• Delightful.
• Innovative.
• Designed.
• Integrated.
• Optimized.
• Connected.
• Localized.

• Keep it simple. People play mobile apps in bite sized chunks, so do try to be overly complicated or involved. A user should understand how to play a game immediately.
• Make it visually engaging. Have it be something that’s nice to look at, and nice to show friends. Have it draw people in.
• Be ready for it to be a success. Don’t launch a game thinking it will be a flop. If you’re ready for success, you’ll be in better shape. That means being ready to monetize immediately.
• Keep updating. This keeps people interested in the app. It’s like a TV show, they keep tuning in to see what’s new. So push out updates with new characters or levels or tweaks.
• Keep an eye on quality. There’s 200,000 apps in the app store, if you make a quality product it will stand out.
• Spread the word. Place emphasis on using social media and anything else to tell the public about your game.

Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service utilising instant messaging, SMS and the web interface. Twitter is for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People write short updates, called “Tweets”, of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to the Twitter profile, sent to followers, searchable on Twitter search and can be integrated into a blog or web app.

An Example of a Good Twitter Campaign

12 Tips for Developing an Effective Twitter Campaign

1. Know your industry and analyze your competitors
2. Support your tweets with blog posts
3. Promote fresh content
4. Create a list of useful messages
5. Answer questions
6. Be responsive
7. Create affiliations
8. Reward your supporters
9. Place twitter buttons on your website
10. Create special offers
11. Build landing pages for twitter users
12. Be cool & honest

Source: http://www.webseoanalytics.com/blog/12-tips-for-developing-a-successful-twitter-campaign/

Whether you are managing a complex network of interconnected businesses or you are managing multiple processes in a small business, once the work involves humans working to create goods and services, then human factors is important to you! Human Factors, or ergonomics as it is called in the U.K., is the study of applying science to optimise work and make it more efficient.

Human Factors can be applied within many industries and business processes. For example:

• Recruitment
• Training & Development
• Manufacturing
• Product Development
• Customer Service
• Planning, Scheduling and Supply-chain Management
• Technology Integration

Some of the benefits of applying Human Factors to your company include:

• Higher productivity rates
• Higher worker morale
• Less injuries
• Better overall efficiencies
• Higher returns on investment
• More money saved in the long term

The Productivity Cycle

An In-Depth Example: Human Factors in Process Networks

Ergonomics and Human Factors at Iowa State University

Cornell Human Factors Undergraduate Program

The Body in Mind Training programme (myBMT™) is a web-based software to assist in the promotion of well-being at work, comprising mental and physical exercises to tackle the main sources of ill health in the work-place (stress, anxiety, lower back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and neck pain). myBMT™ is based upon an assessment of human factors relating to the individual and their work place, tasks and demands. The individual’s performance is aggregated using specific measures over time in a personal logbook.

ezLearner™ Composer is a classroom and home schooling solution. It focuses on literacy development through creative writing targets, user generated compositions, vocabulary development, guided keywords and sentence structures.  The Composer Portal hosts a suite of multimedia content supported by grammatical cues.  Learners can share, read, rate and comment essays written by other learners. The multimedia curriculum is arranged by learning level and caters to primary and secondary school students.

Our Afrikan Heritage magazine is a quarterly publication geared towards the advancement of positive and fulfilling lives through education. A lifestyle magazine, Our Afrikan Heritage draws its strength from the longstanding traditions, contemporary concepts, and emerging ideologies that shape the collective consciousness of Afrikans at home and in the Diaspora. Our Afrikan Heritage magazine boasts content-filled issues that are as relevant, informative, entertaining and thought provoking as you the reader. History, culture and the arts, religion, politics, health, business, current affairs and much more are presented from the perspectives of the modern day Afrikan.

The ezLearner™ TV Quiz is a unique hardware network and online software that integrates ICT into the delivery of traditional quizzes ready for TV broadcast. The solution was developed to capture the attention of the students while boosting the effectiveness of their learning experiences. The customisable information architecture of the Quiz Software was adequately tested to meet human performance needs thereby ensuring operator usability and data integrity.  The Auto-playback client is an extension to facilitate post-game video recording. To date, thirteen primary schools have utilised the Quiz Software to practise and learn history, social studies, culture and art.

This course introduces the participants to a variety of computer, mobile phone and web based applications. Technological advancements in ICTs, especially those online, have removed barriers of distance from communication and collaboration. This course is geared towards augmenting the knowledge sharing capability of persons who participate in community groups, youth groups, business networks and other civil society organisations. The global economic crisis has made it imperative for all individuals, businesses and governments to re-tool and become more efficient. Fortunately, society is saturated with technology, mobile phone use is widespread and Internet access via broadband over Wi-Fi is increasing day by day. This course empowers participants with the knowledge and skills needed to operate computers and smart phones with the intention of human development. Other tangible benefits include building a web presence, reducing communication costs and improving ICT experiences.

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eManual™ is a customisable documentation platform for hosting dynamic web-based versions of hard-copy manuals. It was designed to satisfy the information needs of diverse human resources. eManual™ is currently being used by Grantley Adams International Airport to enhance airport safety management by optimising the search and navigation of standards and procedures while providing a robust and scalable training tool. eManual™ can be customised to host any manual content and target the requirements of the stakeholders. eManual™ provides an economical, user-friendly and task-oriented version of hard-copy manuals.