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Please don’t change! Redesigning MEC.ca

OpenRoad VP Gordon Ross and Mountain Equipment Co-op Web Marketing Manager George Weetman headlined the BCAMA Speakers Series with their talk on redesigning MEC’s e-commerce website.

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Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates

“Remember when we were poor?” Template available here! via sadanduseless.com This post originally appeared on Mod7.com. Mod7 is now a part of OpenRoad Communications. Please read more on our About page.

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The architecture of Gov’t 2.0: OpenGovWest unconference notes

On Saturday March 28, 2010, I hosted a session at day 2 of the OpenGovWest conference that asked the participants what the architecture of gov’t 2.0 looked like, from a high level. I was interested in what other gov’t organizations around Washington, Oregon, California, as well as BC, had done in terms of building their […]

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How long should a web page be?

Not long ago, a client asked us the following questions: How much content should we have on a page? What is an average page length in words? And somewhat predictably, I answered, “It depends.” But I went one step further. I let them know why and how it depends.

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UX wish list for 2010

With the new year upon us, instead of looking backwards to where we were with usability and user experience design, I prefer to look into the future. Upon reflection of past 10 years in which I have been working in the field, user experience has progressed in leaps and bounds. The list below is short […]