Loud Dog Links

May 8, 2009

• How to make a movie of a car accident (VIDEO COPILOT)
  This blew me away. I'm pretty familiar with Photoshop, and how easy it is to make fake photos, but I'm not super familiar with video. This shows you, step by step, how to create a movie of a car accident.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: howto, video

March 6, 2009

• Penelope's Guide to Blogging | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist
  A great resource for people looking for work, looking to start a blog or looking to hire a "hard-to-find" candidate. Her writing is really succinct and honest.
  by: Jodi Wing | tags: blogging, hiring, howto, marketing, reference

February 11, 2009

• 10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites | How-To | Smashing Magazine
  Great article about the challenges of maintaining corporate websites.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: business, corporate, design, development, howto, louddog, marketing, smashingmagazine, strategy, usability, web, webdesign

February 10, 2009

• Looking Back, Looking Ahead - How to run a Post-Mortem (Rothman via PMClinic)
  Long, detailed, and useful article describing how to run a project post-mortem (which the authors call a "retrospective").
  by: Josh Orum | tags: howto, projectManagement

February 6, 2009

• 30+ Apps for Doing Business on Facebook
  More tips for business promotion on facebook. Yipee!
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: applications, apps, branding, business, facebook, howto, marketing, media, networking, productivity, promotion, social, social.media, socialmedia, socialnetworking, technology, tips, tools, web2.0
• 10 Things All Businesses Should Do to Market More Effectively on Facebook
  Marketing tips for business facebook pages
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: advertising, business, facebook, howto, marketing, promotion, social, socialmedia, socialnetworking
• 8 Useful Tips To Become Successful With Twitter (Smashing Magazine)
  I think I'll try using Twitter for a week. Here are some good ideas.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: howto, twitter

January 12, 2009

• How to: Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any Topic (ReadWriteWeb)
  Wow, this describes a really great research tool. I will immediately begin using this method.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: howto, resources, tools

November 12, 2008

• WeaveZine: Summer 2008: Photographing Your Work
  by: Jodi Wing | tags: design, howto, photography

October 1, 2008

• Quick Turnaround Usability Testing (Boxes and Arrows)
  Completing usability testing quickly is a challenge anywhere but especially in consultancies, which have to overcome additional challenges, such as learning a new application. To assure success on these projects, I’ve developed a quick turnaround usability testing methodology (QTUT) that minimizes the time needed to complete testing. In Part I of this article, I discuss how to make the first three steps of QTUT—Sales & Kickoff, Recruitment, and Preparation—as short and efficient as possible. In Part II, I will discuss the final two steps: Testing and Analysis & Reporting.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: howto, usability