Year: 2005
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Red Eye Mention of CTA Alerts, December 27, 2005
Here’s a mention of the CTA Alerts system in an end-of-the-year CTA roundup in the Red Eye: The year 2005 marked some memorable moments for the CTA. With the new year upon us, “Going Public” takes a ride down memory lane. Along the route, we’ll vote these moves good, bad or just plain ugly. *Wireless…
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Y!Q Link Generator: An easy way to generate Y!Q links for your web pages.
Today I launched, with my colleague Ben Friedberg, the Y!Q Link Generator. It leverages Y!Q for Publishers, a way to embed Yahoo! search into you weblog or website. Here’s a snip from the launch blog post: Y!Q for Publishers is a way to embed Yahoo! search into you weblog or website. Since it launched in February, it has not caught on.…
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Small Business Internet Life Starter Package
Recently delivered a set of services for a registered investment advisor business that is just getting started. We executed on the design that another firm had come up with, but a static web site was just the start. Here’s the package: TypePad weblog that mimicks the site design. This gives the client a platform to…
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Workshop: Finding Yourself in Stuff: Identity in Found Poetry and Collage
Here’s a workshop I conducted today at 826CHI. WORKSHOP CHECKLIST: 1. Detailed explanation: see below 2. Syllabus: see below 3. Sessions: One session of 1.5 or 2 hours (see below for timing) 4. Dates/ times: I can do Monday or Wednesday weekday evening or any weekend afternoon 5. Age range: workshop can accommodate any of…
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Best Practices in Requirements Management for the New York Times Company
Today I taught another session on software requirements management at the NYT Company in Norfolk, VA. This is a lightweight, no-nonsense one-day tutorial on how to document good software and communicate needs to developers. Here’s an outline: What is Requirements Management Documentation Stakeholders Needs, Features, and Requirements Fishbone Diagram Exercise JAD Sessions and Other…
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CTA Alerts
I created this popular service that was used by tens of thousands of riders of the Chicago Transit Authority that morphed into an official service maintained by the transit agency. Here’s a Chicago Tribune story covering the service:
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Flash-Based Product Configurator
In summer 2004 I helped launch an innovative product configurator for a jewelry manufacturer.This Flash-based application allows the customer to choose ring size and stone type as well as place a customized inscription inside the clam-shaped ring. The application increased retail sales and sales for the company’s channel partners as well as reduced mistakes and…
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TV interview: Fox News: CTA Wireless Alerts
Here’s a screenshot from the spot that Fox News did on the launch of CTA Alerts.
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Wide Right Turns on FlickrBlog
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Document Management System Research and Consulting
Led a large requirements gathering, industry/ tool research, and process consulting engagement for the Law Department of a large Midwestern city. The mission was to discover the document management needs of the Department, match those needs to features of existing enterprise document management vendors, and make a final recommendation. The process went like this: Interview…