Ian Truscott

Alterian CMS Meme Response

March 23, 2009March 23, 2009Content Management, ObservationsContent Management, demonstration software;, Enterprise edition product;, Enterprise;, http://www.this-is-marketing.com;, Irina Guseva;, Java;, Jon Marks;, Julian Wraith;, Mediasurface;, sample web site;, software procurement process;, UNIX;, WCM software;, Web experience needs;, web software vendors;

At the beginning of last week a CMS ‘meme’ broke out, where CMS vendor bloggers were challenged to reveal something about their products functionality and then tag other vendors to do similar. Day kicked this

Build It and they will Build It and they will Build It and they…

March 17, 2009March 17, 2009ObservationsAPI;, Apologies Gandhi;, business user tool;, Clay Johnson;, content management system;, Content Management Systems;, developed software;, Ron Miller;, web content;

Inspired by a blog post by Ron Miller, where he comments on an article by Clay Johnson, that states that Content Management Systems just don’t work and you should seriously consider building one yourself. Really? Clearly with my

“Look! It’s moving. It’s alive. It’s alive…”

March 9, 2009March 9, 2009Persuasive Contentdynamic, easy, web team;, website

Is your website is a living thing? While I am sure you wouldn’t cast your website in the role of a monster, this classic line from the 1931 Frankenstein film captures that moment, when your

The Green Content Management Machine

February 13, 2009February 13, 2009Content ManagementAndrew Ewing;, Carolina K. Reid;, Content Management Systems;, cost saving energy strategies;, energy;, green computing agenda;, Nestle;, United States;, web content;, web servers;

Having been quoted in EContent magazine, discussing the positive impact of CMS on Green Computing strategies, I thought I’d develop this into a fuller blog post. – How do Content Management Systems help with today’s green

Who am I – Part II

February 7, 2009February 7, 2009ObservationsGoogle;, Jeremiah Owyang;, Joe Stanhope;, online community;, semantic web practitioners;, social networks;, social software expert;, Social Web, United Kingdom;, United States;

Inspired by a tweet by Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) about people creating two Facebook accounts for business and personal, plus the resulting feedback from my colleague Joe Stanhope (@joestanhope) got me thinking about my previous post

Dreaming in Code – No Really!

February 3, 2009February 3, 2009Books, ObservationsJava;, Joel Spolsky;, Seth Godin;, software development;, software project;, software projects;

At some point I need to reconnect with the rest of my life – I realised this as I flicked open “Dreaming in Code“, after a day of dealing with Product Development and an evening

Don’t Forget the Content

January 27, 2009January 27, 2009Persuasive ContentColleen Jones;, search results;

In my day to day life, I am usually approaching Persuasive Content from a tools perspective – talking to organisations about understanding and engaging with their audience and enabling the folks with the knowledge and

Who Owns What I Think?

January 16, 2009January 16, 2009ObservationsGoogle;, Richard Skaare;, software developers writing code;, software developers;, web content perspective;

A blog article by Richard Skaare got me thinking this week. In his article Beware: What You Create Could Own You Richard talks about being seduced by the creative process and that you can become

Inspiration: Jacqueline Guichelaar

December 28, 2008December 19, 2018ObservationsAMP;, Australia;, Australian National Bank;, Computer Weekly;, CSC;, Deutsche Bank UK;, Germany;, IBM;, Jacqueline Guichelaar Distracted;, Jacqueline Guichelaar;, London;, Metropolitan Police Service;, software;, tape operator;, UNIX;

Distracted while purging my desk for a move to a new spot in the office, I found myself flicking through an old copy of Computer Weekly. I came across this story about Jacqueline Guichelaar which