{"id":4507,"date":"2012-08-24T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:24:58","slug":"weekly-recap-10-byod-concerns-design-tips-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/weekly-recap-10-byod-concerns-design-tips-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: 10 BYOD concerns, design tips, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" alt=\"Education\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on BYOD concerns, application design tips, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">iPad: Shiny new object, or new enterprise computing platform?<\/span><br \/>\nHow does your business view tablets?  Like it or not, tablets are making their way into the business world, with many experts predicting that tablets will even replace the PC.  That means it\u2019s time to start adapting your current apps for use on a touch-based interface.  How can you do that?  <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20120824_10BYODConcerns_Concerns']);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/blog\/10things\/10-byod-concerns-that-go-beyond-security-issues\/3388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">10 BYOD concerns that go beyond security<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nSecurity is one of the biggest issues surrounding the BYOD trend.  But, it\u2019s certainly not the only one.  While the article lists some great points for you to consider, it\u2019s important that you don\u2019t lose site of the real key to BYOD: <span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">It\u2019s not about the device<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20120824_10BYODConcerns_DesignPrinciples']);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/blog\/webmaster\/effective-design-principles-for-web-designers-alignment\/1856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Effective design principles for web designers: Alignment<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhile this article is geared towards web designers, I think it is quite important for web application developers as well.  Usability is an often overlooked, but very important factor in web application development. In this article, the author explains why alignment is so important in web sites (and web apps).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">The state of dashboards in 2012: Pathetic<\/span><br \/>\nOver the last few years, business dashboards have become increasingly more graphical and attractive.  But, does a highly graphical dashboard mean it\u2019s a good dashboard?  No.  Rather than get caught up in looks, focus your dashboards on giving users the data they need in an easily understandable format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on BYOD concerns, application design tips, and more. I hope you find them useful: iPad: Shiny new object, or new enterprise computing platform? How does your business view tablets? 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