Donner’s Daily Dose of Drama

The presentation slides from the 30th Internationalization and Unicode Conference are available right here.
The presentation slides from the Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies are available right here.

I will be hosting a session at the 3rd Annual Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies this coming November. My topic will be about content organization.
The program and more information are available at http://www.gilbaneboston.com/.

The characteristics of how people use the web are changing quicker and more profoundly than ever before. Some of the paradigms that we have grown so used to over the past 10 years all of a sudden don’t make sense anymore. This is the Web 2.0, it is great, I am all for it. As far as Ajax is concerned, I don’t think that Javascript and XML are the right platform for enterprise-class software development, but hey, it is all that Microsoft gave us.

My Point of View paper was published on Molecular’s website today.

From the content:

It would be hard to imagine today’s Web without Content Management Systems (CMS). The volume of content on the Web is increasing at a record pace, yet businesses and consumers alike are expecting to find just the right information, in just the right place, and at just the right time. Only a mature CMS can help control these opposing trends.
Although CMS products have become a virtual commodity, a custom implementation is still a significant undertaking that must be carefully planned and executed. Therefore, it is important to understand the various applications of a CMS and the potential value they can provide in a specificbusiness situation. This paper will help you to understand what a CMS product should do, what it cannot do, and the key criteria to consider when evaluating and selecting a CMS for your business.

When you need to localize and categorize