SEO, metadata and information architecture: An interview with Shari Thurow

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SEO, metadata and information architecture: An interview with Shari Thurow

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Aug 5, 2017

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Does metadata matter – and why? Shari Thurow talks about making your content usable and accessible for both humans and machines and the importance of information architecture.

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Aug 5, 2017

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A free-ranging set of discussions on matters of interest to people involved in user experience design, website design, and usability in general.

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Personas and Outrageous Software - an Interview with Alan Cooper: I asked Alan Cooper (over a rather echoing connection) why he is outraged by bad software, and how he developed the concept of 'personas'.I was interested to hear the 'father of Visual Basic' say 'What I need is a computer that doesn't make me feel... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Ethnography - an Interview with Jared Braiterman: I spoke to Jared Braiterman, from jaredRESEARCH (www.jaredresearch.com). Jared has done ethnographic research many organisations.I asked him what's meant by ethongraphic research, and how it's applied.The Mobile China work Jared refers to is avaialble... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Web Teams - an Interview with Jesse James Garrett: I asked Jesse James Garrett about his "Nine Pillars of Successful Web Teams" model. See (on the Adaptive Path website) for the graphical representation of his model, and his brief article on the subject.I highly recommend Jesse's book ,... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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What's Going On? The Importance of Feedback: Good feedback is important at the User Interface and Process levels. This brief episode considers some of the elements invovled in providing good feedback.If you like the User Experience podcast, you might want to check out Tim & Tom's podcast. I... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Errors: To err is human. This episode is a brief discussion of why people make mistakes, and what we can do to minimise errors.The two books mentioned are: by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Don't Make me Write! - an Interiew with Steve Krug: Steve Krug talks about clarity, about deleting Solitaire from his Mac, and about his admiration for Douglas Adams and Jakob Nielsen.He also considers how we can do things well with Ajax, and the importance of user testing.Steve's excellent book is... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Intel Outside - an Interview with Genevieve Bell: Intel Outside - an Interview with Genevieve Bell by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Taxonomy, Folksonomy and Metadata - an Interview with Karen Loasby: Karen Loasby is the information architecture team leader for the BBC.I spoke to her about metadata, taxonomy and related topics.How do you manage metadata issues when you're dealing with millions of pages, and thousands of authors?Karen referred to... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Designing for Mobile Devices - an Interview with Jason Furnell: Gerry Gaffney asks Jason Furnell about designing for mobile devices.Along the way, Jason talks about the poetry of movement, the Agile development methodology, and how to navigate a career path in design.He tells us that without a vision, great minds... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Usability Now - an Interview with Daniel Szuc: Gerry Gaffney spoke to Daniel Szuc in Hong Kong about the state of usability today. Although we were on the 22nd floor, in the background you can hear the sounds of the Hong Kong traffic.Daniel's company is Apogee (www.apogeehk.com)The Usability... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Exertion Interfaces and Engagement - An Interview with Florian (Floyd) Mueller: Gerry Gaffney spoke to Floyd Mueller about his work with exertion interfaces - where the world of video games meets the sweat of the sportsground, and where you can jog, box or play ball with people in distant locations.Floyd discusses the impact of... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Usability in China: I spoke to Josephine Wong from about the stateof usability in China.Josephine mentions the conference. That's run by .Disclosure: Apogee and my company, , work together from time to time. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Hong Kong's Octopus Card - A Highly Usable Product: Users of Hong Kong's public transport system will be familiar with the Octopus card, which I consider to be exemplary in terms of the user experience it offers.In this brief episode, I talk about some of the things that make it so easy to use.For... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Security and Usability: Security and usability are frequently in conflict. Workarounds are common, and there may be unrealistic expectations of what users would or should do.I mention that ChinesePod made Time Magazine's Top Ten Podcasts of 2006.... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Ludic Design - an Interview with William Gaver: Ludic Design - an Interview with William Gaver by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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The Bizarre Myth of Customer Service - an Interview with David Jaffe: Gerry Gaffney interviews David Jaffe about customer service.David talks about the "bizarre myth that the head of customer service is responsible for customer service", and the problems that arise from treating customer service as a cost... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Design in India - an Interview with Apala Lahiri Chavan: Design in India by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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Designing Smoking Cessation - an Interview with Peter Benda: Peter Benda describes University of Melbourne's work on 'QuitCoach' - an online service to help people stop smoking. Peter works at Melbourne University's Department of Information Systems - www.dis.unimelb.edu.auHe talks about some of the unique... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
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SEO, metadata and information architecture: An interview with Shari Thurow

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