http://www.thenetcircle.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:52:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.thenetcircle.com/2010/08/30/web-fonts-a-brief-introduction/ http://www.thenetcircle.com/2010/08/30/web-fonts-a-brief-introduction/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:47:24 +0000 Olaf Helmig http://www.thenetcircle.com/?p=987 When it comes to web design, most people assume that this discipline is all about neat graphics and pixel-pushing, but they truly forget that more then 90% of the information on the web is written language and thus Typography. One problem we web designers faced for the last decade, is that we only can refer [...]]]> http://www.thenetcircle.com/2010/08/30/web-fonts-a-brief-introduction/feed/ 0 http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/08/18/the-first-priority-of-a-form-it-needs-to-work/ http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/08/18/the-first-priority-of-a-form-it-needs-to-work/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:27:31 +0000 Tine http://www.thenetcircle.com/blog/?p=69 I tried to sign up for Linkarena a German social bookmarking site and encountered the following problems. In fact 2 of 4 fields came up with very creative error messages: 1. User name: green -> not taken. great. 2. Email address: “steiss@gmail.com is not a valid email address…” WHAT??? I’m using it for years now and I have [...]]]> http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/08/18/the-first-priority-of-a-form-it-needs-to-work/feed/ 0 http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/07/17/if-the-banner-design-doesn%c2%b4t-match-the-target-group/ http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/07/17/if-the-banner-design-doesn%c2%b4t-match-the-target-group/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:19:47 +0000 Tine http://www.thenetcircle.com/blog/2008/07/17/if-the-banner-design-doesn%c2%b4t-match-the-target-group/ … just write your specification right on it! It might catch the eye too… Just found this banner advertisement on http://www.cityweekend.com.cn. Really cute with the little hearts and the purple color. Now let´s think about the potential target group. Male? Nah! That´s obviously for women only. Age: Thats tricky, but most likely teenagers or housewives above [...]]]> http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/07/17/if-the-banner-design-doesn%c2%b4t-match-the-target-group/feed/ 0 http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/06/09/community-revenue-and-roi-research-study/ http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/06/09/community-revenue-and-roi-research-study/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:07:03 +0000 Tine http://www.thenetcircle.com/blog/2008/06/09/community-revenue-and-roi-research-study/ I just stumbled upon this great study by Forum One Networks. One of their projects is the Online Community Research Network. Why didn’t I find that earlier? The study was made in October 2007… Better late than never. They also provide other interesting stuff and you can participate in their studies, which at the end [...]]]> http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/06/09/community-revenue-and-roi-research-study/feed/ 0 http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/05/13/social-media-metrics/ http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/05/13/social-media-metrics/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:20 +0000 Tine http://www.thenetcircle.com/blog/2008/05/13/social-media-metrics/ I just found Rachel Happe’s Blog www.thesocialorganization.com – how social media is changing communication and organizations. This is not only a very interesting topic, she also provides us with brilliant thoughts, lists, question an further information. Social Media is one of the most popular buzzwords these days. So how do you put metrics on a blurry [...]]]> http://www.thenetcircle.com/2008/05/13/social-media-metrics/feed/ 1