Information Lifecycle Management and DAM: I clearly need to learn more.
From good old WikiPedia: Information Lifecycle Management I’m rather ashamed to admit I don’t know nearly enough about ILM. Moreover how to integrate an ILM solution into an existing DAM like Cumulus....
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Working With Metadata is Like Voting
In honor of Election Day, I wanted to share how working with Metadata is like Voting. We’ve all heard the phrase “Vote early, vote often”, right? Well it’s just like that with metadata. Except with...
View ArticleI bet you didn’t know you use DAM
Whenever I start a new-user training I ask the user, “Have you ever used a DAM before?” The usual answer is, “No”. Then I follow up with, “Do you know what ‘DAM’ is?” again the answer is usually, “No”....
View ArticleTrouble for HP’s Autonomy Acquisition?
I’ve been seeing a stream of tweets pass my twitter feed today calling question to HP’s purchase of Autonomy. At the time of the acquisition, there was all sorts of buzz that one of HP’s reasons for...
View ArticleDAM user Meetup… in Boston?
Calling all DAM users, admins, etc… Is there any interest in organizing a Meetup group? There are active groups in NYC, Chicago, and LA. I figure we have enough DAM users here in Bean Town to get a...
View ArticleBug or Feature? you decide…
Somewhere between Cumulus 8.5.2 and 8.6.1, Canto made a change to the way User Live Filtering works in the Native (Desktop) Client. At my “day-job” as a DAM admin, I put in an inquiry with Canto to see...
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DAMageTIP: Remote Deploy Cumulus Desktop Client on Mac OS X
I mostly deal with Mac OS X at my “day job”, so I’m a bit platform biased. But I can tell you, as a Cumulus Systems Administrator one of the single most frustrating things to do is a large-scale...
View ArticleTo Delete $Sources Categories or Not Delete $Sources Categories
To Delete $Sources Categories or Not To Delete $Sources Categories?, that is the question. Specifically, should the ability to restrict or implicitly allow an action be hard-coded into the DAM client?...
View ArticleThe Great Hurry-up and Wait
I’m currently readjusting the permissions strategy in my main Cumulus catalog and it’s best put as “hurry up and wait!”. As I write this I have a scheduler action applying a permissions template for...
View ArticleSummer Intern? Why, yes I’d like one!
On my “Things to get for Summer list” I’ve got… Flip-flops Sunblock Swimsuit A DAM intern Here’s a handy “how-to” type article from the Harvard Business Review on getting ready for your shiny new...
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