Kategorie: Tim’s Weblog

I keep coming back to Eric Steven Raymond’s 2003 Basics of the Unix Philosophy: “Rule of Modularity: Write simple parts connected by clean interfaces. Rule of Clarity: Clarity is better than cleverness. Rule of Composition: Design programs to be connected to other programs. Rule of Separation: Separate policy from mechanism; separate interfaces from engines. Rule…

Jeremiah Karpowicz interviews David Diamond – Fighting DAM Ignorance with Education and Cooperation: “Because the long-term benefits of DAM are so horribly obscured at the beginning, DAM always seems to have more downside than upside. […] DAM vendors like to spew best-practice advice that tells prospects to do their homework and carefully determine their needs.…

There’s been two interesting articles on hybrid Digital Asset Management systems this week: Jeff Lawrence’s Finding the Perfect Balance Between SaaS and In-House DAM, and Ralph Windsor’s Combining On-Premise And SaaS DAM Strategies. I don’t know which DAM products already work the way Jeff is describing – a “tightly integrated hybrid DAM solution” that keeps…