Autor: Tim Strehle

Deborah Fanslow – Who Needs a DAM Librarian? Part I: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are: “After reading David’s article, I was inspired to do a little informal research. I was curious…when did the topic of librarians enter the DAM conversation? Have any vendors other than Picturepark published any advocacy on behalf of librarians…

(Sorry for this unusually non-professional blog post. I’ll get back to business with my next post!) I was born in 1972, and my taste in music shows that I’m living in the past already: Though I love many current songs, only few albums feel magical and coherent from the first to the last song. For…

Dave Winer has been blogging for almost 20 years now. His blog is on my reading list for programmers. I love the way he writes, making software development feel simple and personal. (Much appreciated especially when I’m building “enterprise software” that often seems to be the opposite.) Two of his pieces that I can’t get…

Brent Simmons – Waffle on Social Media: “My blog’s older than Twitter and Facebook, and it will outlive them. […] The things that will last on the internet are not owned. Plain old websites, blogs, RSS, irc, email.”

It must be terrible to shop for a Digital Asset Management system. While the Web empowers cheap smartphone, fashion or book buyers – with independent coverage from press and bloggers, and customer reviews on Amazon – it’s not very helpful when you’re planning to spend tens (or hundreds) of thousands on DAM software and need…

I’ve been working as a software developer since leaving university, but that hadn’t been my plan: I had set out to be an information professional. My German university degree is called “Diplom-Dokumentar (FH)”, later renamed to Information Management – equivalent to a bachelor in Library and Information Sciences. (Here’s my diploma thesis.) As a student,…

Ralph Windsor – Transforming DAM From A Product To Service-Oriented Delivery Model: “[People] like to think in terms of products. Buying a software system confers an illusion of commitment to doing something about the problem, […], by contrast, strategy and planning implies having to give up more of everyone’s precious time and taking some ownership…