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Blog Posts and Podcasts from Gilbane San Francisco

May 8, 2006 / Frank Gilbane / 0 Comments

Here are some comments on our conference in San Francisco 2 weeks ago. This is a partial list, but it is already long enough that my plan of introducing and commenting on the comments is history. So, I’ve decided to just list them to get them out since some of them are very useful. They are bunched by author. The Podcasts at the bottom were all produced by Rahel Bailie. Thanks Rahel!

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http://ykm.typepad.com/yerfdogs_knowledge_manage/2006/04/gilbane_confere.html

http://ykm.typepad.com/yerfdogs_knowledge_manage/2006/04/cm_pros_summit__3.html

http://www.drmwatch.com/enterprise/article.php/3601771

http://creese.typepad.com/pattern_finder/2006/04/gilbane_confere_1.html
http://creese.typepad.com/pattern_finder/2006/04/gilbane_confere.html

http://bill.cava.us/index.php/2006/04/28/a-monolog-a-dialog-a-catalog/

Podcasts:
http://www.intentionaldesign.ca/index.php/weblog/blogcentre/frank_gilbane_on_content_management_trends/
http://www.intentionaldesign.ca/index.php/weblog/blogcentre/tony_byrne_on_cms_trends/
http://www.intentionaldesign.ca/index.php/weblog/blogcentre/kay_ethier_simplifies_xml_for_content_authors/
http://www.intentionaldesign.ca/index.php/weblog/blogcentre/theresa_regli_talks_taxonomies/
http://www.intentionaldesign.ca/index.php/weblog/blogcentre/janus_boye_takes_a_hard_look_at_content_management/

New Workflows with Intel Macs?

May 7, 2006 / Frank Gilbane / 0 Comments

I couldn’t resist buying an Intel iMac and installing Windows on it. It really was incredibly simple to add Windows. I’m not sure how I will actually use both OSs yet, but it occurred to me that in the often heavily mixed Mac and PC creative and publishing environments, a few Macs running both operating systems could be very useful for smoothing out some workflows in potentially non-disruptive ways. I’ll let others figure out if this is the case, but one issue they will need to think through is whether to format their Windows partition with NTFS (more secure and reliable) or FAT (more compatible).

Open Document Format ISO ratified – ODF Word plugin surfaces

May 4, 2006 / Frank Gilbane / 1 Comment

David Berlind continues his excellent coverage of the less-exciting-than-it-used-to-be controversy over the now ISO standard OASIS ODF vs the soon-to-be-ECMA-and-then-ISO Microsoft Open XML standard. David also reports on a suspicously timed appearance of a reverse engineered plug-in for Microsoft Office that converts Office files to ODF.

Call for papers for Gilbane Boston – deadline approaching!

May 4, 2006 / Frank Gilbane / 0 Comments

I know we just finished San Francisco, and we have our government conference in June, but since many of you miss the speaking proposal deadlines regularly, keep in mind that the deadline for proposals for Gilbane Boston in November is May 15 – a little over a week away! Here are instructions and guidelines. Here is a list of our events.

Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies for Government

May 3, 2006 / Frank Gilbane / 0 Comments

With San Francisco’s conference behind us (another post on that in a bit) we are focused on our newest event coming up in Washington DC, June 13-15. Our DC conference is similar to our other conferences but focused on government application of content technology. Another difference is that we are working with our colleagues over at CMS Watch, whose founder Tony Byrne is chairing the conference. Tony, in turn, has enlisted the help of a program advisory committee made up of government IT and consulting experts. The preliminary conference program is available and registration is open (and yes, there is a government rate).

Late Breaking Updates for Gilbane San Francisco

April 20, 2006 / Frank Gilbane / 0 Comments

Here is a quick update on next week’s event:

New Sponsors & Exhibitors
Adobe has joined us as a Gold sponsor – their Enterprise Solutions and Developer Group in particular. See announcements on some of the new products and features to be shown from our 50+ exhibitors.

New Debates
In addition to our popular analyst session, two analysts will face-off on 7 topics they disagree on in Content Technologies: A Town Hall Debate. And of course, don’t forget CMS Idol.

Keynote Survey
~~The early results from our survey on questions to ask the keynote panel show the topics attendees are most interested in are, in order:~~

(78%) What are the top 3 technologies that must be considered in any content management strategies in the next 12-24 months?

(60%) Are there any breakthrough classification or metadata tagging technologies on the horizon that you should be watching for?

(57%) How will content management lite offerings from Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM affect the content management market?

(55%) How is widespread adoption of RSS/Atom going to affect content delivery? And what does this mean to enterprise content management or publishing strategies?

(55%) What new publishing technologies should we expect to see in the next 12-18 months? Will they make it easier to incorporate better design elements to improve customer facing applications?

(55%) Is there any real breakthrough search technology search on the horizon that you should consider for your intranet or extranet applications?

(49%) How will Blog and Wiki tools be used in enterprise content applications? How are they being used today?

(49%) Are there authoring tools on the horizon that are both user-friendly and capable of authoring for both electronic and print output?

UPDATE: You can see ~~partial~~ final results of the responses to all the questions here~~, and contribute to the survey here.~~

Content Globalization
Also, the top write-in question topic so far is on globalization and content management. This is a hot topic at the event – there are multiple sessions covering it, and many vendors showing related products and services – some of them have even put together a Content Globalization Pavilion.

We have over 100 expert speakers covering these and other topics. Conference program .

And don’t forget to look into the Content Management Professionals Association Spring Summit

Keynote panel topics at Gilbane San Francisco

April 19, 2006 / Frank Gilbane / 0 Comments

We have posted the results of our survey to date on the questions we’ll be asking our keynote panel at our conference next week. We’ll comment later, but wanted to let everyone see what topics attendees are most interested in. Some of these questions will also be covered in our analyst panel.
~~You can still vote the list of questions we have put together, and suggest additional questions. Voting also gives you a chance for a free conference pass to one of our conferences.~~ Of course you can also still join us (expo-only attendees can attend the keynote panels).

Hot Topics for the Opening Keynote Panel at Gilbane SF

April 4, 2006 / Frank Gilbane / 0 Comments

We hope to see you at our upcoming San Francisco conference. But whether you join us or not, you can contribute to the keynote discussion by including questions in a comment on this blog entry. Or you can visit the panelists blogs and make suggestions to them directly. Below is the session description with links to the panel member’s bios and blogs or websites.
UPDATE: You can also now vote a list of questions we have put together. Voting also gives you a chance for a free conference pass to this or a future conference.
The opening keynote panel is open to both tradeshow and conference attendees.
Keynote Panel: New Technologies That Will Influence Your Content Management Strategies
The pace of information technology development continues to increase as organizations develop experience in implementing content applications, and as software vendors vie to incorporate their customer’s feedback into product technologies ahead of the competition. As most enterprise applications become more content-oriented, content technology developments are coming from a broader base of suppliers and developers. In fact, most interesting new computing technologies will, or should, influence your short and long term content management strategies. Our opening panel of industry experts will look at both specific technologies and market trends. This will be a lively interactive panel with plenty of debate.
Moderator: Frank Gilbane, Conference Chair, Editor & Publisher, The Gilbane Report — Blog
Panelists:
Dan Farber, Vice President, CNET Networks, Editor in Chief, ZDNet — Between the Lines Blog
Bill Rosenblatt, Editor, DRM Watch
Charlene Li, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research — Charlene’s Blog
Gene Gable, Gene Gable Industries
Tony Byrne, Founder, CMS Watch