Wow, another opportunity missed. What does google do and better than anyone else? They manage relationship metadata.

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This was a very fun to book to read during the holidays as Wes Moss invites you to meet several entrepreneurs that have been successful on several fronts. Each chapter provides examples and success stories for his four key points: harness what yo...

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While most of us know that a web site hit does not reflect importance or value. That being said, the rtodd.com web site has hit a milestone of 1,000,000 hits since inception around 2002. From a high level, last year we quadrupled unique visitors...

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Check out the January issue of Communications of the ACM. This issue focuses on Personal Information Management and the focus on metadata is critical to our ability to manage this information. Worth the read...

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Businesses have a Records Information Management Problem, not a Metadata problem
Businesses have a SOX Problem, not a Metadata problem
Businesses have an Information Domain, not a Metadata problem
Businesses have an Information G...

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In the past six years, our organization has moved from ground zero to one of the most recognized metadata implementations in the world. In my educational sessions, one question comes up over and over again. What should you focus on in the early ...

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Personally, I was only vaguely familiar with the use of patterns in web design. This book has opened my eyes not just on the use of patterns but seeing all of the patterns that I already use in my sites. More importantly, this books has opened my ...

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