Being one of the full-time Macintosh users in our office, I find that sometimes my co-workers can get a little annoyed with all the useless files my Macintosh spews out into network folders. Wherever I go on the network Instantly a .DS_store file is created, and if I copy any files up to the network a companion resource fork file is also created with the same name just with a ._ in front of it.

One of the features of InCopy that I find is a huge hit with editorial teams in my training classes is the ability to create a shared dictionary. While the shared dictionary feature can often be overlooked, it is quite easy to setup and will save lots of headaches once implemented. With a shared dictionary one individual can add custom words, terms, proper names, technical jargon, website URLs etc. along with preferred hyphenations to a custom dictionary file that is shared by the entire team.

We do quite a bit of consulting around metadata and taxonomy strategies for organizations, and one thing we find is always a topic of discussion is "How much metadata is too much?" The answer from us usually is: "The only metadata you should consider is information that is really relevant for searching, relating, or repurposing content."

Not too long ago (pre-iPhone) we would sit down with publishers to discuss their future content strategies and these discussions would often times include strategies for Mobile content distribution. Major publishers have designated roles and partnerships for delivering mobile content, and usually that meant multi-media text messages, or specially created content exclusively for mobile content subscribers.

One recurring question raised in many sessions at the Henry Stewart digital asset management symposium was, "What about open source DAM?"

Let me start by saying, that is a good question to ask. With the rapid rise in popularity of the open source platform for Web content management systems such as Drupal, couldn't we expect the same thing in the digital asset management space?

Day 2 - Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management Symposium in New York City

A very lively if not heated session with digital asset management vendor CTOs sparring and debating many subjects took place towards the close of day two at Henry Stewart. The Enterprise DAM Vendor Shoot Out must have been highly anticipated as the session was packed and was standing room only.

Just a few quick notes and thoughts on Day 1 of the Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management Symposium.

Overall the show is looking a little smaller this year, with some vendors opting to walk the floor rather than spending money on a booth.

The show seems to be well attended, with a good mixture of organizations that are new to digital asset management and those that have already implemented a solution but are looking to extend it or get more information on best practices.