Web Experience

More for fans of Cisco TelePresence (and 30 Rock)

2009-11-07T15:20:41+00:00

I noticed this on NBC’s 30 Rock site… some behind-the-scenes footage of Alec Baldwin and team prepping for the bedbugs scene that features Cisco TelePresence.

It’s fun to see how over-the-top writing, over-the-top comedic acting, and precise editing and timing come together to make a scene really funny.

Actress Ellen Page goes home page

2009-11-06T13:33:37+00:00

Academy Award nominee Ellen Page (from Juno, Whip It, and of course X-Men: The Last Stand) adorns our home page today, which links to a really cute video of her interacting with her home town doctor via Cisco TelePresence.

Enjoy!

Cisco TelePresence for Design Collaboration

2009-11-04T18:30:41+00:00

Last year, I blogged about some projects we’ve done using Cisco TelePresence for usability testing and customer interviews. We have also begun using Cisco TelePresence quite a bit for collaborative design.

30 Rock Preview: Really funny vignette with Cisco TelePresence

2009-11-02T14:20:30+00:00

NBC’s 30 Rock is one of my favorite shows. And I’ll be tuning in for sure this Thursday evening (9:30 EST / 8:30 CST / 9:30 PST) to catch a really funny bit where Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) encounters bed bugs, a Cisco TelePresence system and the GE board of Directors.

Why easy web sites are so hard (video)

2009-10-30T13:15:28+00:00

This past week, Web usability expert Gerry McGovern spent a couple of days with us here at Cisco. We’re always working on improving areas of our Web, and Gerry has been helping us on some detailed research on customers’ and partners’ most important online tasks and experiences.

If you read Gerry’s online newsletters you know one of Gerry’s oft repeated mantras is that good content, well named links, and site simplicity are paramount. The bigger the site, the more important these things are.

The wayback machine

2009-10-28T12:59:05+00:00

One of the gems of the Internet is the “wayback machine”—the Internet Archive’s archive.org—which can show you a small snapshot of what your web site used to look like in days of yore. Those of us who work on web sites love the Wayback Machine because it shows us how far things have come and also reminds us all of a simpler time on the web.

Great new page for a great new product

2009-10-26T12:50:26+00:00

Amid the excitement around last week’s announcement of the Cisco Integrated Services Router Generation 2 (ISR G2), you might have noticed that we did a nice upgrade to the ISR web page on Cisco.com. The new page contains a lot more information, so you can review product features at a glance.

Connecting customers, supplier and bamboo (& other stories)

2009-10-20T12:55:47+00:00

Some new video profiles on Cisco.com show how small businesses are using technology to change things pretty dramatically in their operations. I love these short videos because they make technology concepts (which could otherwise seem abstract) very tangible.

P.S. More business twitter tips

2009-10-13T00:40:30+00:00

Marty Gruhn at Web analysts SiteIQ, who follows IT industry sites, has some good insights about what works and doesn’t for businesses in that space.

How usable are social media streams?

2009-10-12T23:48:28+00:00

An interesting post from usability expert Jakob Nielsen on the usability of tweets, RSS feeds, etc.