All posts by Sharon O'Dea
It’s been a busy week for the four Intranetizens – publishing a whopping three posts – but that’s not stopped us from keeping up to speed on the latest news in the world of intranets, web design and the digital workplace. With intranet pros returning [read more]
Last week Nielsen Norman Group published the 2013 edition of their design annual, widely regarded as the most comprehensive guide to trends in intranet design. Since 2001, usability guru Jakob Neilsen and his team have tracked changes in design and functionality for intranets and made [read more]
This was the seventh time Janus Boye has brought web and intranet specialists together for a conference in the Danish city of Aarhus, but only the first time Intranetizen has made it along. Originally a conference focussed on external web, the J Boye conferences now [read more]
Earlier this month we talked about the intranet’s role in preparing for and recovering from catastrophe. But are you prepared for a zombie apocalypse? So-called digital workplace ‘experts’ claim that people are the heart of every business, and that a central function of an intranet [read more]
This week marks 25 years since the Great Storm of 1987, widely (but erroneously) considered the only UK hurricane in living memory. 23 people died in the storm, which also caused £7.8bn worth of damage, cut power to thousands of homes and drove transport to [read more]
This week we’ve been looking at making our own sites more mobile-friendly. So in this edition of Interesting Elsewhere – the weekly round-up of thought-provoking reading from the Intranetizen team – we’re taking a closer look at Responsive Design. We hope to bring you a [read more]
Last week all four of us headed to Interaction Intranet Conference 2012, the UK’s only major intranet conference. Having begun life as an event for Interact customers, last year the organisers took the bold step of spinning it off into a day-long event open to all, [read more]
The four Intranetizens like to read widely on anything to do with intranets – content, strategy, design, technology, and much else besides. Here’s a round-up of what’s caught our eye this week. (more…) Share this:ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailPrintReddit
Gamification – applying game design thinking to non-game applications – has certainly been the buzzword of 2012, with some analysts predicting that by 2013 half of all business initiatives will have gamified processes. But the response from digital workplace specialists has been more muted, with [read more]
The four Intranetizens really value on- and offline networking for intranet specialists. We read blogs written by other practitioners, share thoughts on Twitter, and regularly attend intranet conferences and meet-ups – all part of the burgeoning intranet networking and knowledge-sharing scene here in Europe. But what’s [read more]
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[…] memory fades, but it involved alcohol. I remember discussing with Luke Mepham of Intranetizen that someone should put on an independent intranet-focused conference. It
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