Kategorie: Tim’s Weblog
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The “X” in JSON stands for Extensibility
While I do use JSON, I still think XML is superior for some important use cases (long-lived data that may be exchanged with other systems). So here’s a quick “rant” – prompted by Dan Brickley’s response to Bob DuCharme’s Reification is a red herring – aimed at those (younger?) folks “dissing” XML 🙂 Over time,…
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Digital Asset Management Reading List Feb./Mar. 2018
This time, I cover two months at once: Here’s the Digital Asset Management (DAM) articles from February and March 2018 which I recommend reading. I picked them from the constant stream of blog posts you can see float by on Planet DAM. For more curated DAM links, see the weekly Digital Asset Management.com Links and…
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For better software, keep talking
In my experience, things diverge quickly in software development when people stop talking to each other. It’s costly if we notice too late that priorities or needs have changed, schedules slipped, or features evolved in the wrong direction. Developers, users, managers (product, project, or people managers): Keep talking – all of the time – to…
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Digital Asset Management Reading List Jan. 2018
Here’s the Digital Asset Management (DAM) articles from January 2018 which I recommend reading. I picked them from the constant stream of blog posts you can see float by on Planet DAM. For more curated DAM links, see the weekly Digital Asset Management.com Links and Tracy Wolfe’s 10 things on the 10th. The big news…
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Linked Content: 8 steps toward content system interoperability
The single, central content repository might exist somewhere, but the businesses I’ve seen employ a dozen or more content-focused systems: ECMS, WCMS, DAM, search, publishing systems… All of which need to be integrated for content and workflows to cross system boundaries with ease. (For example, to search and select images in the DAM system and…
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Digital Asset Management Reading List Dec. 2017
I’m experimenting with the Reading List format: Instead of providing an exhaustive overview of the last month’s Digital Asset Management articles, it lists just a few links (from November and December 2017) which I highly recommend reading. As always, I pick them from the constant stream of blog posts you can see float by on…
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Digital Asset Management Reading List Nov. 2017
Here’s the last month’s Digital Asset Management articles which had a lasting impression on me – picked from the constant stream of blog posts you can see float by on Planet DAM. For more curated DAM links, see the weekly Digital Asset Management.com Links and Tracy Wolfe’s 10 things on the 10th. Sadly, I currently…
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W3C DAM Group kick-off today! Why I’m interested in schema.org for DAM
Today’s the first telco of the new W3C DAM Group (official name: Digital Asset Management Industry Business Ontology Community Group). A big thank you to Emily Kolvitz for starting it! There’s still time to join in… The group currently has 31 participants, including several experts well known in the DAM community. Its mission statement is…
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Digital Asset Management Reading List Oct. 2017: Pivots and Blockchains
Here’s the last month’s Digital Asset Management articles which had a lasting impression on me – picked from the constant stream of blog posts you can see float by on Planet DAM. For more curated DAM links, see the weekly Digital Asset Management.com Links and Tracy Wolfe’s 10 things on the 10th. My reading list…
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Digital Asset Management Reading List Sep. 2017: Content Management, W3C schema.org group
Here’s the last month’s Digital Asset Management articles which had a lasting impression on me – picked from the constant stream of blog posts you can see float by on Planet DAM. For more curated DAM links, see the weekly Digital Asset Management.com Links and Tracy Wolfe’s 10 things on the 10th. In August, one…