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Fonera, whose novel routers require you to share your connection in trade for access to other Fonera users' connections, has updated their hardware: the new Fonera 2 supports USB storage, BitTorrent and 3G dongles.
To clarify what that means, a little Fonera refresher: All Fonera routers are open to all Fonera users, meaning that in exchange for providing Wi-Fi to the occasional Fonera-owning passerby, you get to tap into other Fonera users' connections whenever you're away from home. It's a pretty cool idea, but it's not clear that there are enough Foneras in existence for the concept to work in practice, at least in the US.
But the new Fonera 2 hardware is attractive in its own right. It is equipped to turn into a NAS with any external HDD, and even supports Time Machine. USB 3G dongles can be plugged in to share a cellular connection over Wi-Fi, and an inbuilt BitTorrent client rounds out the banner features (but there's plenty more to see here, and in the above video). The Fonera will run a reasonable €50 ($US70) when it launches in Europe this month and worldwide in May. [Gadget Lab via Slashdot]


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Commander Shepard and Agent Coulson had a crossover. But, it's not the good kind. See, some concept drawing for BioWare's popular sci-fi video game saga apparently got swiped in a recent episode of the Marvel Entertainment television series. And some eagle-eyed Mass Effect fans spotted it.
As reported by Eurogamer, an exterior shot from the Dec. 10 episode of Agents of SHIELD features an exterior shot that seems to lift structures from a piece of Mass Effect art titled "Earth Alliance." A user named "fhweufhewiu" on BioWare's Mass Effect forums noticed the similarity and posted a comparison shot.
As you can see, despite some major alterations to the alleged source image, the two images look very much alike. The rub here is that BioWare itself came under fire for using external images as the basis of artwork that appeared in Mass Effect 3. An image of Quarian castmember Tali without her mask on and the backdrop for the game's ending sequences both appeared to be sourced from art produced elsewhere.
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We have been getting a lot of feedback in the buildup to the first round of this seasons KTA Asia Tour that a lot of the locally based riders from Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia were disappointed that due to their work demands and lack of holiday time available to them that they could not join the competition over on Bintan from the 20 – 24th February.
So we have come up with a cunning plan and decided to add a special Weekend Warriors Fun Race.
This will as an additional sub-class within the TT Race Class to give more local riders the chance to to join for the weekend and get the full KTA experience. Special Weekend Warrior Fun Race registration sessions will be set up at the Agro Hotel, the competitions host location, on the Friday evening and Saturday morning to give everyone the max chance to get in on the action.
Registration is US$ 50 to race for the weekend which get riders the full event rider's registration bag and competition lycra, special weekend rates and other rider discounts at the Agro hotel, free entry to the Mid-Event and Awards Party, plus some nice prizes for those riders tat end up at the top of the Weekend Warrior pack.
This is an onsite registration only, so no need to register online, but you do need to book your hotel space at either the Agro Resort or its sister Hotel the Cabanna.
You can do this direct with the Agro Beach for either hotel – http://www.agrobeach.com/ just remember to tell them you are taking part in the KTA to get the special event room rate.
So all you riders from Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia come and join at the first KTA event ever in your part of the region, there will be great competition, a bunch of cool parties and a whole pile of good kiting folk from far and wide to meet and hang out with.
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The equity in small business owners' companies is a valuable asset. But in a privately held company, how can equity be converted to cash when the owner exits the business? Creating an exit plan – commonly called a "succession plan" – is an integral part of strategic business planning. This article will help business owners understand: 1. Why a succession plan is important, 2. How to begin the process and 3. How to put the plan into action.
The Tax Impact at an Owner's Exit
Succession planning, which involves passing ownership to an heir or selling the company, aims to achieve an optimal outcome for the business, which includes converting business equity into cash whenever necessary. This goal is important for two reasons:
- At retirement, business owners usually want to enjoy themselves or pursue other opportunities. After giving up control, they don't want to worry about the health of their business.
- An owner's heirs may lack the knowledge or interest to manage the business – and may prefer, at the owner's death, to liquidate it.
The value of a business passed to heirs is included in the owner's estate at death and could be subject to federal estate taxes. These taxes must be paid in cash, and the filing deadline for federal estate taxes is nine months after the date of death, unless an extension is requested. Federal and state governments require cash to settle taxes – regardless of the status of the business in the wake of the owner's death. In the worst cases, valuable businesses have been sold at "fire sale" prices simply to meet estate tax obligations.
Heirs may also need cash for other reasons, such as business debts and obligations, probate and attorneys' fees, the cost of business appraisals, audits, and the costs of closing down the business. Consequently, almost every business needs cash to work through the transition in ownership. Providing this cash is one of the most important steps in the succession planning process.
Three Key Questions
One starting point for business succession planning is to ask and answer three questions:
- What is the business worth now on a "fair market value" basis? Fair market value is the amount that a willing buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm's length negotiated transaction. (A business appraisal conducted by a qualified professional can help to answer this question.)
- What will the business be worth when the owner exits? Any future growth in revenues or profits should increase business value – as should the grooming of one or more successors.
- How will heirs obtain a fair value for the business when the owner exits? One solution, called a buy-sell agreement, pre-determines the terms of a sale and may also pre-determine the funding mechanism necessary to complete the sale and help pay expenses and taxes.
Terms of a Buy-Sell Agreement
A buy-sell agreement may be formed between co-owners or partners, who each agree to buy out the other's interest upon a "triggering" event. Alternatively, it may involve the current owner and a designated successor owner, perhaps a family member or top manager.
Most buy-sell participants lack the personal resources to buy a partner or owner's business interest outright. Since most business owners prefer to receive cash at the closing, strategic planning requires that the source of the cash be identified well in advance. Often, the primary source is permanent life insurance. The death benefit is a cost-effective way to fund a death buyout and the cash value component can be used for lifetime buyout events.
Valuing the Business
After a successor is identified, the next step is to determine the buy-out value. Although small business owners have some flexibility in setting the price of a buy-out transaction, the IRS and courts require a valuation that represents fair market reality. Some valuation methods include:
❖ Comparable recent transactions – Business value is based on the terms of sales or mergers involving companies of comparable size in the same industry or market area.
❖ Multiple of revenue or book value – Business value may be pegged to a multiple of gross revenues in the year or two just before the owner exits. For example, some service-oriented businesses may sell for about one to two times annual gross revenues. Or, the value may be pegged to an audited balance sheet as a multiple of "book value."
❖ Discounted cash flow – The value is based on total cash flow that the business is projected to generate for a period of years (typically three to five) after the owner's exit, discounted by a cost of capital.
