In-Depth Content Is Value-Add Content

Jacob Neilsen has posted his latest AlertBox and as usual, it is packed with nuggets of goodness. You have to identify opportunities with a non-linear utility function: where paying customers assign more than 10 times higher value to something that costs 10 times as much to produce. The old open-source manifesto "The Cathedral & the Bazaar" holds much truth: when you're the duke, you can't trade in coffee beans, because the bazaar dealers will always undercut your price. You should build a cathedral, because a thousand tents can't compete with the Notre Dame. Are you building a tent or a cathedral?

10 Best Intranets 2007 - Jakob Nielsen

The weekly AlertBox arrived today. Jakob runs through the top 10 intranet sites. Full of good insights, practical information... stuff you should be able to use easily. For the full report and to sign up for your own email with the AlertBox, click through here.