These links are relevant to my interest but have been sitting in tabs for the last two weeks. I will read them, I >will<. But after I've dumped them here. They make quite an interesting view of what has been taking up my time in the last little while. Links as diary entry?
I'm thinking of buying an Android phone…
- HTC Desire review by TechRadar – five stars, looks good, please tell me if this review is all to cock in the comments though as buying is imminent via Top Desire deals. Or should I iPhone it like the rest of the world?
Festivals
- CoCoMad is this weekend (July 3, 2010) in Cotteridge Park, South Brum. I have heard it is good. Here is the line-up.
- I missed it (on purpose) but I'm glad it's being televised. Here's a rant about TV coverage, though: After the flags, the mud-slinging.
The garden
- The garden has been battered into submission to my will. This rose was planted by my Mum and is the prettiest thing in it: Woburn Abbey floribunda. I heartily recommend this little try-hard. Lots of colours and it flowers repeatedly. All for a tenner. Thinking of getting another one.
Content strategy
- I thought I liked this site. Boy, was I wrong – Kristina Halvorson cocks up and learns a lesson in user research.
- Content strategy for the real world – slides by Kristina Halvorson.
- Fusing content strategy with design – CS appears in UX Mag.
- Content isn't king after all (but neither is content curation)
- You can stick your lorem ipsum right up your CMS – for the title alone, but I also like Jeremy Head's writing (he's a travel writer too) and rather amazed to find out he's become a content strategist. Parallel worlds.
- Skills to transition to content strategy
- Content Mapping: A Different Way to Audit
- Organising content – by I'd Rather Be Writing
- Walk Like a Publisher – Don’t Evolve Like One
- The New Rules For Judging ‘Quality’ In Published Content
- CS Forum 2010 Paris – the video presentations
UX / IA
- UX myths – eg, people don't scroll (agree), but Flash IS evil!
- Zombie personas and many more links that are relevant to my CS/UX interests.
- Personas as User Assistance and Navigation Aids
- The Future is Already Here: Three Trends in IA
Travel and photography
- Eric Fischer has mapped the difference of where tourists and locals take photos – lots of cities mapped. Fascinating. One to blog on the the travel blog.
Copyright and fair use
- The battle lines are being drawn over fair use: Two POVs on the Barclays v. TheFlyOnTheWall.com case
What do the super-rich want to read about?
- The invitation-only subscription magazine for the super-rich – fuel for my day blogging.
Memes
- Know your meme: Jejemon: "In the Philippines, Jejemon is an internet slang used to describe someone who typEs LyK tHIs."
Blogging (and hyperlocals)
- 4 Web analytics basics – includes how to lower bounce rates
- How I Publish 42 Blog Posts Per Week – Tips for Efficiency
(and from a convo with Talk About Local's Will Perrin in the pub…)