Drafting the Legal Agreement
The next step is to formalize the buy-sell agreement in writing with the help of an attorney experienced in succession planning – and ideally, one who also has a background in estate tax planning and business valuation. An important section of the agreement defines the "trigger events" that will require ownership to change hands. Common trigger events include an owner's death, disability, retirement, divorce, or separation from employment. When a buyout is triggered by an event other than death, the legal agreement also may include provisions that prevent the departing owner from competing against the company or disclosing its trade secrets.
Funding the Buy-Sell Agreement
As noted earlier, permanent life insurance is often used to fund buy-sell agreements. This is because coverage can continue, and premiums remain constant, at any age. Funding these agreements with permanent life insurance also has other benefits:
❖ Quick and convenient cash for heirs – Life insurance solves the problem of turning a liquid asset (the business) into cash.
❖ Tax advantages – Life insurance pays a death benefit that is generally free of federal income taxes. In buy/sell agreements, the benefit is usually paid to the party who has the obligation to buy the shares: the surviving shareholders or outside buyer – so the death benefit does not create estate tax consequences for the estate of the deceased.
❖ Affordable, level premiums – Permanent life insurance can be purchased at affordable level premiums, especially when the insured person is fairly young and in good health.
❖ Cash value – The cash value of a permanent policy can provide buyout funds if an owner exits at a lifetime triggering event, such as a divorce or normal retirement. Most agreements include provisions for terminating the buy-sell agreement by mutual consent or if specified events occur. In such instances, the policy's owner can recoup part of the premium cost from the cash value.
Planning for a Long-Term Disability
One trigger event that can be funded with insurance is an owner's long-term disability. In this case, disability income insurance can be purchased to fund an obligation written into the buy/sell agreement. Subject to the terms of the policy, disability buyout insurance pays to the business beneficiary or other owner a stated amount of money or periodic income (after a waiting period) that can be used to fund part or all of the buyout. Successful business owners rarely stop working long enough to ask why they are working so hard. But ultimately, most are striving to achieve a certain level of security for themselves and their loved ones. With the right succession planning, small business owners can help to ensure both the long-term success of their business – and greater financial security for themselves and their family for many years to come.


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Demi Moore isn't happy for being the poster child for older women who happen to like younger men.
"I'm certainly not the first person to be in a relationship with a younger man, but somehow I was plucked out as a bit of a poster girl," Demi, 47, who is married to Ashton Kutcher, 31, told the latest issue of W magazine. "I don't know why that is. But I just kind of step back sometimes and say, 'There is some reason, and what is it that I have to share in a positive way?'"
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In fact, Demi would actually like to be called by another cat-like name.
"I'd prefer to be called a puma," she told the mag. "[I] Twittered it out. People wrote back hilarious stuff, saying, 'I'm going to get T-shirts that say puma power.'"
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Regardless of titles, Demi said she has a deep connection with her husband of four years, Ashton.
"The most overwhelming part of meeting someone that you already felt you had such a deep and old connection with is that your feelings are greater than the time you've had to actually be with one another," she said. "Now we've had the physical time together. The love he has for me makes me a better person by giving me the courage to take risks. I can fail and have someone who loves me just the same. I never knew it was quite possible."
And Demi has another close connection – with her fans online – brought to the actress by the powers of social networking Web site, Twitter.
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"People are much more interested in what I have to say directly… and that really changed the whole dynamic I have with fans," she said.
"I can't impress enough the difference in how people are perceiving me," she added. "They're getting to see who I am."
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When it comes to making a budget device, be it a phone or a tablet, compromise is the name of the game. It's not possible to squeeze in top spec hardware components as well as making the product super thin, constructed from top end materials and still hit a budget pricepoint (£199 in this instance)... so something has to give. The problem is it's a delicate balancing act - if the hardware is too basic, the software too poor or the construction too cheap, buyers will be turned off. Archos are no strangers to the lower end of the market and have certainly had their fair share of 'misses' as well as the occasional 'hit'... so which of these is the Archos 80 G9? Read on to find out!
In the box
The tablet comes in a smart black box emblazoned proudly with Honeycomb screenshots and logos as well as the various hardware features of the device. The box contents are spartan - you have the device itself, a microUSB cable, a mains adaptor (dual 110V/240V rated at 5V / 1.5A) with UK, European and US plugs, a rather chunky manual, (albeit in a multitude of languages with only a few pages dedicated to each), a warranty booklet and a support leaflet.
No headphones are included in the box.
Hardware - overview
If you're expecting a lot of corners to have been cut on the device to hit the £199 price point then you're in for a pleasant surprise! The device specs are as follows..
- Android 3.2 Honeycomb
- 8" 1024 x 768 Display
- ARM dual-core CORTEX A9 TI OMAP 4430 processor @ 1GHz
- 8GB internal storage
- microSD expansion
- Video playback: MPEG-4 HD (up to 1080p) / MPEG-42 ([email protected] AVI, up to DVD resolution) / H.264 HD ([email protected], up to [email protected] fps and 1080i/[email protected] fps)
- Video playback with optional plug-in: MPEG2 (up to DVD resolution MP/D1)
- VIdeo container support: AVI, MP4, MOV, 3GP, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, MKV, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF
- Audio playback: MP3, WAV (PCM/ADPCM), AAC3, AAC+ 5.13, OGG Vorbis, FLAC
- Audio playback with optional software plug-in: AC3 5.1
- Photo viewer: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
- Subtitles: srt, .ssa, .smi, .sub formats supported
- 720p front camera with 720p recording
- USB MTP support
- USB host: Mass Storage Class (MSC) (Micro USB/USB Host cable sold separately)
- Mini HDMI output
- 802.11 b/g/n WiFi
- Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR
- Built-in GPS
- Built-in speakers
- G-sensor
- Compass
- Vibration motor
- Built-in kick stand
- Built-in Microphone
- 226 mm x 155 mm x 11.7 mm (8.90 x 6.11 x 0.46 inch)
- 465g (17 oz)
- Battery life: Music playback time: up to 36 hrs, Video playback time: up to 7 hrs, Internet navigation time: up to 10 hrs
That's a pretty sweet spec list i'm sure you'll agree. The only real point of concern is the 512MB RAM (1GB being 'the norm' on honeycomb devices) and it's worth noting that there is no rear camera (to be honest I don't really see the value of them on tablet devices anyway...!)
Hardware - around the device
The device is constructed from smooth, shiny grey plastic. While it does feel somewhat cheap, there is little flex and creak. The plastic on the back is softer than i'd like and bends rather easy, but we'll talk more about this later.
