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Title:

Spandex and Software: Can Comics Get You To Read The Manuals?

Your vote:
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Organizer:
Alan Porter, 4Js Group LLC
Description:
Google Chrome wasn’t the first product to be accompanied by documentation in the form of a comic book. Sequential art based messaging is everywhere, and has a long history. In today’s more visually literate society is the humble comic book placed to be the next big thing in user docs?
Questions
Answered:
  1. What do we mean by "comics"?
  2. Why do comics speak to us on a basic level?
  3. What can comics do that other messaging mediums don't?
  4. What business and organizations use comics?
  5. What part of a business can I use comics in?
  6. Do comics only appeal to the geeks?
  7. It's not all about super-heroes is it?
  8. How do comics work in a Web2.0 world?
  9. I think a business comic is a cool idea - how do I convince my boss?
  10. How will my customers react to a comic book about my products?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Content, Design Thinking, Writing / Technical Writing
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
on 13/11/09
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