Posted 8:26 AM by George Siemens
Making Improvements in Tough Times
Quote: "It’s 2002, and the dot-com business rules are long forgotten. Belts have tightened, budgets run lean, and capital expenditures are considered a luxury. If this sounds familiar, you aren’t alone. Most companies have put IT expansion plans on hold.
In short, you’re not likely to get that new Content Management System you’ve been dreaming of."

Posted 8:20 AM by George Siemens
Link Checking Tool via Column Two
Have a web site and need to reduce link rot?...this tool looks promising (and it's free). I had a look at one link checking service - $395 per year - not justifiable for most people.

Posted 8:14 AM by George Siemens
ePeriodicals: Microsoft's Killer App for Tablet PC?
Quote: "Microsoft Corp. thinks it's found a killer app for its Tablet PC: as a home for a new breed of electronic magazines. The software giant is prepping an end-to-end electronic publishing solution, known as ePeriodicals...ePeriodicals technology will allow developers to create complex documents, like eMagazines, that can be read on a variety of devices, including the Tablet PC. The technology will manage the full publishing process—from the layout and creation of the documents; to their full editing life cycle; to their delivery via a push-type online subscription mechanism, say sources familiar with the plans."
Comment:The formatting and delivery of information is currently under massive pressure - the gateway of information is one of the few areas where organizations can make money from content. As the internet has proven, it's very difficult to create a revenue model for content. The pipe, not what flows through the pipe, has the greatest value.