What we are reading, listening to, or watching...related to data management, project management, process management..or anything else. http://www.infoadvisors.com/Home/tabid/36/BlogId/5/Default.aspx en-US Karen Lopez - karen@Infoadvisors.com karen@Infoadvisors.com Wed, 14 May 2008 13:54:32 GMT Wed, 14 May 2008 13:54:32 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.4.0.39853 <p>Cory Doctorow is an activist, a writer, a blogger, a public speaker, and a technology person.  He writes science fiction normally.  He is also on the masthead of <em>Wired</em>, <em>Popular Science</em>, and <em>MAKE</em>.  He freelances for the<em> New York Times</em> and <em>Salon.</em></p> <p>I found a great web article of his about <a href="http://www.well.com/~doctorow/metacrap.htm" target="_blank">Metacrap in the Metautopia</a>.  I think it is spot on.</p> <blockquote> <p><a name="1"><font color="#000000">If everyone would subscribe to such a system and create good metadata for the purposes of describing their goods, services and information, it would be a trivial matter to search the Internet for highly qualified, context-sensitive results: a fan could find all the downloadable music in a given genre, a manufacturer could efficiently discover suppliers, travelers could easily choose a hotel room for an upcoming trip. </font></a> <p><a name="1"><font color="#000000">A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be a utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities.</font> </a> <h4><a name="2"><font color="#000000">2. The problems</font></a></h4><a name="2"><font color="#000000">There are at least seven insurmountable obstacles between the world as we know it and meta-utopia.</font> </a></blockquote> <p>If you have read any of my writings, you know that I love snarky writing.  Take a couple of minutes to check out his rant.</p><div class="d_itc_f" style="clear:both;height:11px;"><a class="a_itc" style="float: right;" href="http://www.itcrossing.com/"><img alt="powered by metaPost" style="border: none ;" src="/DesktopModules/itcMetaPost/images/m.gif"></a><script src="/DesktopModules/itcMetaPost/js/m.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div> http://www.infoadvisors.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/220/Default.aspx Karen Lopez - karen@Infoadvisors.com http://www.infoadvisors.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/220/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.infoadvisors.com/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=220 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:22:22 GMT 0 http://www.infoadvisors.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=220 <p>  <p><strong><font color="#ff8000">Karen Lopez from InfoAdvisors will be presenting "Collaborating with the Newer Generations of Developers and DBAs: A Survival Guide for Data Architects."</font></strong> <p><strong><font color="#ff8000"></font></strong> <p><strong><font color="#ff8000">[Note from Karen:  In case you've attended one of my recent presentations on this subject, this one has new and more technique-specific content than those presentations]</font></strong></p> <p>The ERSIG organizers are pleased to announce the first 2008 ERSIG meeting to take place Wednesday, April 9 at 5PM UTC /6PM BST /1PM EDT <p>/12 PM CDT /11AM MDT /10AM PDT. <p> <p><strong><font color="#ff8000"></font></strong></p>There will be a Q&A session following the presentation. <p>********************************************* <p>Wednesday, April 9 at 5PM UTC /6PM BST /1PM EDT /12 PM CDT /11AM MDT /10AM PDT <p>Meeting URL: <p><a href="https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/embarcadero/join?id=AprilERSIG&role=attend&pw=AprilERSIG">https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/embarcadero/join?id=AprilERSIG&role=attend&pw=AprilERSIG</a> <p>Alternate URL: <a href="https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/embarcadero/join">https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/embarcadero/join</a> <p>Meeting ID: AprilERSIG <p>Meeting Key: AprilERSIG <p>Audio Conferencing (Toll): +1 (702) 902-0735 Audio Conferencing (Toll-free): +1 (866) 533-0065 Participant Code: ERSIG <p>********************************************* <p>The ERSIG is a user-driven, Embarcadero sponsored online special interest group that brings together ER/Studio users for the purpose of exchanging ideas and information related to data modeling and ER/Studio. <p>ERSIG meets online for an hour every other month. Users from the ER/Studio community will present on a variety of topics and we will have a Q&A session following the presentations. Please visit <a href="http://www.embarcadero.com/resources/usergroups.html">http://www.embarcadero.com/resources/usergroups.html</a> for all the latest ERSIG information. <p>We hope to see you online. <p>You can join the ERSIG by visiting <p><a href="http://www.embarcadero.com/resources/usergroups.html">http://www.embarcadero.com/resources/usergroups.html</a> .</p><div class="d_itc_f" style="clear:both;height:11px;"><a class="a_itc" style="float: right;" href="http://www.itcrossing.com/"><img alt="powered by metaPost" style="border: none ;" src="/DesktopModules/itcMetaPost/images/m.gif"></a><script src="/DesktopModules/itcMetaPost/js/m.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div> http://www.infoadvisors.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/203/Default.aspx Karen Lopez - karen@Infoadvisors.com http://www.infoadvisors.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/203/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.infoadvisors.com/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=203 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:57:17 GMT 0 http://www.infoadvisors.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=203