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Jakob says social media has hit the intranet
You might guess from my previous intranet posts that I’m reflecting on the use of social media behind…
The two ways to present email addresses on your intranet, and the WWW
How you present people's email addresses online affects people's actions. Take care, use links as they were designed. Learn how best to show an email address.
The font size in your communications
The font, and the font size, can enhance the readability of your communications, and therefore help your messages to 'land' properly. What font do you use? What font size do you use?
Mega drop-downs beat regular drop-down menus
Intranets use drop-down navigation menus, right? Well Jakob says Mega Menus are the new cat in town.
Your intranet front page *is* a blog
News stories fall off the intranet front page fast in a busy company - where do they go?
Banish ‘click here’ on your site and intranet
"Click here" offers no information, it wastes people's time. Sort it out!
Jakob announces the ‘best’ intranets
Jakob Nielsen announces the best intranets and explains what they've done to be so good. Wedge cautions you to remember that there are brilliant intranets out there that Jakob hasn't heard of.
Engagment dangereuses
Nathanael returns to seduce you with a story.
Why Jakob can help you write, even if you don’t ‘do’ web design
Jakob reminds us of best practices.
Interrobang – interrogative exclamation
What an interrobang is and when you might use it in your writing.
…it’s how good you want to be
It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be. It really is.
The curse of perfectionism
Perfectionists can be very frustrating, but at least they care.