The BBC's Fifteen Web Principles

Tomski has written about "The BBC's Fifteen Web Principles" in www.tomski.com on 6th Jan.2007. To quote:-

We developed these as part of the BBC2.0 project. I've been meaning to publish them for a while since they were signed off by the BBC board.

1. Build web products that meet audience needs:


2. The very best websites do one thing really, really well:


3. Do not attempt to do everything yourselves:


4. Fall forward, fast:


5. Treat the entire web as a creative canvas:


6. The web is a conversation. Join in:


7. Any website is only as good as its worst page:


8. Make sure all your content can be linked to, forever.


9. Remember your granny won't ever use “Second Life”:


10. Maximise routes to content:


11. Consistent design and navigation needn't mean one-size-fits-all:


12. Accessibility is not an optional extra:


13. Let people paste your content on the walls of their virtual homes:


14. Link to discussions on the web, don't host them:


15. Personalisation should be unobtrusive, elegant and transparent:

Good to great intranet

Toby Ward has written about Intranet Quality in "IntranetBlog.com" on Thu 11 Jan 2007 . To quote:-

What is the difference between a good intranet and a great intranet? What do you do to get to great?

There is no simple answer. In fact, using the Prescient Digital Media intranet methodology of rating and scoring an intranet out of 10, I estimate that to advance a 6 out of 10 intranet to an 8 out of 10 requires twice the effort and much more intelligent thinking.