Archive for February 2009
User Experience Advantages in Sitecore Development
It’s important for software developers to know the products they work on, both inside and out — the code, the components, the user interface, everything. That way they understand the application both from the technical side as well as the user’s standpoint and can provide greater value to their team at all points in the product lifecycle. Unfortunately, sometimes project constraints are such that the development staff spends the majority of their time working on code and getting to know the product has to take a back seat. By only glancing at the UI here and there during testing, but never really using the product as an end user would, developers lack understanding of what customers feel is good or bad about the software being developed. These sorts of challenges are what make working with the CMS product Sitecore such an excellent experience and such a change from the norm.
Drawing with water.
Okay – it’s not active lifestyle, but it is lovely: a quietly surprising promotional video for the graphic novel, Alan’s War, written and illustrated by Emmanuel Guibert.
When Alan Cope joined the army and went off to fight in World War II, he had no idea what he was getting into. This graphic memoir is the story of his life during wartime, a story told with poignant intimacy and matchless artistry.
Across a generation, a deep friendship blossomed between Alan Cope and author/artist Emmanuel Guibert. From it, Alan’s War was born: a graphic novel that is a deeply personal and moving experience, straight from the heart of the Greatest Generation; a unique piece of WWII literature; and a ground-breaking graphic memoir.