Washington, DC colleague Rob Fay posted the first review of Communicating Design to Amazon.com. He coined the phrase "White Board Book," a reference to the image on the cover, a moniker I really like. More importantly, the review indicates that he got real value out of Communicating Design:

A few days after receiving the book, I was asked to create a content inventory of a particular web site. The practicality of the book helps me focus on what information I should be communicating to my intended audience and the examples spark ideas to make my work product better.

Thanks for the nice review, Rob, and I'm glad the White Board Book was a useful resource.

If you've read Communicating Design and have some stories to share, please post to Amazon.com. You can write a review, start a wiki, or post to the forum.

Digital Web magazine has published the second half of chapter five on competitive analyses. As with the latter part of all the other chapters in the book, this piece goes into detail about creating a competitive analysis document and explores how they can be shared with team members and stakeholders. Thanks to Cary, Mike, and Nick at Digital Web for publishing an excerpt from my book!