Dear All,

For an Internet company, our valuable thoughts seem to have appeared on an awful lot of magazines recently.

Dr. Dave set the readers of New Media Age straight about the problems of delivering email successfully through spam-killers; .NET magazine printed my article on usability this month; Ben told readers of Insurance International magazine how worried they should be about security; also our cutting insights into successful Intranets filled several pages of Knowledge Management magazine.

Not content with delivering our opinions through magazines, we are taking them with us to this year's Internet World exhibition at Earls Court, London in April/May. We'll be on a stand W591 near the branding workshop, so if you're going along then do drop in and see us.

More Sense news below, so until next time,

We're a company of music lovers, and as such we'd have loved to get our hands on this incredible ebay listing (Not just the undisputed largest collection of recorded music in the world, but also the most viewed and watched listing ebay has ever had!)

We did consider a kitty, but a company record collection of this magnitude might have to wait 'til next time :\

If you've been thinking of buying new chairs for the office then look no further; the Hawaii Chair is the answer to all your chairing needs!

Corporate Intranets

Corporate intranets have a tendency to become poorly-maintained graveyards for outdated information that are seldom visited by the users who expect to get so much value from them. We can offer advice on the step that organisations need to ensure that their intranet remains both useful and usable throughout it's lifespan:

Examples of features your intranet-users may find useful:

		A way to find internal phone numbers
		A way to book and manage holidays
		Expenses claim management
		Sickness / absence management
		Timesheet management
		Appraisal preparation
		Lunch specials in the canteen

To discover what your users require from your intranet, do some simple user research; such as asking "What stupid things do people around you consistently get wrong?" You can discover the problems your users are experiencing with everyday tasks and provide them with something that makes the problem go away. Everyone will love both you and your intranet - for a while at least!

Socks have been flying all over the place this last few months as we've been working them off our feet! For now though our lips must remain sealed but rest assured beans can be spilt in the coming newsletters :)

For now though...

The Little Book of Sense

Following on from our re-brand at the end of last year, we have produced quite a smashing little book showcasing some of our clients and giving a few handy hints and tips on the Internet. If you haven't got your hands on a free copy already, they're flying out the door at an alarming rate - contact us to order one!

CTO Ben speaks Slovak don't you know?! A handy phrase for our seasonal chocolate fest...

Translation:

(panic over)