What if we have succeeded in creating intelligent content? Content that has semantic metadata, content that is tagged so we know where we can use it. How do we then present it to the people who have to base decisions on that content, to do their job? How do you design an interface that leverages the value of all those content assets? This was the question Ann Rockley put to me after my presentation at Intelligent Content 2010.

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Or maybe it’s only me?

In these challenging times we all take extreme care to take the extra step in our jobs, meeting deadlines and avoiding an in-between-jobs state. So I see the number of unread blog items in my RSS reader not being nearly as high as I expected after returning from a frantic, deadline-swamped period.

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The freedom to drown in information?

I would have never thought this, but the current president of the USA had some really interesting things to say about information. Barack Obama at his White House ceremony told the world that from today on we are to share information, and not to withhold it. Sharing information is the way to a transparent organization that can be held accountable for its actions.

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@ CMPros Fall Summit

Did you ever imagine what it would feel like if you tried to take a sip from a 3.5 bar fire hydrant? No? Do you think it would hurt? Well it would feel like having a grown man jump on you lower lip with his full weight. Don’t like it? Then why do you try it day in, day out, googling the Internet?

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