I’ve been using a smartphone for around four years now, and I have a confession to make: I’m fairly sure that during that time, my cellphone usage has, if anything, become far less productive than it had been when I had only a regular old dumbphone. Productivity apps? Is that a productive pursuit? Taking pictures. MORE >>

Fortunately, using a UX Integration Matrix helps integrate UX and agile by including UX information and requirements right in the product backlog. The economics are different in selling consumer products than when developing software for enterprises—UX matters more for consumer products. The feedback loop is broken. 5, No. MORE >>

During my presentation last Thursday that was an introduction to eLearning 2.0 as part of an online event for the eLearningGuild, I mentioned a few common ways that I've seen eLearning 2.0 approaches. In the past, I've only had a few people respond, but this time, there were so many responses I couldn't really read them and present. MORE >>

Fortunately, new apps and devices are being created almost daily to help us improve our productivity and collaboration. Making task entries is seamless and intuitive (the example it gives: “tomorrow 8am make sure to grab the #umbrella!&# ) and allow for one-click rescheduling and recurrence. Coolendar. Let’s Crate. MyDataNest. MORE >>

101 Examples of Social Business ROI Blog Post A few years ago, I put together a list of social media marketing examples. The list contains 324 examples of brands putting social media to use and at that point in the social media industry’s evolution, it was the best of what was around (and still might be). Collaboratory. MORE >>