tl;dnr: The length and formatting of your content matters. People read differently online than in print (and mobile is even more different).
Ever click through a link and then find an article that was way too long and hard to read? If you’re like most people, you quickly left. How people read content online is quite different than how they read in print. And the circumstances around their information needs will also dictate how they read a page and how long you have to get your point across. [Read more…] about TL;DNR: Length and Formatting of Content Are Important
I’ve been investigating various mobile applications and services, and one of the most fascinating are services that easily create mobile versions of websites. As more people have smartphones, it will be extremely important to have a website that is usable on mobile devices (and others). Luckily, RSS feeds make it very easy to port content across different platforms.
Not only do I work online, but I pretty much live online. I use web-based applications for just about everything – email, calendar, documents, networking, etc. It’s much easier to have information available online from any computer than have to rely on having my laptop all the time. However, the drawback is needing some way to connect to that information without a computer – a smartphone. Ever since my first blackberry I’ve been hooked on smartphones and having all the information I want at any time with a touch of a button.