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dfwbrett has 15 years of experience in Web content and usability. He's also a national blogger for digital pivot at talentzoo.com. All opinions are purely for entertainment, editorial and informational purposes. If you'd like to hire Brett or have your site reviewed, email him.At that point, it's okay to talk to him in first person.

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Twitter is the New Sound Bite

Monday, February 20th, 2012

A few months ago, I turned on the TV in the background as I got ready for work. A report came on that caught my ear. “Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are splitting up,” it announced. While I’m a big fan of Demi Moore from years ago, I’m not exactly a celebrity news junkie. It’s [...]

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5 Excuses to Twitter at Work

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

There are so many people who don’t understand Twitter. I know a few myself. In fact, they’re even in the advertising and PR industries. They see it, but they just don’t get it. When I came back from SXSW that first year that it took off, I tried to explain it to my wife. She [...]

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Web 3.0: The Search for Better Jargon

Monday, April 18th, 2011

As seen at talentzoo.com. It’s been around for a few years, but I had thus far had the fortuity to ignore it. Then one day it finally appeared with smug self-satisfaction, screaming its name into my psyche with mind-numbing, boastful pride. And there it was, sitting in front of me. Had I known it was [...]

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Take Your Top Down…Navigation-Wise

Friday, March 25th, 2011

As seen at talentzoo.com. As an info-geek, I have to admit that one of my favorite parts of website building is creating the navigation. A few days ago, while working on an Intranet project, I came across an interesting philosophy that will probably bore the heck out of many of you. But it was an [...]

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As seen at talentzoo.com. I’ve dabbled in several different areas of the web, navigation, wire framing, site map, HTML, design and even a little WordPress development. At heart, though, I’m an information guy. Normally, I’d say content, but that creates an even smaller pigeonhole. So, when I talk with people about content strategy affects, navigation, [...]

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