Sep 23, 2011
leala

Ode to the Knowledge Worker

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.

Jack of All Trades - Master to None

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 out there, yet you have to define the needle in the haystack so that it can be found.

THIS IS THE DOMAIN OF THE KNOWLEDGE WORKER

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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.