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Digital Consultant links for June 15th through June 25th

These are my links for June 15th through June 25th:

Make sure your data finds a safe harbour – Cloud computing offers many rewards, particularly to small and medium-sized companies and those with international networks, however many US solutions don’t conform to the EU’s ‘safe harbour’ regulations to protect data.
Three Ways Pottermore.com Could Change Book Publishing – JK Rowling’s new own brand Pottermore channel gives more power to the author in exclusively e-tailing digital editions of the Harry Potter titles. Not only is it a means of creating a wider story universe for the Potter characters, but controlling sales and ultimately a means to bypass the publisher.
Daniel Kraft: Medicine’s future? There’s an app for that – Another inspiring video from the TED innovation conference: Daniel Kraft looks at technology innovation in healthcare, particularly how apps and links between specialist technology and personal healthcare to enable patients and doctors to make better decisions about their treatments.
Paper Prototyping – Wire framing can be a boring task – all those screen and boxes and click-thrus. I recently saw an amazing presentation by High School students in Kenya using elaborate painted diagrams, and this reminds me of it – an animation of a paper approach to wire framing. It really makes you think about how the actions on the website develop.

These are my links for January 31st through February 3rd:

TRIZ – A powerful methodology for creative problem-solving – TRIZ is a technique of applying 40 different parameter queries to a problem which is used extensively by engineers. It's a technique that could, at some levels, apply to business process, e.g. considering segmentation, 'nesting' (store within a store), or local variations.
Six Ways to Find Social Media Talent – Some savvy words from Harvard Business Review on recruiting social media talent – that elusive combination between deep social media skills and fit with advancing your business objectives – which involves, basically, empowering other employees to recruit using social media tools in those spaces.
WikiLeaks whistleblower site in temporary shutdown – Sad news for open democracy: WikiLeaks, anonymous uncensored site closed due to lack of funds. The price of 'open information' is, it seems, to high.
Context is King: How Videos Are Found And Consumed Online – Great article featuring facts & figures on how people are consuming video content online. As cable TV and web video has increased overall consumption, the attention span of video duration and spread of number of views has shifted downwards, creating a mass divide between amateur and professional content. There is a rise in niche content, but a decrease in the likelihood of having a 'hit' which could come from either user-generated or professional content.