So let's give you a tour of the tablet starting with the front. The front of the device is home to the 8" 1024x768 screen, a size and resolution quite unusual in the Android world (although about to get a lot more widespread when the HP Touchpad Android build lands!). The screen is not flush with the front of the device, it has a black border with a 'lip', which some potential users have expressed concern may collect dust as on phones of old. This is quite an unusual design nowadays, but I don't really have a problem with it myself. Below the screen is the 'Archos 80 G9' branding and to the left of the screen is the 720P forward facing camera, primarily intended for video calling. The back of the device has 4 small rubber feet (for when the device is laid flat), Archos branding next to a single speaker roughly in the center of the device, a flip out kickstand (a really useful addition!) and a slide out port where the optional 3G modem can be attached. Behind this port is a regular USB port. The base of the device has two additional feet (although moulded into the case plastic rather than rubber) for use when the device is using the kickstand. The right hand side of the tablet has the volume rocker. The left hand side has the power button (which doubles as a reset button when held for 10 seconds), the microUSB port for syncing / charging, the microphone, a 3.5mm headphone socket and a mini HDMI connector. There is also a charging LED.
The Archos 80 G9 runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb, which really sets it apart in the budget segment of the Market. Honeycomb on board means it's a full Google experience device with a few additions from Archos themselves. Installed software includes...
- Stock Honeycomb software - Browser, Calculator, Calendar, Camera, Clock, Contacts, Email, Gallery (with Picasa integration),
- Google Experience additions - Google Mail, Google Search, Maps, Market, Movie Studio, Talk, YouTube
- Archos Remote (control your Archos Tablet from your Android Phone) - useful if you have it plugged into your TV via HDMI perhaps?
- Files (File Manager)
- Archos Music
- Photo Frame
- Sound Recorder
- System Monitor
- User Manual
- Archos Video
- Voice Dialler (?)
- Voice Search
In use
So that's the overview... what's it like to use?
Actually, it's pretty nice!
While the plastics on the device feel a bit cheap, the device feels good in the hand, not least because the 8" size feels quite natural to hold compared to it's large competitors. If you've used other Android Tablets the 4:3 screen ratio feels a little strange at first, but Android 3.2's added support for such screen sizes on Honeycomb means it's pretty rare for it to be an issue. I find that the volume button placement low down on the right hand side is prone to being knocked accidentally and the microSD sticks out a few mm when it's inserted, which is a little strange. The buttons have a very 'clicky' feel which gives good feedback during use, although being made of the same shiny plastic as the rest of the device they too feel a bit low budget. One thing I have noted is that I have a few very light surface scratches on the back of my unit already - a case may well be a sound investment if you plan to purchase.
One thing that can be a bit disconcerting from a hardware perspective is that the soft plastic used on the back of the device does mean that if you press on it, you can make marks on the LCD display. These marks disappear as soon as you stop pressing, but it does raise a question as to the devices ruggedness over time - see the end of my video below for a demonstration.
The screen itself is bright and clear with reasonable outside visibility. Viewing angles are great from straight on, pretty good from off to the left and above and weaker from the right or below. I have not had issue with the viewing angles at all (compared to devices such as the Vega where it's quite a problem), but sometimes I think about the best way to hold the device to make the most of the viewing angles. For example, if i'm reading in portrait, I get better visibility with the volume key facing up than down.
When the device first arrived, I thought it was DOA. It wouldn't turn on and the manual suggested that there should be a battery charging indicator on the display even when off. It runs out that this isn't the case - the green charging LED will flash to indicate the device is charging but it won't show anything on screen... and it seems it won't turn on until it's had a bit of juice first! Although the device has a microUSB charger it is recommended that it is charged using the supplied 1.5A adaptor, however I have successfully charged the device from my iMac, albeit slower than I would plugged into the mains.
When you first turn on the device you are greeted by the Archos tailored startup wizard which walks you through the initial setup of your device. The setup process is thorough and well presented, introducing the user immediately to a level of polish that has been sorely lacking in Archos products of old and amongst many of it's competitors. The immediate impression is that Archos have stepped up their game. When the setup is completed you are presented with a fairly stock looking Honeycomb build. The iconography, fonts etc. are all stock Honeycomb, but in my opinion this is a good thing. Archos have used base Honeycomb for all of the things that it is great at and then added a light sprinkling of their own tweaks and software to round out the experience... bravo!
When navigating around the device, the experience is generally smooth... or at least as smooth as I find Honeycomb on any of my tablets! I often find that the launcher in Honeycomb is not as smooth as i'd like and while I also see this on the Archos, I don't think it's any worse than i've seen elsewhere. Switching apps on the device and general use is good, although if you are running a large number of applications or applications that use a large amount of memory you can run into the devices memory limit by virtue of the fact that 512MB is included as opposed to the more common 1GB for Honeycomb. That said, i've not had any situations where the reduced memory has caused any serious issues so I wouldn't personally put it down as a big problem.
I'll gradually work through the apps on the device and talk about what they do and most importantly, how well they work. First of all though, i'm going to start with the settings menu. Now, obviously the Android settings menu is every geek's first port of call and on the Archos it's littered with lovely little customisations. In the Wireless settings, you have additional options for the 3G stick. You can turn the 3G stick port on and off, as well as managing the disconnect policy, timeout, SIM pin etc. Being able to turn this port on and off is particularly useful as you can plug in USB sticks and hard disks as well as the 3G dongle (at least with the shipping firmware, they've accidentally removed this in the latest update!) In the screen menu, together with the usual options (although no auto brightness, there's no light sensor), you can adjust the TV overscan for the HDMI output. In the Applications menu, in development settings, you can set the power button short press to take a screenshot instead of suspending. In the storage menu, you can at a glance see Internal, SD card AND USB storage usage. In the Language and input menu you can configure the software keyboards which include Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. You can also configure the layout for a USB connected keyboard and the pointer speed for a USB connected mouse. A new repair and formatting menu allows you to recalibrate the touchscreen or individually reformat / reset different media stores. And finally, in the About menu, you can disable deep sleep, check for an OTA firmware update, register your product and view installed plugins. All small tweaks that add up to round off the device experience.
Working through the launcher, the Archos Connect app is basically a sales ad for the 3G dongle and the Archos Remote app is, as mentioned before, related to remote controlling Archos products from other Android devices. Next comes the Browser. Web browsing on the Archos is a pleasant experience. The 4:3 screen lends itself well to browsing, rendering is fast and multitouch zooming and panning is very smooth. This is probably a good time to talk about online video services. I've tested a number with the Archos (iPlayer, TVCatchup etc.) and they all perform beautifully. What was particular impressive for me was that the device is able to play 'High Quality' TVCatchup streams (in fullscreen mode), something that has choked many a device I have tried it on. Impressive. Typing text into the browser is a pleasant experience due to the good stock Honeycomb keyboard, drop on Swiftkey Tablet and it's even better. The Archos 80 G9 has an internal vibrate motor for haptic feedback, something missing on a lot of more expensive tablets... although again, this seems to have been accidentally disabled on the new software update.
