links for 2010-10-05

11 of the presentations at EuroIA captured by Cristiano Siri in sketchnote format

"What happens if one of your employees freaks out, comes to work and starts threatening coworkers with a samurai sword? You'll be held responsible because all of the signs of such behavior were clear for all to see on public Facebook pages. That's why you should scan every prospective hire and run continued scans on every existing employee. In other words, they make the case that now that people use social networks, companies will be expected (by shareholders, etc.) to monitor those services and protect the company from lawsuits, damage to reputation, and other harm."

Whilst the logo may 'fend off the Feds', it may interest the BBC's lawyers, as it bears more than a passing resemblance to a certain iPlayer logo

Inspired headline.

"We'll be having an expert panel of News designers at The Design of Understanding". Due to be held on 28th January 2011 in London, it will feature Jon Hill of The Times, Mychael Agar from The Telegraph, Scott Byrne-Fraser of the BBC, chaired by Michael Robinson from The Guardian

"You’re speaking to a room of geeks. Many of these people have no human contact OUTSIDE of conferences. You don’t have to try so hard. They’re just excited to be outside and dressed". One of my favourite lines in a "Here's how to do x" blogpost in a while