Who We Web, Way We Work

Web What the Web is , really ?

What the heck, really , is the Web! IT ALL LOOKS GEEK TO ME!!!

What the Web is about

“ branding a house” “herding cats ” “ aligning -our-ducks”

enabler participation engagement

connecting-the-dots interaction

communication people

W ay W e W ork ( and have fun)

The Web as a TV network different shows: block-timer; in-house; syndicated series, news, special interests & events, movies

The Web as a library/bookstore different resources: books; magazines, journals, DV-CDs, newspapers, anything printed reading, browsing, copying, referencing

The Web as a telephone company different services: voice telephony; data transfer; internet connection email , gaming, entertainment , messaging

The Web is a plaza different appeals to individuals: socialize; know-learn; discover; anything anyone care about converging point , destination, Sunday habit

What IRRI.ORG is a cog in the World Wide Web

A Google Earth view of IRRI

Web Team is not Albert, Serge, nor Darell alone Co-create content (with IRRI staff); use content to connect the dots ; make sense of content for our users; then inseminate and pull content from our users Every CPS staff is a content provider (text, photos, videos, audio, graphics) for IRRI.ORG

A Web content management platform All Together!

Useful content is King!

build on user-defined functions for content;

offer packaged content ;

then cultivate user-generated content

For content to be useful …

We put meaning and context of content

for our users

Dive in!

Show and tell / Q & A

Web Channel to interact. Network to engage. Repository to access. Medium to communicate. Tool at work to achieve mission . IRRI.ORG can only be what we want and will it to be tomorrow.

The Web is Us

W ho, W e? W eb?

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Elements of UX