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    Adobe Acquires Day Software for $240 Million

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Aug 5, 2010 3:01:00 AM

    As Adobe recently announced, it has acquired Swiss-based Day Software and will be moving into the crowded content management, digital asset management and social collaboration space. The $240-million-dollar deal is not surprising, considering that many Adobe users also need a CMS, a DAM and social collaboration tools.

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    Topics: Content Management, communique, DAM, flair interactive, enterprise content, day, kirschner, CMS, Adobe, CMS Tools, Product Reviews, cq5, Miscellaneous, social collaboration, digital asset management

    Announcing the Joomla! Community Magazine

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Jul 2, 2010 4:03:21 AM

    The Joomla! Community Magazine has launched! Check it out:

    http://magazine.joomla.org/#

    It includes articles and information about current Joomla! topics, extensions, events, interviews with industry leaders and more. Created by a team of volunteer writers, editors and Joomla! experts, it provides dynamic, informed and useful information about everything Joomla!. Bookmark it and check back often.

    Lisa Kirschner
    Managing Editor, Content 911 Blog
    Managing Director, Flair Interactive Services

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    Topics: web, Content Management, kirschner, CMS, flair, Interesting and Useful Sites, CMS Tools, joomla, interactive, Miscellaneous, Industry Leaders

    SharePoint 2010 Books for Developers, Administrators, Designers, Project Managers and End Users - SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Jun 15, 2010 5:30:00 AM

    In his blog, Sharepoint Joel offers a list of really helpful books that can help you get up to speed with Sharepoint 2010:

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    Topics: Content Management, kirschner, CMS, flair, Interesting and Useful Sites, CMS Tools, content strategy, Miscellaneous, sharepoint, microsoft

    Have writer's block? Read "How to Write Your A@$ Off"

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    May 20, 2010 1:21:00 PM

    This may offend some people, but I'm taking Johnny's advice and posting this to the Content 911 blog anyway.

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    Topics: copyblogger, writer, writing, Content Management, content development, flair, Miscellaneous, lisa kirschner, writer's block

    Need to know what users want in your web site? Just ask!

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    May 7, 2010 11:34:53 AM

    Learn how user research--including surveys, focus groups, interviews,
    online user testing
    or formal lab testing--can give you priceless
    insight into your users' needs and preferences.

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    Topics: user research, Content Management, flair interactive, focus groups, flair, interviews, online user testing, content strategy, usability, surveys, formal lab testing, lisa kirschner

    The iPad, the Kindle, and the Future of Books : The New Yorker

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Apr 28, 2010 9:56:43 AM

    Excellent recap of the history between Amazon.com, Apple and traditional publishing houses by Ken Auletta at The New Yorker. This has forever changed my view of Amazon!

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    Topics: digital publishing, Content Management, content development, amazon, flair, steve jobs, kindle, content strategy, apple, Miscellaneous, ipad, ken auletta, lisa kirschner, ebooks, jeff bezos, Industry Leaders

    Technology, Video Games and the User Experience of the Future

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Apr 23, 2010 10:46:29 AM

    Check out this brilliant presentation by Jesse Schell, the founder of Schell Games, the former creative director of the Disney Imagineering
    Virtual Reality Studio, and a faculty member of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University:

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    Topics: flair interactive, facebook, Online Marketing, Interesting and Useful Sites, content strategy, Miscellaneous, video games, social networking, user experience, lisa kirschner, web 2.0, jesse schell, E-commerce, Industry Leaders

    100,000 Ways to Make Twitter More Useful

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Apr 18, 2010 3:03:09 PM

    Update: Twitter announced today at its Chirp Developer Conference that it has 100,000 registered apps. Original Article: Since its inception, one of the biggest knocks against Twitter has been that it's been hard to figure out what to use it for. As time has gone by, this has become much more clear to a great many people, but you can rest assured, there are still plenty out there who have a hard time justifying its use. Others, particularly in the business world feel like they need to be using it, but still have a hard time finding ways in which it can be most effective and beneficial to their specific needs. What Twitter apps make Twitter more useful to you? Tell us here. Twitter's usefulness more often than not, becomes much more apparent when you find that app that frames it in a way that makes sense to your life or your business (or both). There are at least 10,000 Ways to Use Twitter.OneForty is a directory of Twitter apps, that's been around since last year, when we first discussed it with founder Laura Fitton. Last month at SXSW in Austin, we dropped by Fitton's party (which featured some fantastic beer, I must say) and talked with her about the site, and the vast array of Twitter tools that are constantly being developed.

    via www.webpronews.com

    Love this post! Twitter-bashers, beware!

    Lisa Kirschner
    Managing Editor, Content 911 Blog
    Managing Director, Flair Interactive Services Inc.

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    Flair Introduces Web Hosting, Do-It-Yourself, and Custom Web Packages for SMBs

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Dec 18, 2009 6:32:48 AM

    I'm very happy to announce our new web hosting, Do-It-Yourself, and custom design and development packages geared at small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs). You can learn all about our small business solutions at:

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    Topics: flair interactive, DIY, flair, web design, do-it-yourself, SMB, CMS Tools, small business, Miscellaneous, web site, web development, hosting, custom design, E-commerce

    Web Content Management: Inconvenient Truths and Industry Challenges

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Nov 5, 2009 6:22:00 AM

    There is no best web content management system. But there is probably a good Web CMS for what you’re trying to do. With that, we kicked-off a heated debate on Inconvenient truths and unsolved WCM industry challenges at the J.Boye 2009 conference in chilly Aarhus, DK.

    via www.cmswire.com

    Great summary of notes from CMS Wire for the "Inconvenient truths and unsolved WCM industry challenges" session from the J. Boye 2009 conference. I love the fact that user experience improvements are noted as a must-have requirement for the web content management (WCM) industry, particularly open source tools.

    I'm also glad to see the recognition that matrices and Excel charts should not be used to compare and analyze WCM tools during the selection process. See our blog post about this topic, "Why You Don't Need a Detailed CMS Comparison Chart."

    What are your thoughts on what's working and what's not in WCM today?

    Lisa Kirschner
    Founder and Managing Director, Flair Interactive Services Inc.
    Managing Editor, Content 911 Blog

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    Topics: Content Management, flair interactive, web content management, flair, CMS Tools, lisa kirschner, WCM

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