Comments on: The importance of visual literacy http://libraryvoice.com/libraries/the-importance-of-visual-literacy Libraries, Technology, Games, Learning Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chad http://libraryvoice.com/libraries/the-importance-of-visual-literacy/comment-page-1#comment-156350 Chad Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:32:30 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=703#comment-156350 Great, Matt. Thanks for the update! Great, Matt. Thanks for the update!

]]> By: Matt Aird http://libraryvoice.com/libraries/the-importance-of-visual-literacy/comment-page-1#comment-156315 Matt Aird Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:47:38 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=703#comment-156315 Hi Chad Just to give you an update, the fully functional beta version of Bizwiki.com is now live. That means that visitors are now able to edit and amend records. I agree it may take educating visitors to convince some of the less web-savvy people that they can edit the pages, but we go out of our way to stress this with update/edit and report error links on just about every part of the page. Feel free to visit the Ohio University page if you'd like to see for yourself. http://www.bizwiki.com/university/4771470/ohio-university.htm You can even try editing or expanding it if you like. And yes, if all else fails, there is a contact page in case people need further help. Thanks agaon for your comments. Matt Aird For Bizwiki.com Hi Chad
Just to give you an update, the fully functional beta version of Bizwiki.com is now live. That means that visitors are now able to edit and amend records. I agree it may take educating visitors to convince some of the less web-savvy people that they can edit the pages, but we go out of our way to stress this with update/edit and report error links on just about every part of the page.

Feel free to visit the Ohio University page if you’d like to see for yourself.
http://www.bizwiki.com/university/4771470/ohio-university.htm
You can even try editing or expanding it if you like.

And yes, if all else fails, there is a contact page in case people need further help.

Thanks agaon for your comments.

Matt Aird
For Bizwiki.com

]]> By: Chad http://libraryvoice.com/libraries/the-importance-of-visual-literacy/comment-page-1#comment-154375 Chad Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:01:41 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=703#comment-154375 <a href="#comment-154055" rel="nofollow">@Matt Aird </a> Hi Matt, Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate your comments, and *I guess* I'm glad to hear you're dealing with similar frustrations. I'm glad you'll enable users and browsers the ability to edit incorrect content, but do you really think they will do so? I sort of have my doubts that the folks who cannot tell two different websites apart will be able to edit their contact info in the wiki. I'm hoping I'm proven wrong, but it will take some major educational initiatives on your part to convince these same folks that they can edit the content themselves. May I also suggest that you put a name on your webiste they can contact if they need help? Best of luck with your endeavor. @Matt Aird
Hi Matt, Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate your comments, and *I guess* I’m glad to hear you’re dealing with similar frustrations. I’m glad you’ll enable users and browsers the ability to edit incorrect content, but do you really think they will do so? I sort of have my doubts that the folks who cannot tell two different websites apart will be able to edit their contact info in the wiki. I’m hoping I’m proven wrong, but it will take some major educational initiatives on your part to convince these same folks that they can edit the content themselves. May I also suggest that you put a name on your webiste they can contact if they need help?

Best of luck with your endeavor.

]]> By: Matt Aird http://libraryvoice.com/libraries/the-importance-of-visual-literacy/comment-page-1#comment-154055 Matt Aird Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:49:44 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=703#comment-154055 Hi Chad I was very interested to read your post about Visual Literacy because I just experienced the flip side of your experience; I work on the Bizwiki.com website and had your article forwarded by someone looking for your 'The Biz Wiki' site. Unfortunately you are absolutely correct, even with clearly different urls and websites confusions like this are common online and likely to continue. Now the good news. Firstly, Bizwiki.com is currently an early version (Alpha) of the business wiki we are creating, but within the next few weeks will go beta with a fresh set of information and business records. That should make a big difference to the currency of the information on the site. The web is an imperfect medium and with millions of business records in circulation even with daily updates there are always going to be some out of date, but I would hope it will mean less people bothering you about a site they mistook for your own. Secondly and even more importantly, the new version of the site will have full wiki functionality, so if there are any inaccuracies in company listings, users and editors will be able to update them -the beauty of the wiki model is that we are creating the tools needed to empower business owners, managers and websurfers to easily change and edit the records. The exciting big picture is that means any and every user will be able to contribute to the process of fixing any inaccuracies and adding detail, but from your point of view again it should mean less reason for them to accidentally contact you. In the meantime, thank you for your patience in sending them to the correct site, and good luck with your ongoing efforts in information literacy. Matt Aird For Bizwiki.com Hi Chad

I was very interested to read your post about Visual Literacy because I just experienced the flip side of your experience; I work on the Bizwiki.com website and had your article forwarded by someone looking for your ‘The Biz Wiki’ site. Unfortunately you are absolutely correct, even with clearly different urls and websites confusions like this are common online and likely to continue.

Now the good news. Firstly, Bizwiki.com is currently an early version (Alpha) of the business wiki we are creating, but within the next few weeks will go beta with a fresh set of information and business records. That should make a big difference to the currency of the information on the site. The web is an imperfect medium and with millions of business records in circulation even with daily updates there are always going to be some out of date, but I would hope it will mean less people bothering you about a site they mistook for your own.

Secondly and even more importantly, the new version of the site will have full wiki functionality, so if there are any inaccuracies in company listings, users and editors will be able to update them -the beauty of the wiki model is that we are creating the tools needed to empower business owners, managers and websurfers to easily change and edit the records. The exciting big picture is that means any and every user will be able to contribute to the process of fixing any inaccuracies and adding detail, but from your point of view again it should mean less reason for them to accidentally contact you.

In the meantime, thank you for your patience in sending them to the correct site, and good luck with your ongoing efforts in information literacy.

Matt Aird
For Bizwiki.com

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