Sep 23, 2011
leala

Ode to the Knowledge Worker

Jack of All Trades - Master to None

This is a field with a million different ways to interpret or apply something. It’s a field with a million different answers to one question and it is a field with a million questions that have no true answer. It’s hard to master this topic and it is even harder to keep pace with how quickly it moves and changes. It has a million rabbit trails and “areas of specialization,” and even more that are no longer relevant or applicable. It’s dynamic and yet somehow manages to woo you in with creature comforts. It’s never stationary, but sometimes focuses on staying power. You can’t put your finger on it, yet we have to put OUR finger on it to do our jobs. You often work alone, but your presence is felt by many. Everything is always different around you, yet you have to make it consistent. There is so much… Read More »

Jul 22, 2011
leala

Use the Automator to Extract a list of Filenames to a Txt file

Screenshot - MAC Automator Custom Selection

The MAC OS Automator is the swiss army knife of tools, just take a look at these “10 Awesome Uses for Automator” and I often wonder how I lived without it. In my line of work, sometimes I need to extract a list of filenames contained on a CD or a directory and dump them into a text file for analysis. Lucky for me the automator makes this task super easy and painless. You too can enjoy this in 6 easy steps. Step 1 Fire up Automator and select File > New > Custom Step 2 Create your Automation by dragging commands, called actions, into the Automator workspace starting with “Ask for Finder Items”. Step 3 Drag over “Get Folder Contents” from the Action list to the automator workspace. For my purposes I usually check the “Repeat for each subfolder found” depending on how deep you need to go, but… Read More »

Mar 17, 2011
leala

My So-Called DAM Life

For the most part it just kinda happened and I eased into this profession. I still have loads to learn and I always feel like I don’t know anything, but I think everyone feels that way. Shifting sands this profession is, everything is a moving target. So, at the request of one of my loyal readers, I will blog about the fantastical makings of this particular digital asset manager. I’ll just Insert some atmospheric Leatherface into the iPod jukebox and just start at the beginning, the very beginning. The 1990′s… My very first “real” job ever. I spend a lot of time online in the 90s, a very inappropriate amount of time. This was back in the day when AOL charged by the hour, and since I wasn’t smart enough (yet) to get AOL for free, my bills were high. So I started building websites for fun, then my friends… Read More »

Mar 10, 2011
leala

Createasphere Presentation (3/02/2011): DAM Book Resources

Here is a list of the DAM resources that I listed in my Createasphere Presentation in Universal City (Los Angeles), CA, on March 2, 2011: Dont Make me Think – Steve Krug Mental Models – Indi Young Designing Interfaces – Jennifer Tidwell Building Enterprise Taxonomies – Daren L. Stewart The Accidental Taxonomist – Heather Hedden Metadata Solutions: Using Metamodels – Adrienne Tannenbaum

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About me:

Metadata and Taxonomies are my thing. I spend an awful lot of time drinking coffee and having existential dilemmas on how to categorize myself. I like technology and humans, but only at the same time (HCI). You can find me out in the real world picking locks (only ones that belong to me), watching Doctor Who or playing soccer.

Nerdy things I blog about for other nerds: metadata and taxonomies, digital asset management (DAM), technology transitions and business change, professional development, social media privacy, and usability for information retrieval.

Disclaimer: This is a personal weblog and does not represent the thoughts, intentions, plans or strategies of my employer (any of them). It is solely my opinion lame as it may be.