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J. Jonah Jameson Originally uploaded by OntologicalDoubt While I work with companies from many different industries, most of my clients media and publishing companies. I like working with publishers for many reasons — not the least of which is the fact that this is an industry in transition and it is exciting to see my clients [...] Related posts:

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J. Jonah Jameson Originally uploaded by OntologicalDoubt While I work with companies from many different industries, most of my clients media and publishing companies. I like working with publishers for many reasons — not the least of which is the fact that this is an industry in transition and it is exciting to see my clients [...] Related posts:

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I just created an account on a new Department of Energy site called VIBE: Virtual Information Bridge to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. I love the idea. It is a site that provides data on many of the various energy issues and programs that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working on. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

In my technology consulting engagements the first step is to verify that there is some sort of web strategy in place that will help prioritize requirements and define budgetary constraints. If it is not clear how the website(s) fits in with the client’s overall business objectives, how are they to determine what capabilities they [...] Related posts:

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I often tell my clients that every website needs a “product manager.” This is the person who ensures that the website is meeting the needs of the customers (the audience). A product manager understands the customer and prioritizes the enhancements of the technical platform as well as the production and maintenance of the [...] Related posts:

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The Web Content Conference in Chicago (June 15-16) is running a special promotion of $100 off the regular registration price. I have spoken at this conference twice and consider it a hidden gem in the content management conference scene. The atmosphere is non-commercial and down to earth, the speakers are exceptional, and the [...] Related posts:

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Florence, MA (April 21, 2009) — Content Here is pleased to announce the availability of a new report. Drupal for Publishers, is the first of a new report series called Web Technologies for Publishers. Written for a cross-functional technology selection committee, each report evaluates a technology against the specific requirements of a newspaper, magazine, [...] Related posts:

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In my technology consulting engagements the first step is to verify that there is some sort of web strategy in place that will help prioritize requirements and define budgetary constraints. If it is not clear how the website(s) fits in with the client’s overall business objectives, how are they to determine what capabilities they [...] Related posts:

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I often tell my clients that every website needs a “product manager.” This is the person who ensures that the website is meeting the needs of the customers (the audience). A product manager understands the customer and prioritizes the enhancements of the technical platform as well as the production and maintenance of the [...] Related posts:

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The Web Content Conference in Chicago (June 15-16) is running a special promotion of $100 off the regular registration price. I have spoken at this conference twice and consider it a hidden gem in the content management conference scene. The atmosphere is non-commercial and down to earth, the speakers are exceptional, and the [...] Related posts:

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If you recently clicked through to Content Here, you may have noticed that some changes are afoot. Most obvious is that I have retired my old site theme. The old theme has served me well (starting on Blogger and now on WordPress) but it is time to move on. Special thanks to [...] Related posts:

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Greg Dunlap, over at Palantir, has a post introducing a new “Deploy” module for Drupal. Most of the site design and behavior in Drupal is controlled through configuration stored in the database (as opposed to files on the file system). The ability to move configurations from one Drupal environment to another (like development to [...] Related posts:

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If you recently clicked through to Content Here, you may have noticed that some changes are afoot. Most obvious is that I have retired my old site theme. The old theme has served me well (starting on Blogger and now on WordPress) but it is time to move on. Special thanks to [...] Related posts:

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My friend and colleague Brian Kelly and I are starting an Agile Developer Book Club in New York. The first meeting will be on April 29th (location TBD) and we will start by reading one of my favorite books on software development: The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master. After that, we will move [...] Related posts:

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Joel Amoussou has a great article explaining the benefits and implications storing your content in a relational database vs. an XML store. After making the case for when to consider XML over the more common RDBMS/ORM/POJO/Template approach, Joel provides some tips for content modeling and makes some great points about how you need to [...] Related posts:

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As I have mentioned before, the Drupal project takes a very conscientious approach to usability. Unlike many commercial and open source software projects, Drupal enlists the help of usability labs and is very receptive to negative feedback. That is not to say that Drupal has achieved usability nirvana. They struggle with it [...] Related posts:

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After collecting requirements, the second most difficult component of a CMS selection is taking all the information that was gathered during the evaluation phase and using it to make a decision. This is where people get crazy with spreadsheets and scoring in the hopes that math will somehow heroically make a complicated and confusing [...] Related posts:

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I just finished reading Scott Newman’s book Django 1.0 Template Development. This is the second Django book that I have read (the first was The Definitive Guide to Django ) and I am very impressed by the number (and quality) of Django books that have been published. 21% of the respondents to a [...] Related posts:

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