The Calculator, Calendar, Clock, Contacts and Email apps are completely stock Honeycomb, as is the camera, but it's worth mentioning quickly the image quality of the camera. It's just about good enough for Google Talk conversations, but don't expect it to replace your point and shoot. Once again, the included kickstand is helpful here! The camera can take still pictures at 1.2MP or video at 720P resolution... i've included some samples below.The Gallery too is stock Honeycomb, which means you can take advantage of the excellent Picasa integration that's built in. If you haven't used a Honeycomb tablet then you haven't experienced Google's 2-pane GMail client which I personally love. :) Maps and navigation works very well on the device by virtue of the inbuilt GPS. If you add the 3G stick you have yourself a pretty awesome navigation tool.
In time for my review Google chose to switch on Google Books for the UK, which allows you to buy books from the Android Market on your device. Personally I'm a Kindle user myself. I've used the Archos for reading from the Kindle app and it's a good experience. Just about within reasonable limits for reading in portrait, it's another string on the bow of a very multifunctional device. The 'Movie Studio' simple movie editing app is included, not something i've used a lot in anger to be honest, but for basic video editing it's nice to have there and the Archos seems to have the power to use the app with no issues. Photo Frame is just that as is Sound Recorder.
One app that is worthy of a mention is 'System Monitor'. An Archos addition, it has a lovely Honeycomb UI for showing (and killing) running apps, pending alarm events and wake locks as well as allowing you to uninstall apps. Although Task Killers on the whole are frowned upon, this app is brilliant. It lets you delve pretty deep into what's running on your device and what might be running down your battery in a very friendly UI. Excellent. I've included screenshots below in my Picasa album.
Google Talk is preinstalled provided you update your device to the latest firmware, and, of course, it supports voice and video calling. The installed User Manual application links to, well, the user manual online. Voice Dialler seems a strange inclusion alongside Voice Search (Voice Actions) while YouTube, as always, is a treat on Honeycomb.
I've left a couple of apps until last to talk about - the Archos Music and Video apps. Archos have been in the media player business for a long time, and their expertise shines through on the G9 series. Where the media solutions on previous Android efforts have been something of a hack job between their media players of old and the 'new Android world', their new Media player is very nice indeed. It can play local content, USB content, UPNP content, content over SMB... all out of the box. If you need AC3 support you'll have to pick up an additional ~£13 software addon pack, but the range of format playback out of the box is impressive. The video application will play back MPEG-4 HD (up to 1080p), MPEG-42 ([email protected] AVI, up to DVD resolution) / H.264 HD ([email protected], up to [email protected] fps and 1080i/[email protected] fps) and MPEG2 (up to DVD resolution MP/D1) with the add-on pack. As far as containers go, the Archos supports AVI, MP4, MOV, 3GP, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, MKV, FLV, RM, RMVB and ASF. The music application will play back MP3, WAV (PCM/ADPCM), AAC3, AAC+ 5.13, OGG Vorbis and FLAC. YES. FLAC! In a nutshell, the device has played back everything i've thrown at it. I've played content from my FreeNAS over the WiFi and it's played beautifully. This is surely helped by the fact that the Archos has excellent WiFi range and 802.11n support means you're going to be making the most of what your wifi router can give you.
One unique feature for the Archos 80 G9 is it's 3G 'dongle system'. Basically, the tablet ships without 3G but has a USB port on the back where a 3G dongle can be inserted at a later date. The dongle costs £49.99 and is tailored to fit the device although it has the added bonus that it also works in Windows PCs and Macs. Neat! Unfortunately I don't have access to a dongle as yet, but if I can get hold of one i'll update the review in due course. I do think it's a great idea though!
For the techies
Rooting the Archos units has been traditionally obtained via the 'Developer Edition' firmware Archos release. This isn't out for the brand new G9 devices yet, but hopefully it'll come. In the meantime, I have a 'temp root on boot' solution i'll be releasing in the near future. Bear in mind that the boot and recovery images are signed on the device and the system partition too has a signature on a squashfs image, so /system changes aren't happening any time soon (i.e. custom ROMs).
Battery life
I've found my Archos at least living up to the stated battery times in general use but I have also been very impressed by it's standby time. Archos' inclusion of a 'deep sleep' mode means you can effectively power down the tablet when you're not using it such that when you turn it on next it will have lost next to no battery but still turn on instantly. It works extremely well! The downside is that the device is in true sleep and thereforce can't be woken by anything except the power button (e.g. by an Alarm Clock app) but hey, it's a tablet... I think this feature makes a LOT of sense. If it doesn't suit you, you can turn off the feature completely anyway in the settings menu.
In conclusion
If you want to pick up a tablet for under £200, your options are pretty limited. If you want a tablet with a decent screen (it's not the best, but it's good enough), Honeycomb, a speedy processor, GPS, 3G expandability, excellent media playback, a kickstand for taking advantage of said media playback and much much more for under £200, you have a choice of one.
I cannot commend Archos enough for what they've achieved with this device. Yes, they've cut corners to keep the price down but for the first time in my many MANY years of using Archos devices they'd done it sensibly and without massively compromising the overall experience. It's not a competitor for a Galaxy Tab, a Transformer, a Flyer or indeed many of the devices sitting above it on price but for what it is, I have no problem recommending it as a purchase to readers, provided the low end build quality, 4:3 screen ratio and lower resolution compared to some of it peers are not an issue.
Pros and cons
- Price
- Great specs
- Good software build
- Excellent media performance
- Full Google experience
- 'Add later' 3G expandability
[*]Rear case flex (and associated LCD 'swim')
[*]Slightly cheap plastics - scratch prone
[*]Unusual 1024x768 screen resolution
[*]No USB mass storage support in Honeycomb
[*]Strange feature removal from latest release (USB on 3G port, vibrate)
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Charles Baker, PhD, the association's chief scientific officer, responded by email. "When the full body of science is evaluated during a major review, experts continue to conclude that sugar intake is not a causative factor in any disease, including obesity," he says.
They're high of COURSE sugar is bad. Time to regulate? There's more foods than sugar that elevate blood sugar and cause insulin insensitivity. What about fruit, and wheat? Education and awareness /should/ do more than regulation. Proven causality of tobacco and disease helped curb smoking and prolong people's life. If the info is there some people will follow it and life longer, healthier lives. The people that laugh in the face of good information... f*ck 'em.


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Topic: Mac
Apple outlook raised to 7 million iPads, 4.3 million Macs for Q1 2011
01/18/2011, 12:01 am
Apple is expected to beat even some above-consensus revenue numbers when it announces earnings Tuesday night, having sold new peak numbers of iPhones, iPads and Macs in the winter quarter.
