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Just tell me what button to push

By Julie Starr | Published: February 21, 2008
I like this post from Scott Karp on Publishing 2.0 about the need for simplicity in newsroom systems. He quotes a newspaper exec who wanted any new system to be "so seamless, so transparent, so idiot-proof that I can do it without training — and so that it doesn’t add more than a heartbeat to my day."
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First rule for ISPs: keep it simple (please)

By Julie Starr | Published: January 21, 2008
Here's something I'd like New Zealand's ISPs to read. It's a list of suggestions made by Silicon Alley Insider in response to the news that some US cable companies are moving to user-consumption billing (more you use, more you pay). Here's a couple to be getting on with: Make things simple. Don't have 50 pricing plans.
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