The last month at Perficient has seen me working on various social intranet projects both here in the Midwest, and outside of my usual stomping grounds. On a project in Philadelphia, I was treated to a close-up sight of that city’s beautiful City Hall every day, and it got me thinking about architecture, culture, and […]
Rich Wood
Rich Wood has been planning, designing and building enterprise solutions and internet sites with an emphasis on stellar user and customer experiences since 1997. Rich is a National Director for Content and Commerce Platform work in Perficient Digital. One of the rare breed of strategists to truly understand both the business needs of the customer and the platforms that serve them, he is a keen advocate for and accomplished speaker/writer on issues that surround that inflection point. His work has been published on CMSWire, Sitecore and Microsoft partner blogs, and his own LinkedIn page as well as our various blogs here at Perficient, and he has spoken at multiple major conferences including Microsoft's SharePoint Conference 2014. Married and a father of five, Rich enjoys spending time with his wife and family. He is a native of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a graduate of Marquette University.
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There are more SharePoint designs on the Internet, Horatio….
A comment was recently posted to one of my older blogs looking for more than text. “Words, words, words,” the commentor said, quoting Shakespeare’s Hamlet– “Are there visual examples of SharePoint Designer done right?” As it happens, there are. Of course, we need to be clear that not all SharePoint visuals are conceived through SharePoint Designer. And […]
Google Chrome Most Popular? Sure. Best? We’ll see.
Apparently Google Chrome is now the world’s most popular web browser. Ho-hum. Google also has the most popular search engine, but “most popular” doesn’t necessarily mean “best”. Just ask 1990. Some of you might remember that Milli Vanilli won a Grammy award that year. Sheer populism is a mistake we often make in our modern […]
Take Your SharePoint With You: NewsGator Social Sites on the iPad
So you’re using NewsGator Social Sites on your SharePoint intranet and you want to stay connected when you’re on the go? Check out my new video blog on using the iPad app for NewsGator Social Sites. As NewsGator’s inaugural Partner of the Year (2011), we just might know a little something about this. Oh, and […]
Why Your SharePoint Portal Includes a Lunch Menu
I’ve lately been reading some thought-provoking posts by Stephen Fishman over at CMSwire. I think he makes some very astute observations from the UX point of view, and I’d suggest looking into them if you follow this topic. (In fact, a number of his points are exactly the sort of “pure UX” analysis I’ve been working […]
SharePoint and User Experience, Part II (Continued)
Part 2 of Part II: UX through SharePoint-colored glasses (Recommended reading: Start with the first part of this rather lengthy post. You’ll be glad you did. You wouldn’t haved wanted to start Games of Thrones with Season 2, now would you? Well, maybe if you were a big Ned Stark fan, I’d get that, but… […]
SharePoint and User Experience, Part II
Both Sides of the Coin (Part 1 of 2) Welcome back! In my last post, I introduced the topic of user experience (UX) in SharePoint, and spent a little time explaining why it’s so important. Today, as part of this continuing series on SharePoint User Experience (SPUX? Can I call it that?), I’m going to […]
SharePoint and User Experience, Part I: Why UX Matters
What BMW, New Balance, and a Successful SharePoint Project Have In Common Today, I’m kicking off a series of posts around User Experience and SharePoint. Over the course of the next few weeks, I want to cover this topic in some serious detail, because (as I’ve said before and I’ll surely say again), it’s one […]
Planning Communities in NewsGator Social Sites
At Perficient, most of our customers are looking for a SharePoint interface that provides functionality familiar to users who live their lives on Facebook, LinkedIn, and the like. While a number of independent software vendors offer these packages, we work very closely with NewsGator to deliver the feature set that our clients need. It’s not […]
How I Learned to Stop Worrying About ECM, but Love UX and Social
First off, I’d like to shake the rust off of my keyboard and state that I’m extremely excited to be back in the blogosphere. That goes for consulting in general, and working with Wisconsin clients in particular. There’s just something about helping out friends, connections and worthy businesses in my home state that has always […]