Discount for Boxes and Arrows readers: Get a 10% discount by purchasing the book “directly from Rosenfeld Media&# :[link] Just use the code WFDBA. The scene is all too familiar. You’re presenting wireframes of the registration process for a new web application when the discussion veers down a dark alley. Now, it’s here. Forms suck. MORE >>

The third key framework from Future of Media Report 2008 (after Future of the Media Lifecycle and 7 Driving Forces Shaping Media ) is the Future of Media: Strategy Tools framework. This lays out three of the most valuable tools for building strategy in the media and adjacent industries. Flow Economy Framework. Scenario Planning for Media. MORE >>

Anyone who spends time on the various tech news sites quickly realizes that stories come in waves: one day there will be a flurry of iPhone items, another day Google’s latest improvement is at the fore. Here are four to choose from; any of them will deliver a steady stream of chatter to your browser. Share/Send MORE >>

I find it interesting that some of the smaller vendors playing in the community and social networking market are missing public-facing blogs. was updating my feed subscriptions this and remain surprised that certain vendors still don???t seem to have implemented what I consider a basic stake in the game. If any of these vendors has a blog that I???ve MORE >>

According to Rules of Thumb.org (a site where you can waste a dangerous amount of time) a rule of thumb is “a homemade recipe for making guess.&# I tend to think of them more as little bits of random knowledge that I pull out when I don’t actually want to think about things in detail. Here are some of the ones that I depend on. MORE >>