I am a little unsure about how much this blogging information will be read but when so many people are utilizing the software, I had better give it a whirl. My first blog must include a picture of the Hawaii coast where the conference was held la...

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The new website for DAMA-Atl was rolled out over the weekend. My hope is to begin to build the online brand / community for DAMA in Atlanta. Ideally, this site won't just be the Atlanta chapter but the beginning of a community of practice for d...

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One of the things I like to do when reviewing other peoples work is to pick out a thought that makes me stop and ponder the ramifications. Many times, I probably take the idea or concept down another road that the original author didn’t intend, es...

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In 2005, you will see many changes within the RTodd.com organization. It is easy to simply see a new design, a new template, or new pages but the reality is that change is only a small piece of what we are doing. The online environment is going to...

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This month’s article, published in DMReview, discusses three of the four user types found within the Metadata Environment. The basic types include the browser, seeker, and engager. Each comes to the repository under different assumptions, goals, a...

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Recently, I have started to understand the power and evolution of the blog. A blog is a web log that serves as a personal or professional journal where other people can comment or provide feedback which is unedited. There are plenty of options a...

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This education and deep dive into RSS technology has made me realize that metadata is DOA. I should say the traditional repository is dead and a new technology will emerge. The RSS and the Blog is a simply model. A bunch of people produce infor...

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While most businesses manage a physical inventory, the repository provides an inventory of assets that are informative by nature. Charles Handy (2003) indicated that organizations will still be critically important in the new world, but as “Organ...

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A few weeks ago, my workshop was accepted at the 43rd ACM Southeast Conference which will be held at Kennesaw, GA. The location is nice since the university is only about an hour or so drive from the house. The topic will be enterprise reuse and...

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In May, the Wilshire Conference Group is putting together something special by bringing in the winners of the Wilshire Award which our team won a few years ago. The idea is to allow each representative to name their very best “Best Practice”. My...

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Define Reuse and a Process for Reuse
Reuse means many things to many people. We should establish a clear definition of what reuse is and the expectations of the program. Reuse will have implications into the SDLC and Project Plann...

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Over the past few months, I have opened the door to many of the value-add services that we offer including subscription services, domain analysis, design consulting, document polishing, content publication, impact analysis, etc. Organizations mus...

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Why are you not blogging? Please, tell me why we in the data architecture world are not storming into this technology. I did a search this weekend on “Data Architecture Blog” and nothing but Information Architecture oriented sites appeared in th...

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Please take the time to read article published on wired.com by Danial Pink. While my message about the future of technology focused on India, Automation, and the Death of Demand (See Tom Osenton). It kooks like I missed the other areas of Asia i...

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