Category: Thoughts

Content Management, Information Governance, Information Architecture, Content Models… People throw around these terms all the time and for many the use of “Content” and “Information” are almost synonymous. But actually they’re different and here I’ll give you some simple definitions.If you asked the editor of a newspaper or website what was the difference between information…

You can’t get away from Agile these days, it’s everywhere. I sometimes put my Local Gov hat on and go to events where you get surrounded by Agencies telling you that Agile is the best thing since Mr. Hovis started wielding a knife. They make out that it’s some secret which only they know and…

One of the things I often have to do in my role is to review existing Content Management Systems (CMS) which have been heavily customised or contain applications built from scratch. I always reckon I can tell whether a system is worth keeping just from the number of lines of code it contains. The more…

For a long time web designers and content authors have been able to change the content of a page depending on who’s viewing it but this is normally restricted to adverts and sidebars. Soon we could see that actual page contents adapting to suit the reader as well.When you visit a webpage does it look…