Insights and Take-Aways from WordCamp LA

By Eric Schwartzman | September 20, 2012 |

WordCamp Los Angeles is held at Loyola Marymount University because the college and open source software share the common goals of faith and justice. If you want to learn WordPress, network with WordPress developers or find WordPress support resources in Los Angeles, this event is a good place to do it. It was my second…

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User Experience is the New PR with Jakob Nielsen

By Eric Schwartzman | March 26, 2006

The New York Times calls Jakob Nielsen “the guru of Web page usability” so those are their words, not mone. And U.S. News and World Report calls him “the world’s leading expert on Web usability.” Jakob holds 79 United States patents, mainly on ways of making the internet easier to use. When I launched iPRSoftware,…

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Media Relations and User Generated Content with J.D. Lasica

By Eric Schwartzman | March 3, 2006

This is a talk I had in the early days of digital with J.D. Lasica about working in the mainstream media, citizen journalism and the impact of social media on traditional journalism. J.D. Lasica is co-founder and executive director of Ourmedia, a nonprofit global repository and community space for grassroots video, audio, photos and text.…

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