http://www.schux.com Community Architects Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:22:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some things are made easy with Wordpress. Unschool.me has been a bit of a side project.  Just a blog to capture notes and buzz at the moment. I had started to collect information on things related to unschool.me on delicious by tagging them with 'unschool'.  Through an RSS widget they would then ... http://www.schux.com/blogging-with-wordpress-whilst-using-delicious/ Schux are collaborating with Egg Box Marketing to bring a lovely, practical and down to earth series of workshops for using the social web for your own business benefit. It's called Doing Business on the Social Web.  First event is on the 24th of September at Lewes Werks. http://www.schux.com/got-a-business-need-the-social-web/ There are certain things that should be done before officially launching a community.  One of the most basic things is to not launch with a ghost community - ie - where there is no visible activity.  This will not give people the confidence to join. I'm not sure how long Virgin ... http://www.schux.com/empty-forums-are-a-no-no/ Finally, an easy way to professionally test your site. Save time and money with crowd-sourced web testing... get started now! http://www.schux.com/flash-mob-testing/ The Software Testing Club is a community of professional software testers.  Founded in 2007 by Schux it now has over 3,500 members and has become a thriving source of conversation and inspiration. http://www.schux.com/software-testing-club/ It’s interesting to read that Dave Eggers is enthusiastic about print making a come back. As long as newspapers offer less each day- less news, less great writing, less graphic innovation, fewer photos- then they’re giving readers few reasons to pay for the paper itself. With our prototype, we aim to ... http://www.schux.com/old-models-can-come-back/ Lewes Werks is a social and collaborative workspace in Lewes, East Sussex. http://www.schux.com/lewes-werks/ My younger son (aged 4) is such a copycat.  He looks up to his older brother (aged 5) in adoration and will often mimic his every word and move. You may think this copycat syndrome is just for kids.  It is clearly not.  It’s visible all around the social web. It’s not ... http://www.schux.com/copycats/ Heather Champ, Director of Community for Flickr, shares her experiences in shepherding passionate communities at HICK Tech 2008 in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. In this keynote presentation Ms. Champ shows you how Flickr has learned their most valuable lessons: Own it; Don't wait; Change is hard; Avoid creating super-villains; and ... http://www.schux.com/shepherding-passionate-communities/ Are you doing something good or perhaps something that people (apparently) like. Perhaps you have a cool online community. Or a very useful blog. Or sell some nice products nicely package with top customer service. Should you have to ask people to spread the word for you? I recently got asked to ... http://www.schux.com/you-shouldnt-have-to-ask/