Bill Skeet

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I work at Juniper Networks as Director of Web.
My master's thesis/project on information design is now available in PDF format. This document from May 1994 describes the process and rational for publishing a newspaper on the web.
Complete Document (74 Pages) | Intro | Chapt. 1 | Chapt. 2 | Chapt. 3 | Chapt. 4 | Chapt. 5 | Chapt. 6
It is an account of the challenges and rewards of creating a prototype on the web of The University Daily Kansan, the student newspaper at the University of Kansas.

Presentations & Talks

Poynter's Online Design Processes and Methods for Web Design, November 1999.
E&P Interactive Newspapers Site Design and Redesign, February 1998.
Poynter Institute, September 1997
Interactive Publishing (handouts and outline), Zurich and Geneva November 1996

Favorite Books

Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Steve Krug.
GUI Bloopers, Jeff Johnson.
Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, Jakob Nielsen.
Web Site Usability : A Designer's Guide, Jared Spool, et al. [ My Review ]

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On Web Design

Bill's past Projects

Launching the Real Cities national network of regional sites: Bayarea.com | Twincities.com | Miami.com | Broward.com
Prototypes of newspapers for Knight-Ridder: Mercury Center (redesign) | PioneerPlanet | Philadelphia Online | Tallahassee Democrat |
Mercury Center Comics, NCAA coverage and HTML editor reviews
SND e.chronicles: in PDF format.(66k) (Just the front page.)
My master's project at the University of Kansas was a prototype of the student newspaper The University Daily Kansan on the World Wide Web.
New Media Center Tools.