Palgrave DAM Journal Releases “Mega Metadata Issue”
Palgrave Macmillan, publishers of the Digital Asset Management Journal have just released what they are calling their “Mega Metadata Issue”, this includes a number of […]
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Streaming Media West: LA, November 3rd-4th 2010
The Streaming Media West conference covering all things digital video related commences next week between 3rd and 4th November 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Century, Los Angeles.
“With more than 100 speakers and 30 sessions, Streaming Media West is still the one online video show that is solely focused …
Continue reading »Earley Announces Taxonomy Webinars
Earley Associates has announced a series of forthcoming Taxonomy related webinars. The subject to be covered include:
- Optimising content presentation for cross-selling and up-selling.
- How to use data-mining to identify innovative re-use opportunities from digital assets
- How to leverage metadata in marketing campaign design and analysis.
- The role of
Controlled Vocabularies: Adding Meaning To Search
In this article, Sarah Saunders of Electric Lane discusses the need for Controlled Vocabularies in addition to text search systems that rely solely on user keywords:
“The problem anyone keyboarding images faces is this. Language is a wonderful, expressive tool for communication, there are many ways to say the …
Continue reading »Adobe Launches Hosted Digital Publishing Suite
Adobe today announced a suite of tools to assist publishers to produce and sell on-line content. The move is believed to be a response to the increased demand for electronic books and newspapers as a result of the increasing popularity of the Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad and other hybrid mobile …
Continue reading »Free Copy of Expression Media 2 With Copies Of The DAM Book
There is an offer on Peter Krogh’s site for a free copy of Expression Media 2 (the photo management application recently acquired by Phase One from Microsoft) to anyone who buys a copy of The DAM Book. The discount is open until 31st October only, so you need …
Continue reading »The Keys To Findability
“Findability” – how easily relevant content can be located by employees has become a hot topic across a whole spectrum of Content Management technologies (including DAM). This Digital Landfill blog article by Dan Gilroy of RDA Corporation discusses 8 of the key issues associated with optimising findability:
- Multi-format capability: the
Adobe Release HTML5 Video Player Widget Based On Kalutra
Adobe have released a Dreamweaver widget based on the Kalutra HTML5 video library which simplifies the task of switching between Flash and HTML5 video players to support video playback across multiple browsers or devices:
“HTML5 has received a tremendous amount of buzz, much of it driven by the potential …
Continue reading »Integrating Content With Enterprise Processes
In this Digital Landfill blog article, Brian Dirking discusses 8 points about integrating content with your enterprise processes:
- Differentiate based on the relative importance 0r value of content.
- Decide how to cross reference content in multiple systems (including intentional duplication).
- Siloed content presents a risk when users are forced
FLV “Not Dead” But “On Life Support”
As revealed by transcoding services provider, encoding.com, demand for FLV (Flash Video) remains despite the ongoing debates over HTML5 and the transition to H.264. As many commentators have pointed out, while the iPad and iPod may be FLV-unfriendly, in the corporate world, many users still cannot view anything …
Continue reading »What You Should Know About Photos On Twitter
Scott Bourne writing on photofocus.com reveals some of the licensing and copyright implications of posting your photos to Twitter which are hidden in their ToS (Terms of Service):
“There’s something every professional or aspiring professional photographer should know – unless Twitter changes its current Terms of Service…
Continue reading »Media Pro 2010, Olympia, London (UK), 2-3 November
The Media Pro 2010 Expo is running this year from the 2nd-3rd of November. The show is primarily concerned with integrated communications across multiple delivery platforms and is made up of several component events covering: Digital Media, Social Media, Print Media and Publishing:
“Digital mediaPro focuses on web, mobile, …
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