The WordCamp Report

Total Improved Presentation. through away planned, and wrote a new one.

What makes an obvious blog?

Striping out features

Reducing form elements to focus a page.

But they don’t relate to blogs

Wore the coat, so he’s a professional speaker….

But the two main ideas for blogs

1. Building only what’s necessary
2. Servicing the important elements

You want people to take action. Be able to read you tidbit and reply back.

What exactly is essential

• Search
• Comments
• Title
• Post
• Color Contrast/Readability
• Byline - Name
• Permalink

Tumble Blogging, Has none of the things that you take for granted. Most everything is stripped away, but it works.

But look at your content. What will make sense for it. Will Tumble Blog work for it.

Make it easy for people to glance at page, and just know how to work.

The 5 second test. Have them look at a screen, and have them figure out how it works.

Blog posts don’t relly have actions that need to be taken, but what do you want people to do.

• Comment
• Digg This!
• Read more stories
• Changing the action from “Comment” to “Question?”

Graphically/Visually

What is important.

• Informative
• Moving

Don’t stick in usless graphics

Interesting icons?

Use graphics to compel action.

Write Compelling (read Lorelle’s Presentation)

Make Trackbacks obvious…

Community verses Audience

RSS links are important, let them find your feed. Use the name Syndicate, Subscribe. Perhaps a definition of what it is.

Contact information?

blogroll? If you don’t have business goals, and you want to let others know about similar or favorite links.

What colors to use… just make sure they contrast. No matter what the scientists say, make sure that people can easily read your text.

Give links to other posts: Related posts, Most Popular Posts, Random Post button?

• Good value of your product
• A good idea of your products
• A good usability
• You can’t focus on just one area.

Always explain yourself fully. Or better way to put it “Always explain what you mean.”

Design for usabilty - Fonts Size, layout according to audience.

Why does MySpace still remain popular with such a bad design. - rhjr.net

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The Slide Show got posted (even if didn’t really use it). The SlideShow is interesting in its own right.

1 year, 1 month ago Saturday, July 21st, 2007 at 5:00 pm.
Filed under 2007, Day 1, Presentation, WordCamp Live.
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