, and how? This session will differentiate between DOM-based (AJAX) [...]

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Personality not Included – Interview

March 29, 2008

As I mentioned in my last post, Rohit Bhargava just released a book called *Personality not included (why companies lose their authenticity, and how great brands get it back). True to the nature of the book and O.P.E.N. branding, Rohit offered bloggers advance introductory excerpts and exclusive interviews to post. You know marketing is working [...]

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“she’s got a great personality…..”

March 26, 2008

Today I received an introductory copy of the first chapter of “personality not included“. A great example of an OPEN brand, the author has shared the first chapter and encouraged bloggers to post about it, and will also be answering individual interviews with bloggers to post on the date of the official book launch. Sounds [...]

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A perfect example…

March 8, 2008

Every new associate at Resource Interactive gets a copy of The Ten Demandments and The OPEN Brand, co-written by our President and CXO Kelly Mooney. The Demandments are presented as “rules to live by in the age of the demanding consumer”, and the OPEN Brand is about “how marketing and branding are being transformed by [...]

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Becoming a Manager (Chapter 1)

February 5, 2008

As I detailed in my last post, I am wanting to move out of my developer role. Even only a few weeks into taking on some Business Analyst duties, I’ve found the biggest challenge to be really taking off that developer hat that I swear I want to shed. I mentioned this to my manager, [...]

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in all my spare time…

January 17, 2008

With only a few months remaining in my college career (this time), I realized I had better take advantage of student discounts. My bookshelf will soon include the following:

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SXSW – bandwagon jumping

August 28, 2007

thanks to my feedreader, I saw mention of SXSW from both Juicy Studio and Garrett Dimon‘s feeds. It got me thinking about all the folks I met in Austin back at Access U, and how they talked up the creative and technical magic that is South by SouthWest Interactive. I hadn’t even had time to [...]

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4 Hr Work Week

July 27, 2007

I recently completed the 4 Hr Work Week, and really enjoyed it. Through the reading, I often found myself referring to it, and even purchased a copy for my father. He recently retired, but is already looking for something to occupy his time. I felt this was in line with my father’s life: he is [...]

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