Jon Marks News & Articles

So where were we? In the first article of this series, What You Need To Know About iOS and Android, we decided that the wise publisher currently targets iOS first and Android second. In a second article, Data Formats for Fixed and Flowable Content, we agreed that HTML is the sensible way to expose a publisher’s content to the world. Today we’ll talk about how we take this content and create wonderful tablet apps.

In the last article in the Publishing for Tablet series, What You Need To Know About iOS and Android, we discussed which tablets and operating systems a publisher should target. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, it is time to tackle the more juicy problems.

Today’s question: How the dickens can I get my content to fit onto tablet screens and enhance my content using the wonders of digital, while retaining a production workflow that doesn’t break the bank? Well, it turns out that not all content is created equal -- let’s look at that first.

Publishers know that tablets are not going away. They also know that publishing for tablets is no easy task. In this article series, I will address many of these publishing challenges; this article will begin with which operating systems and devices to target.

WCM Field Notes is a regular column written in collaboration with Jon Marks (@McBoof), Head of Development at LBi. This issue lists 15 questions you can use to judge the state of your content management project.

WCM Field Notes is a regular column written in collaboration with Jon Marks (@McBoof), Head of Development at LBi. This second issue looks at what Open Source really means, and suggests ways for you to sensibly include both open source and proprietary systems in your Content Management System selection exercise. 

WCM Fields Notes is a regular column written in collaboration with Jon Marks (@McBoof), head of development at LBi. This first issue looks at evolving standards in the content management space and how they might influence you when selecting and implementing a web content management system.

In an age where millions of otherwise rational humans find it perfectly reasonable to share the constituent parts of their waking moments with the world, one might find the topic of content management a safe haven. Lord knows, we do.

If you're like us and the dirty demon of your Twitter fix is more CMS than cornflakes oriented, we've got good news for you. Jon Marks, blogger, techy, chess geek and nice guy has done some homework. He's assembled the Top 40 List of CMS Tweeters so you don't have to.

Jon refers to the list as the "creme de la creme of the CMS Twitterati". @CMSWire makes the list. As do two of our lead editors: @Irina_Guseva and me, @barbmosher (thank you Jon).

Yes, we are on the list, so we're unabashedly self-promoting. But hey this is 3/40ths self promotion and 37/40ths selfless public utility. On the Internets, we reckon that ratio ain't half bad.

Have a gander at the list, and then head over to Twitterator to follow us all.