Apple seen selling 100 million iPhones, 40 million iPads in 2011
01/17/2011, 09:01 pm
Any drop in Apple's share price tomorrow "presents a buying opportunity ahead of earnings," according to the latest analyst to weigh in on the impact Steve Jobs' leave of absence may have on investors, noting an improved outlook for iOS and more favorable component costs than previously expected.
Why high resolution screens matter for Apple's iPad 2
01/17/2011, 09:01 pm
Substantiated rumors of the next generation iPad using a vastly higher resolution 2048x1536 display are drawing some to question why the iPad would even need such a dense pixel count, which is much higher than even Apple's 17 inch MacBook Pro. The answer relates to resolution independence.
Gartner: Apple takes 9.7% share in Q4, grows Mac sales by 23%
01/12/2011, 09:01 pm
Gartner has released its own estimates on US and global PC markets for Q4 and 2010, which paint a slightly better picture for Apple and a slightly worse outlook for other PC makers, compared to its market research rival IDC. Both continue to ignore the iPad.
Apple's holiday iPhone, iPad and Mac sales stronger than expected - report
01/04/2011, 09:01 am
Apple is poised to report yet another record-breaking quarter this month, with channel checks indicating sales of the company's iPhone, iPad and Mac computers are tracking ahead of already lofty expectations.
Apple positions iAd Producer as Adobe Flash alternative
12/20/2010, 06:12 pm
Apple has released iAd Producer, a new tool for designing interactive "rich media ads" using web standards for distribution through its iAd network within iOS apps, in a direct blow to Adobe's Flash developer tools, the current standard among many web and mobile ad designers.
Google's Chrome OS assailed as needless, dangerous by critics
12/14/2010, 05:12 pm
A former Google employee predicted that the company's web-based Chrome OS for netbooks would be canceled next year while GNU founder Richard Stallman warned of its dangerous potential for users.
Five years of Apple: 2005 iBook to 2010 MacBook Air
12/10/2010, 02:12 am
Over the last half decade, Apple has radically changed what $999 can buy, with major advancements in the processor power, efficiency, connectivity, size, weight and quality of its entry level notebook.
Mac App Store not coming until January 2011 - report
12/08/2010, 10:12 pm
A new report claims Apple's Mac App Store will launch in the new year, countering earlier rumors that the new store would arrive as early as Dec. 13.
iOS game designer Graeme Devine leaves Apple to make Mac, iOS games
12/08/2010, 07:12 pm
Graeme Devine, a member of Apple's iPhone Game Technologies group, is moving on to pursue an independent role in iOS game development.
Old Navy piloting Apple's iOS EasyPay retail software
12/01/2010, 11:12 pm
Apple has launched a pilot of its EasyPay custom mobile retail software in a trial with Gap subsidiary Old Navy, opening a new market for the iPod touch in handheld payment transactions. [Update: This third-party report is erroneous, see here.]
PCWorld reliability survey: Apple 'smoked the competition'
11/30/2010, 09:11 am
PCWorld this week released the results of its annual Reliability and Service Survey, and Apple won handily in the desktop, notebook and smartphone categories.
Apple iPad widely expected to lead tablet disruption of PCs in 2011
11/27/2010, 03:11 pm
Reports from a variety of analysts predict a huge swell in tablet computer sales next year ranging from 35 to 100 million units in total, with Apple's iPad accounting for the largest number sold by far.
Apple hiring members of rival RIM's enterprise sales team
11/23/2010, 05:11 pm
Apple's efforts to muscle its way into the corporate market with iPhones and iPads is getting an infusion of talent from Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, with at least five employees making the switch in the last year and a half.
Inside AirPrint: How to add iOS printer sharing back to Mac OS X
11/11/2010, 02:11 pm
Experimenters have discovered the configuration files Apple removed from the public release of Mac OS X 10.6.5; adding them back restores the ability to print from iOS devices to shared printers on the Mac.
Dropping Adobe Flash boosts Apple's MacBook Air battery life by 2 hours
11/04/2010, 05:11 pm
Apple has stopped bundling Adobe Flash on new Macs, ostensibly so users could obtain the latest, secure version themselves, but vastly increased battery life seems to be another leading reason.
Brightcove adds support HTTP Live Streaming for Apple iOS devices
11/02/2010, 05:11 pm
Internet video host Brightcove, among the first to begin supporting iPhone-compatible H.264 video and HTML5, is now moving to support Apple's open HTTP Live Streaming format as well, hammering another nail into the coffin of Adobe Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight.
Steve Jobs: iTunes LP, Extra coming to iOS Apple TV
11/02/2010, 05:11 pm
After its transition into an iOS device, Apple TV lost the ability to display iTunes LP and Extras, but support is on the way according to an email attributed to Apple's chief executive.
Apple partners with Unisys to reach enterprise, government clients
10/25/2010, 04:10 pm
Apple has contracted with Unisys Corp to help it sell the Mac, iPhone and iPad to corporations and US government agencies outside of the company's core markets in education and consumers.
Apple leaks new scroll bar UI details in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
10/21/2010, 08:10 pm
Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs specifically highlighted a few new user interface changes coming in the next release of Mac OS X, but his presentation also revealed additional subtle but significant changes to how scroll bars work in the new Mac user interface.


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Lenovo's New IdeaPad Laptops Offer Ultrabook Style Without the Hefty Price Tag
The deluge of new product announcements during the IFA Consumer Electronics Show continues — but in the case of Lenovo's new S series products, it's less about the Ultrabook stamp (or Windows 8) and more about affordability.
The China-based PC maker has expanded its IdeaPad S line to include the new S300, S400 and S405 laptops. The lightweight laptops borrow some features from Intel-driven Ultrabooks, but technically they aren't Ultrabooks. And the starting price point for these laptops, unlike some $1,000-and-up Ultrabooks, is just $499.
The new S series laptops are less than an inch thick and weigh 3.9 pounds, with a 14-inch HD widescreen display. They have what Lenovo is describing as a "tactile" metallic finish, and are available in a variety of colors, including red, grey and pink. (For the ladies! Groan.)
The IdeaPad S300 and S400 come with either Intel Core i3 or i5 processors; the S405 model is available with AMD A8 quad-core processors. The IdeaPad S405 also offers up to a one-terabyte hard disk drive with an optional 32 gigabyte solid-state drive, while the others have 500GB of hard disk storage capacity.
That all sounds pretty good — especially for the back-to-school crowd, right? But, the one area in which the IdeaPads are clearly lacking is battery life, which Lenovo says is about five hours.
