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Design in a Web 2.0 World

Patrick Haney
September 26, 2011

Design in a Web 2.0 World

Given at the Higher Education Web Symposium in July of 2008, in Philadelphia.

Patrick Haney

September 26, 2011
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  1. Who is This Guy? Patrick Haney is not a sausage

    UI Designer at Harvard University
  2. Web 2. Do they really “blend well” with your needs?

    Don’t add unnecessary ingredients just because it’s the trend
  3. “…the philosophy of mutually maximizing collective intelligence and added value

    for each participant by formalized and dynamic information sharing and creation”
  4. “Web 2.0 is the reuse of information in new and

    interesting ways, often using what are called web services” http://dennajones.com/colophon
  5. Tagsonomy Do you really need tagging? Are tag clouds appropriate?

    Would a few preselected categories be enough for your site? Or are you just doing it to be “cool?”
  6. Are Gradients & Gloss Right for you? Does it fit

    with the content? Is it appropriate for the project/ department?