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March 27th, 2008

IDEO uses ThoughtFarmer to power its new Intranet

ThoughtFarmer has been cranking out the news lately, this one caught my attention since I helped build, rebuild, and throw my hands up in frustration several Intranets in the past:
Recently, IDEO embarked on a new project to empower their internal communities to create and manage their own online collaborative spaces. With more than 500 employees […]

By Tris Hussey -- 1 comment

March 20th, 2008

ThoughtFarmer makes Intranets easier with their 2.5 release

ThoughtFarmer has been on my radar since Office 2.0 last summer.  I haven’t been a huge fan of wikis, but the ThoughtFarmer system isn’t really a wiki.  It is, well, a sophisticated, easy-to-use Intranet system.
 
This week ThoughtFarmer has released v 2.5 of their Intranet system, which focuses on using drag-n-drop for user control giving you […]

By Tris Hussey -- 2 comments

March 3rd, 2008

Dabble DB helps you pick the right check box

Dabble DB continues to help their users use Dabble DB better with all their applications.  Today’s tip/tutorial is–Checking the right boxes–more on getting your UI just right in your application.
Might be simple, but if your users can’t use the application–then everyone’s time has been wasted.
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March 2nd, 2008

Vancouver’s Strutta makes a game of home-made videos

While I’ve been catching up this week Strutta came out of stealth and Techvibes got the first post/scoop on this new online video-based game:
Strutta is an arena, a platform for video competitions, called “games”. A game is created with a theme, such as “Best George W. Bush Impression” or “Best Surprise Wedding Dance”. Users can […]

By Tris Hussey -- 2 comments

February 21st, 2008

Post Updated: Tom Williams responds to David Baines’ Vancouver Sun article

David Baines wrote an article in the Vancouver Sun on Saturday about GiveMeaning.  From the quick skim I did and Tom’s response, it sounds like David is raising questions about financial disclosure at GiveMeaning.  This is an excerpt from Tom’s response:

Nevertheless, his main contention is that GiveMeaning Foundation has spent more money building the GiveMeaning […]

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February 12th, 2008

Dabble DB Improves their combo boxes

It’s a simple thing, but user interface is so important and when developers care about that it makes a huge difference for users.  The folks at Dabble DB  have a post on their blog about combo boxes that is a good read.  Why?  Because it shows, to me at least, that they are thinking about […]

By Tris Hussey -- 2 comments