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Court Upholds Habitat Protections for Rare Southern California Fish
LOS ANGELES— A federal judge has upheld protections for 9,300 acres of critical habitat for Southern California's Santa Ana sucker, a small native fish that has vanished from nearly 95 percent of its historic range since the 1970s.
Twelve water districts and cities had challenged the 2010 designation that protected sucker habitat in San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties. The Center for Biological Diversity, California Trout, San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society and the San Gorgonio Chapter of the Sierra Club intervened in the case on behalf of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to assist defense of the habitat designation.
"This is a big win for the Santa Ana sucker," said Adam Lazar, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. "These protections will help make sure this tiny fish has a future, but they'll also protect all kinds of other wildlife that depends on these rivers for their survival."
Monday's ruling by U.S. District Judge James V. Selna bookends more than a decade of litigation over the Santa Ana sucker, including successful challenges by the Center and allies to get it listed under the Endangered Species Act and then secure protections for some of its more important habitat. The latest decision rejects a broad array of attacks on the sucker's critical habitat designation, including claims that the designation violated both the Endangered Species Act and administrative procedure. These claims were all thoroughly rejected by the judge.
"As part of the Santa Ana Sucker Conservation Team, I've watched the sucker population in the Santa Ana river decline to a point where its very existence is on the line," said Ileene Anderson, a biologist with the Center, which has been working to protect the sucker for more than a decade. "This ruling preserves the desperately needed designation of critical habitat for the sucker — the bare minimum the species needs to survive. And it'll ensure water quality and quantity for people too."
The designation protects habitat in stretches of three Southern California rivers and their tributaries: the Santa Ana River (in San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties) and the San Gabriel River and Big Tujunga Wash (both in Los Angeles County). Adequate critical habitat is a clear benefit for the fish; studies have shown that species with critical habitat are twice as likely to be recovering as those without it.
The Santa Ana sucker is a small, olive-gray fish found in clear, cool, rocky pools of creeks, as well as gravelly bottoms of permanent streams with slight to swift currents. Many of these streams are naturally subject to severe seasonal flooding, which can decimate resident fish populations. The Santa Ana sucker possesses adaptations that enable it to repopulate its birth streams rapidly after such unpredictable events. The fish eats primarily algae, which it searches out with the large lips that gave it its common name. The species was well distributed throughout the Los Angeles, San Gabriel and San Bernardino rivers historically, but is now relegated to only a few stream stretches.
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 450,000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
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The toggle switch is rated at 2A, 250V AC. Supplied with two mounting hexagon nuts, a lockwasher and a positioning flat washer, the switch mounts in a 1/4mm hole and has solder type terminals. The toggle switch is perfect for industrial equipment or emergency lighting.
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- With two mounting hexagon nuts, a lockwasher and a positioning flat washer
- Supplied with three solder lug terminals
- 2A, 250V AC or 5A, 120V AC
- Size: Approx. 0.5 x 0.2 x 1.2 inch (L x W x H)
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- Color: Red, silver tone
- Type: SPDT (on / on)
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- Voltage Rating: 250V AC
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The number of research initiatives that employ 3D point cloud processing has increased substantially since the introduction of affordable off-the-shelf 3D cameras, such as the Microsoft Kinect. This is shown, among other things, by the number of workshops on related topics in the fields of robotics and computer vision. The proposed tutorial will equip researchers, developers and R&D engineers with the tools necessary to start realizing new and interesting ideas, based on the emerging Point Cloud Library (PCL), which builds on its large set of tools and state-of-the-art algorithms to allow advanced 3D processing. The goal is to provide an overview of standard solutions to common 3D processing problems and especially 3D object recognition. In particular, we will guide our guests through the development of a complete object perception pipeline during the event, employing modules such as filtering, feature estimation, segmentation, registration, and object recognition. As during the previous tutorials, we will encourage the audience to bring their own Microsoft Kinect or PrimeSense sensors, so that they can try out the presented steps directly and run the demos on their own laptops. The invited speakers will talk about the features in PCL, present (using live demos) how they used it their work, and will be available to answer spontaneous questions of the participants during the sessions and in separate conversations during the brakes.
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Before embarking on any intranet or website design project, it is important to understand the needs of your users. It is then possible to identify the features and functionality that will make the intranet or website a success, and how the design can support users with different goals and levels of skill.
There are many ways to identify the needs of users, such as usability testing, interviewing users, discussions with business stakeholders, and conducting surveys. However one technique that has grown in popularity and acceptance is the use of personas: the development of archetypal users to direct the vision and design of a web solution.
This article explains what personas are, benefits of using personas, answers to common objections about personas, and practical steps towards creating them. It is meant as an introduction to personas, and provides enough information to start creating your own. If you want to know more, there are lots of resources available, particularly the work of Alan Cooper and colleagues at Cooper Interaction Design. Alan is credited with having created the first persona for software development purposes back in the early 1980s.
Personas act as stand-ins for real users
What are personas?
Personas are archetypal users of an intranet or website that represent the needs of larger groups of users, in terms of their goals and personal characteristics. They act as 'stand-ins' for real users and help guide decisions about functionality and design.
Personas identify the user motivations, expectations and goals responsible for driving online behaviour, and bring users to life by giving them names, personalities and often a photo.
Although personas are fictitious, they are based on knowledge of real users. Some form of user research is conducted before they are written to ensure they represent end users rather than the opinion of the person writing the personas.
Below is a sample persona for an intranet project. This persona describes Bob, a 52 year old mechanic that works for a road service company. From Bob's persona you can start to get a feel for his goals when using the new intranet. He wants to avoid feeling stupid, would like to retain his status as a mentor to his younger colleagues, whilst seeing the potential of the intranet to make him more informed when interacting with customers.
Bob is 52 years old and works as a mechanic with an organisation offering road service to customers when their car breaks down. He has worked in the job for the past 12 years and knows it well. Many of the younger mechanics ask Bob for advice when they meet up in the depot as he always knows the answer to tricky mechanical problems. Bob likes sharing his knowledge with the younger guys, as it makes him feel a valued part of the team.
Bob works rolling day and night shifts and spends his shifts attending breakdowns and lockouts (when customers lock their keys in the car). About 20% of the jobs he attends are complex and he occasionally needs to refer to his standard issue manuals. Bob tries to avoid using the manuals in front of customers as he thinks it gives the impression he doesn't know what he's doing.
Bob has seen many changes over the years with the company and has tried his best to move with the times. However he found it a bit daunting when a new computer was installed in his van several years ago, and now he has heard rumours that the computer is going to be upgraded to one with a bigger screen that's meant to be faster and better.
Bob's been told that he will be able to access the intranet on the new computer. He has heard about the intranet and saw once in an early version on his manager's computer. He wonders if he will be able to find out want's going on in the company more easily, especially as customers' seem to know more about the latest company news than he does when he turns up at a job. This can be embarrassing and has been a source of frustration for Bob throughout his time with the company.
