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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

At that time, websites were built using a simple text editor and HTML was edited manually. Then, the first languages designed for Web development began to show up. 2 nd decade (early 2000): The First Content Management Systems (CMS). WordPress was typically used by Web designers who learned to code or by self-taught developers.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet.

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Beyond Lead Gen: How To Optimize B2B Sales Enablement

ConversionXL

A 2015 global study of 2000 B2B buyers and sellers by Accenture shows that B2B buyers have high expectations for engagement. Two or more different versions of the same content can be produced with different design, structure or layout and can be tested for engagement, leads and time spent. Produce more engaging content.

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“How much does a website cost?” and other pricing questions

blog.folyo.me

Browse designers. Apply as a designer. Most designers don’t publish their rates, and good luck getting a company to tell you how much they paid for their site. The results of this situation is that it can be pretty hard to know how much to spent on design. The sample size was very small (40 designers).

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

If you can, design for circumstances where, once youre ready to start talking about your idea, youre encouraging people to "disclose" your efforts. The essential design paradigm can be sketched on the back of an envelope. I guess the design will go to my grave with me. Comments (HTML is okay). I dont live in SF.

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David Norris joins us as Partner

The Equity Kicker

I’ve worked in digital businesses since 2000 as Product Manager, ECommerce Operations Director and most recently as Chief Operating Officer (3 companies). In the early days I had to apply myself to learn HTML and CSS (I built a hobby website), set up Adwords campaigns, learn SEO tactics and so on.

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Building Competency in Semantic Web Technology - Part II

semanticuniverse.com

Web technologies are no different; the syndication formats RSS and Atom were the subject of a bitter format war starting around the year 2000. Simplicity Whether a technology is to be adopted by a mass market (like telephones and video recorders) or by developers (like RSS or HTML), simplicity is an advantage for adoption.