Konigi : Tools and content curator for UX designers

July 09, 2009 - Jesse Korzan

Konigi is a great website for UX professionals and those involved in the design of websites.

We love the Konigi OmniGraffle tools at our office; they are an indispensable tool in my bag of tricks.

Not your ordinary design gallery

I am a big fan of the showcase and blog. They find unique and compelling aspects that deal with all sorts of design problems. It's fast become a daily stop and a resource I'll flag for almost any new project.

Since we use Drupal a lot (like this blog), we noticed it's a fine Drupal install. I appreciate the subtle details, especially enjoying how the tagging is done, nice big images in the postings, and the home page design.

And it's very encouraging to see our own work in the showcase.

Help! SPAM Filters Won't Let Me Credit My Client Money!!!

July 09, 2009 - Jordan Willms

So get this: Our accountant did half-year reporting and found that one of our clients overpaid us by a few thousand dollars on one of their invoices. Naturally, I sent them an email offering them a few options for how to proceed:

• A cheque for the balance, or
• Some work that I knew they needed done, which would be slightly higher than what they overpaid (call it interest owed on our parts), or
• A credit that they could use for any of our services, be it strategy, user experience, web design, or web development.

And wouldn't you know it, I've tried 6 different versions of the email and I keep getting the dreaded "Undeliverable Mail" from their postmaster. Here is the message I keep getting:

The mail server for XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.com does not accept E-mail that fails the WEIGHT17 spam test.

I cannot find any Google search results for "WEIGHT17 spam test". I am assuming I must have received 17 "points" off for a bunch of "shady" elements in my emails. I tried removing URLs, dollar signs ($$$) and the word "offer" but to no avail -- it keeps getting bounced. If anyone knows what the WEIGHT17 spam test is I'd love to hear it. I will keep at it. I am determined to beat this SPAM filter. Man - the hoops a guy has to jump through to give his client some $$$. I'm not selling Viagra after all. So to all the SPAM filter makers out there, please take note, sometimes offers of free money ($$$) over email really do exist. P.S. I am not afraid to pick up the phone, I am just being stubborn on this one :)

A Healthy Online Community is Like an Art Opening

June 25, 2009 - David Gratton

A healthy online community is like an art opening. For the last year or two we've been using this analogy inside Work at Play when consulting with clients and especially when designing products like DEQQ. A vibrant community is like an art opening. One goes to the art opening and it has a particular style and theme. It has its own culture based on what the staring artist is like and the art she creates. Maybe it's black tie, champagne and caviar or maybe it's blue jeans, Jim Bean and BBQ wings. Either way we understand the culture from the moment we enter.

OpenWeb Vancouver 2009

June 16, 2009 - Daniel Quinn

I attended my first ever OpenWeb conference yesterday and as per company policy, I have to report on and share what I learnt, so what better way to do so then to make a blog post for all to read? ;)

The Future of Social Media Marketing

April 09, 2009 - Érico Vinicius Nascimento

Work at Play's Jordan Willms is featured the front page of SMEI.org with other social media professionals Loren McDonald (SilverPop), Adam Froman (Delvinia), Mhairi Petrovic (Out-Smarts), Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604), Rob Duncan and Chris Breikss (6S Marketing). At the recent SMEI Social Media Roadshow, all the panelists and speakers were asked where they thought social media marketing was headed in the future.