Bob wonders if he will be able to cope with the new computer system. He doesn't mind asking his grandchildren for help when he wants to send an email to his brother overseas, but asking the guys at work for help is another story.
Benefits of creating personas
Personas enable intranet and website teams to stand in their users' shoes. They focus the design effort on supporting user goals, rather than being driven by the ideas of team members or senior executives.
Introducing personas into your intranet or website project will bring a number of benefits:
- users' goals and needs become a common point of focus for the team
- the team can concentrate on designing for a manageable set of personas knowing that they represent the needs of many users
- they are relatively quick to develop and replace the need to canvass the whole user community and spend months gathering user requirements
- they help avoid the trap of building what users ask for rather than what they will actually use
- design efforts can be prioritised based on the personas
- disagreements over design decisions can be sorted out by referring back to the personas
- designs can be constantly evaluated against the personas, reducing the frequency of large and expensive usability tests.
Personas are not stand-alone
Although personas have many benefits, they alone will not ensure the success of your intranet or website. The goals of the business must also be considered, because if the website or intranet does not meet business needs, then the solution is not a viable one. For example, an intranet may aim to reduce organisational costs and increase staff efficiency, while an ecommerce website aims to make sales.
Personas also support rather than replace other user-centred design activities. There is still a need to conduct task analysis to understand the detailed tasks your intranet or website is to accommodate. There is still value in usability testing the site, and many user-centred design activities are conducted to gather input into the personas, such as user interviewing and observation.
Roadblocks to introducing personas
Introducing personas for the first time is not always a smooth ride. You may come across any one of these objections.
Personas are no different from market segments
Market segmentation is an invaluable tool for identifying the groups of people most likely to use a website and why. However market segmentation is not designed to provide insight into how the website needs to work and how it is best designed.
Market segmentation might identify that 37% of women aged 25-35 want to book their next holiday online, and that competitive prices and access to quality accommodation will affect their purchasing decision. A persona, on the other hand, would show that Sally aged 27 wants to book her next holiday online, but is concerned that the accommodation she chooses won't look the same as the brochure, that they won't be close to restaurants and bars, and that her online booking might not be accepted when she arrives. Sally also wants to be assured that she can cancel her booking 60 days prior to her departure date without penalty.
Market segmentation is a great input into persona development and can help identify the types of users to profile. However it rarely provides the richness required to write personas.
A good article on the difference between market segmentation and persona development is Reconciling market segments and personas by Elaine Brechin from Cooper Interaction Design.
Personas have no place in the serious world of IT
Personas make some people feel uncomfortable. Talking about hypothetical users with real names and personalities can be too much for some, and the storytelling nature of personas just does not fit with some organisational or team cultures.
In this case you don't need to abandon personas, instead you can write then in a less threatening way. Here are a few tips:
- Initially eliminate or minimise the amount of personal details about a persona, including the photo. You can introduce these later on if people start to warm to the concept.
- Give the persona a title rather than a name. For example, Bob's persona introduced at the beginning of the article could be referred to as the 'expert mechanic' persona.
- Write the persona as a list of bullet points rather than a narrative. Keep the bullet points to short statements about the user's goals, behaviours, likes and dislikes.
An example of how Bob's persona can be modified is shown below. Although this does not have the richness of the narrative persona, it still does the job of focusing the team on the needs of the user.
|Length of time in job
|More than 10 years
|Daily tasks
|Attends jobs (most simple, approximately 20% complex and has to refer to manuals)
Shares technical tips with younger, less experienced mechanicsLikesBeing seen as the expert and sharing technical tips with less experienced mechanicsDislikesBeing unable to find out what is happening in the company before customers do
Learning new technology and the potential of looking stupid in front of colleagues
Using technical manuals in front of customers for more complex jobsGoalsStay informed about the company
Dont look stupid
Retain status of expert
How can a small set of personas represent the user population
When explaining for the first time that an intranet or website can be designed around only a handful of personas, some people will look at you with disbelief. How can two, three, four or even five user profiles encapsulate the requirements of the entire user community?
Traditionally user-centred design involved researching the needs of as many users as possible and collecting all of their requirements. This resulted in a long list of needs with no sense of priority. This lack of direction typically translated into designs that tried to serve all users but ended up serving no user particularly well.
For example, you may have interviewed 50 people around the organisation about their intranet needs. You have compiled a list of requested content and some ideas about the functionality users' desire, such as a phone book linked to the organisation chart and the ability to check how much annual leave they have left. You also know that the call centre users need access to a range of information very quickly if their call response times are not to be adversely affected. Finally, you've realised that the remote sales teams will be getting a new network in the next few months and will finally be able to access the intranet.
What do you do with all these needs? Do you design the intranet so it meets the needs of the call centre staff? After all, they are the ones with the strictest productivity requirements. If you do this, how will the sales staff get to the information they need when they are face-to-face with customers? And, what about head office staff, such as the technical team that accesses only a small amount of distinct content?
Personas cut through this confusion. They allow you to identify discrete sets of users and create typical users to represent each group. Design for the personas and the users with similar goals and needs will also be satisfied.
Design for a discrete set of personas and satisfy all users with similar goals
By defining primary and secondary personas you can also work out who to design for first and whether you need to design more than one user interface. The needs of a primary persona will not be met if you design for someone else, whereas others are likely to be satisfied with the primary persona's interface. For example, if you design for the call centre staff, the remote sales staff and the head office technical team might also be satisfied. However if you design just for the head office technical team, the call centre and sales staff are unlikely to be happy.
The call centre staff persona is a primary persona, whereas the head office technical team is a secondary persona. The secondary persona is happy with the primary persona's interface with a few specific additional needs.
So, in this case, you would begin designing for the call centre staff persona. This is a lot easier than facing a 10 or 20 page list of user requirements.
Interview real users and business people that interact with users
How to create personas
Decide on a research method
The purpose of the research is to identify trends or patterns in user behaviours, expectations and motivations to form the basis of the personas. One of the best ways to gather this data is to interview real users. This is usually achievable when designing intranets but becomes harder when you need access to users of a public website.
If you have access to users, decide who to interview by listing the groups of people that might use the intranet or website. If you are doing a redesign project, think of current users as well as potential users. Trends are usually seen after talking to around 10 or so users, however you may need to speak to more if there are a lot users with vastly different needs. Once you hear the same thing over and over again, it's time to stop.
