WCBA – Conference Wrap-up and Summary

[Note: this is an example of live-blogging from a conference.  This collection of 8 blog posts came from the 2-day WCBA conference in Anaheim last November]

More than 600 business analysts attended the World Congress for Business Analysts (WCBA) at Disneyland on November 15th and 16th.
iRise was the Executive Sponsor of the conference and we posted [...]

The Google Enigma – Exemplar or Freak?

Nicholas Carr wrote an interesting and fascinating thought piece on Google in the most recent issue of strategy+business.  Nicholas is a renowned author and speaker, and is probably best known for his essay and book Does IT Matter?.
There have been countless articles and discussions about Google’s success over the last few years and it is hard [...]

One Laptop Per Child – Give One and Get One Program

Christmas started early in the Humbarger household today when I bought my first present of the 2007 Christmas season – a new XO computer.
Actually, I bought 2 computers.  One for me (and my 7-year-old son) and one for a child in a developing nation under a new program from the One Laptop Per Child initiative.
The mission of [...]

Why Prototype?

I ran across an interesting presentation (”Sketching in Code: Using Prototypes to Visualize Interactions“) that David Vreba, Director of Technology at Adaptive Path, delivered at the UXWeek conference in August.
In particular, two slides in David’s presentation with the titles “Why Prototype?” caught my attention.  These slides sum up in a nutshell why prototyping is so important:

Visualize your requirements [...]

OpenSocial Primer – Because the Web is Better When It’s Social

Google (and others) made a huge splash on October 31st with their announcement about the new OpenSocial alliance. This blog post is a compilation of insights and links to what some of the leading voices are saying about OpenSocial.
What is OpenSocial? Essentially, OpenSocial provides the ability for companies to extend their website experiences to [...]