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December 22, 2004

Blogs and KM

There's an interesting article in the current edition (Dec 2004) of Communications of the ACM from Steve Cayzer at HP Labs in Bristol.

Apparently HP is interested in ways of accessing information 'snippets' , and the Sematic Web Group at Bristol has developed a demonstrator for 'decentralized, informal KM'.

More info on Steve's page

Posted by Louise Ferguson on December 22, 2004 | | Comments (0)

December 08, 2004

Job Opportunity at Nationwide Building Society

Job: Usability Consultant
Salary: £31,235pa - £39,043 plus excellent benefits & relocation assistance (where applicable)
Location: Swindon

Nationwide Building Society, the world's biggest Building Society, has over 15 years' experience in usability. In January 2000, a dedicated usability centre incorporating industry-leading facilities was created in order to provide a centre of excellence to the business. We are now looking for an experienced Usability Consultant to assist the Usability Team in the promotion & delivery of usability services across the Nationwide Group. As an experienced Usability Consultant and key member of the Usability team, this is an excellent opportunity to make a big impact on all aspects of the usability, design and development of Nationwide's Internet and Intranet systems, applications, devices, procedures, voice, paper and face-to-face interactions.

Closing date: 17 December 2004.

Strictly no agencies please. More Details...

Posted by Chris McEvoy on December 08, 2004 | | Comments (0 )