13 Febrero 2008

Fragmentos de la web del 13 Febrero 2008

Por Claudia Chez Abreu

Selección diaria de mis enlaces en del.icio.us/cchez del 13 Febrero 2008:

Comunicación empresarial y publicidad

• 10 Great Tools For Online Business Communication:
  Communication has always been essential in any business organization, and the Internet has made it tremendously easy. We?ve gathered a selection of both free and pay tools to help businesses of any size communicate how and when they want.
• The Evolution of Tech Companies Logos:
  ¿Cuantos sabían que en el logo original de Apple se representaba a Issac Newton debajo de un arbol? ¿o en el de Nokia habia un pez? Artículo sobre el origen de los importantes marcas de tecnología y su evolución.
• IDC – Press Release:
  Companies are redistributing advertising dollars from traditional media to online media. IDC Report says total U.S. Internet ad spending in the 4th quarter of 2007 grew nearly 28% to $7.3 billion. For 2007, online ad revenue grew 27% to $25.5 billion.
• The Coming Ad Revolution – WSJ.com:
  A profound revolution is taking place on online social networks: privacy is changing as users take control over their own online data, looking for recognition as individuals — whether by friends or vendors. This will change the world of advertising.

Diseño web

• 10 Principles Of Effective Web Design | How-To | Smashing Magazine:
  Understanding how users interact with web-sites, how they think and what are the basic patterns of users? behavior.
• Flash vs. html: A Usability Test:
  Experiment to test a hypothesis that sites built in Flash are less usable than similar built in HTML. Summary: The Flash version of Tiffany.com scored lower in all objective measure, and was rated inferior by testers in 11 out of 12 subjective criteria.

Herramientas y utilidades

• 25 Firefox Extensions to Make You More Productive:
  Firefox extensions allows you to add specific features or functions, fully customizing your browsing experience. Here's 25 of favorites extensions to help save time while online.
• WP Contact Manager:
  WP Contact Manager a WordPress theme to turn the CMS into a contact manager. You can add contacts through the regular admin interface, tag contacts, search them and more.