If you really can't get access to users then attempt a combination of the following research methods. Try not to rely on a single method, rather use at least two avenues of research. Also, if you interview users, consider supplementing the interviews with one of the research methods below. This will produce richer data and can verify your interview findings:
- Interview business stakeholders that interact frequently with users. These people have had hundreds if not thousands of interactions with end users and are already conscious of users' behavioural patterns. Respect the wealth of knowledge your business stakeholders hold and get them involved early on in the persona research. This helps to build their buy in to the persona technique.
- Review market research and interview your organisation's market research specialists. Once again these people have frequent interaction with end users and are trained to pick up patterns in attitudes and behaviours. They may not have created personas before, but if you ask the right questions you'll gather useful information to add to your research data.
- Survey users and business stakeholders using quantitative methods. This is a good way to gather large amounts of demographic data and to identify trends in skill levels and tasks performed. However it cannot replace direct interaction and observation with interview subjects as there is no way to tap into the users' subconscious beliefs and attitudes.
- If you are designing a web site, talk to friends and family that are users of the current website or potential users of the new website. Chat to people over dinner parties or at the pub. This is not rigorous research, but some research is better than none.
Conduct interviews in the user's environment
Conduct the research
Now that you have decided on your research methods, carry out the research. If conducting interviews, plan to spend about one hour per interview. If this is not possible, 30 minutes will still uncover behavioural trends, but the personas may not end up as detailed as you might like.
Interviews with users are best conducted in the environment in which they will use the intranet or website. This provides the opportunity to observe what users do as opposed to what they say they do.
Stay away from asking opinions about the design of the intranet or website, or asking users what they want. Rather gather information about the areas listed in the table below. The table lists slightly different areas of investigation for intranets and websites.
|Basic demographics such as age, job title, length of time in position, and length of time with the organisation
Job responsibilities and what a typical day looks like
Tasks that take the longest, are the most critical or are performed most often
Major frustrations with the job and the organisation
What the person likes best about their job
What teams or people within the organisation the person interacts with most
Skill levels relating to the job as well as technology
How time poor or rich the person is
Goals, attitudes, beliefs (conscious and subconscious)
|Basic demographics such as age, job, family, hobbies and interests
What a typical day looks like
Common questions or tasks in relation to the website's domain
Major frustrations when trying to achieve goals related to the website's domain. For example, if it is a travel website, what frustrates the person most about researching and booking travel (online and offline)
What the person likes best about the website's domain. For example, what does the interviewee like best about travel
Who does the person interact with most when completing tasks. For example, does the person rely on the travel agent for advice or do they like to make their own travel decisions.
Skill levels relating to tasks as well as technology
How time poor or rich the person is
Goals, attitudes, beliefs (conscious and subconscious)
Prepare a list of interview questions, however, remain open to an alternative path of questioning if it leads to uncovering user attitudes and behaviours. Also, don't ask questions like 'What are your goals when using the intranet/website?'. You will need to infer the goals from questions like 'What things frustrate you the most?', 'What makes a good working day?', and 'What will help you
to do your job better?' Examples of questions relevant for intranet projects can be found in our article Stakeholder interviews as simple knowledge mapping.
Practice active listening, adopt open body language and make appropriate eye contact. Most of all respect the opinions the user is providing. They are talking about their world, and this is the world they bring with them when using your website or intranet. Your respect will build trust and openness, and this is when the true motivations, attitudes and beliefs of the user are revealed.
Stay tuned to what the user is not saying – take notice of body language and tone of voice
Analyse research data and identify persona set
Review all the research data and look for patterns in attitudes and behaviours. For example, if you interviewed people about travel, you might find patterns like users who are price driven as opposed to quality driven, users who travel frequently as opposed to infrequently, and users who prefer to research their holiday rather than asking others for suggestions.
For an intranet project, users who need to access information under strict time pressures, users who spend a large amount of their time researching, and users who like to be seen as the experts in the organisation.
Whilst listing these patterns, you will begin to see clusters of attitudes and behaviours that make up different personas, such as the frequent traveller that is skilled in researching holidays and finding the best prices. This persona is motivated by keeping the cost of each holiday down so they can travel more in the future. The persona's goal is to go on as many holidays as possible.
Once you have defined these clusters of attitudes and behaviours, give each persona a brief description, such as 'independent traveller' or 'bargain hunter'. There is no ideal number of personas, however try to keep the set small. Four or five personas work as effective design tools, whilst over ten personas may introduce the same confusion as a large user requirements document.
Write personas
Start writing the personas by adding details around the behavioural traits. Select details from your research, such as working environment, frustrations, relationships with others, skill level, and some demographics. Give each persona a name and a photo, unless your organisational or team culture is better suited to the more generic personas, like Bob's persona listed as a series of bullet points.
Here are some tips to follow regardless of whether you write your personas as narrative or bullet points:
- Keep your personas to one page, so they remain effective communication tools and can be referred to quickly during design discussions.
- Add personal details but don't go overboard.
- Include goals for each persona. This can include experience goals as well as end goals. In the case of Bob, the expert mechanic, an experience goal would be to 'not look stupid', whilst an end goal would be 'remain informed about the company'. To find out more about writing goals, refer to the article: Perfecting your personas
- Identify the primary and secondary personas (explained earlier on in this article) to help direct design priorities.
Once your personas are written, review them to ensure they have remained realistic and based on your research data. Check that you have a manageable number of personas, and if two personas seem close in behaviours and goals, see if you can merge them into one persona. Finally, to ensure you have a polished product, ask someone to review the personas for accuracy in spelling and grammar.
Using personas
There are many and varied ways that personas can be used. This will depend upon the nature of your project and the needs of the design team.
Here are some common ways to use personas:
- identify the features, functionality and content to develop for an intranet or website release, ensuring that value is delivered to users from day one of the release
- determine whether one user interface will meet the goals of all users, or whether there needs to be two or more user interfaces developed
- communicate to senior executives the vision for the new intranet or website and how it will meet the needs of the staff or customer base
- make design decision about how a piece of functionality will work or about the creative design of the web solution
- guide the content development so that content supports the goals of the users and answers their common questions
- focus additional user analysis activities, such as task analysis
- guide an expert usability review of the existing intranet or website
- develop scenarios for usability testing
- contribute to the marketing efforts for the intranet or website
Understanding the needs of users is one of the most critical success factors for any intranet or website project. Understanding these needs in a rapid fashion has arisen as project timelines have shortened and the pressure has mounted to deliver value early and often.
Personas allow you to identify and communicate user needs efficiently and effectively. By developing 'stand in' users, based on real user data, the design team can concentrate on designing for these archetypal users with the confidence that the needs of the broader user base will be meet.
Personas are a useful tool to use throughout the project, from deciding upon the functionality to include in a release to evaluating the end product. Teamed up with other user-centred design tools and techniques, such as task analysis and usability testing, personas will place you in good stead to deliver a useful and usable solution.


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