<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838456030640547505.post5045911187092813957..comments</id><updated>2008-10-08T00:06:35.386-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Randy Drisgill: What Does Branding Mean?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.drisgill.com/feeds/5045911187092813957/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/5045911187092813957/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.drisgill.com/2008/10/what-does-branding-mean.html'/><author><name>Randy Drisgill</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00325463648139309794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838456030640547505.post-1110718145599598574</id><published>2008-10-08T00:06:35.386-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-08T00:06:35.386-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I definitely don't disagree. Perhaps I am perpetua...</title><content type='html'>I definitely don't disagree. Perhaps I am perpetuating this disconnect. But I guess what I am saying is that when people are looking to brand SharePoint, they should be thinking about these specific elements. Branding a SharePoint site, should obviously reinforce whatever branding is already driving a business.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/5045911187092813957/comments/default/1110718145599598574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/5045911187092813957/comments/default/1110718145599598574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.drisgill.com/2008/10/what-does-branding-mean.html?showComment=1223438795386#c1110718145599598574' title=''/><author><name>The Mossman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00325463648139309794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00764122619542698673'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.drisgill.com/2008/10/what-does-branding-mean.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838456030640547505.post-5045911187092813957' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/posts/default/5045911187092813957' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838456030640547505.post-7303005293760622988</id><published>2008-10-07T23:26:27.535-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T23:26:27.535-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Randy,I agree with Chris in that the terminology o...</title><content type='html'>Randy,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I agree with Chris in that the terminology of the latter gets mixed up in the minds of most as they think "Oh yeah, I love my Apple iPod, it has this interface and the way that they've done the colors, the branding is so sweet."  When in reality we look at the Apple brand and at least I think more of the idea of "well refined" and then later on look at the actual user interface (which of course has a few different definitions) and realize that it was well thought out, put together and attractive to the eye.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-Dan</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/5045911187092813957/comments/default/7303005293760622988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/5045911187092813957/comments/default/7303005293760622988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.drisgill.com/2008/10/what-does-branding-mean.html?showComment=1223436387535#c7303005293760622988' title=''/><author><name>-du-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780725194112690512</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.drisgill.com/2008/10/what-does-branding-mean.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838456030640547505.post-5045911187092813957' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/posts/default/5045911187092813957' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838456030640547505.post-7147133149060109096</id><published>2008-10-07T23:23:07.256-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T23:23:07.256-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Your definition for general branding truly should ...</title><content type='html'>Your definition for general branding truly should apply to both, although the latter branding definition is used in practice.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When I think "branding" SharePoint I think of building a specific image. It's a misapplication to apply adjusting a UI to "branding".</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/5045911187092813957/comments/default/7147133149060109096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/5045911187092813957/comments/default/7147133149060109096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.drisgill.com/2008/10/what-does-branding-mean.html?showComment=1223436187256#c7147133149060109096' title=''/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://siolon.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.drisgill.com/2008/10/what-does-branding-mean.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838456030640547505.post-5045911187092813957' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838456030640547505/posts/default/5045911187092813957' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>