Sep 23, 2011

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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  • So well put. Cute pics too!

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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 what the hell I do for a living.

Nerdy things I blog about for other nerdy nerds: metadata and taxonomies, content structure governance, Digital Asset Management and Content Management (DAM/CMS), technology transitions and business change, professional development, social media privacy, and usability for information retrieval.

Nutshell: I'm an ex-BMXer that now knows a helluva a lot about metadata and taxonomies and spends her idle time picking locks, lurking 7chan, playing competitive soccer, wishing she was in an impromptu music video, or teaching people to ride a Segway at HOPE. Yup, that's how I roll (literally).

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 you might think it is.