Enterprise social software technology

Here’s an interesting article by Tony Byrne (CMS Watch) that discusses considerations and offers a point of view on what to look out for when considering applications and projects that fall into the ‘Enterprise 2.0′ classification:

http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/PrintArticle.aspx?ArticleID=50453

Kalpesh

How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity

Here’s a good article from the Harvard Business Review that explains Pixar’s take on fostering collective creativity. Whilst they talk about the process from the perspective of making movies, the same principles can be applied in other creative industries.

Click here to read the article

Kalpesh

The Role of the Wireframe

After reading an article by Peter Merholz of Adaptive Path – I’d like to hightlight it for you guys too. It sums up the conversations we’ve often had about the role of wireframes in relation to a project. Peter writes:

“I think the role of the architecture diagram, user flow, and wireframe belongs very much after the fact, after we’ve sketched and prototyped an experience. Those are tools to document what has been agreed through sketching and prototyping. They are not the best means for solving challenging design problems.”

You can read the full article here: http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/08/20/pencil-and-paper-to-live-prototype-whered-the-wireframe-go/

Kalpesh

Why most online communities fail (and why others don’t)

A Joint study by Beeline Labs and Deloitte that was recently published provides some data and stats on drivers, considerations, and trends in relation to online communities.

Here’s a link to the charts from the study – interesting stuff and useful to confirm to clients about what they should think about when considering such endeavours!

http://www.beelinelabs.com/tribalization/charts/

Kalpesh

Why Amazon chose strategy as a first priority over design.

I came across a really good article on the strategy behind the design of Amazon.com here

Deb.