The Hamburger and the Sea of Documents

Papa's (Ernest Hemingway's) Favorite Hamburger Ernest Hemingway was the original “Most Interesting Man in the World.”  In 2002 when I heard that Hemmingway’s library in Cuba would be digitized I pushed for Documentum to get involved.  I was ready to volunteer my skills and my vacations to the effort.  Documentum didn’t, but I didn’t forget the... Continue Reading →

Let’s Not Forget Archive Documents

I’ve found myself playing around archives for a few projects.  Usually it is for my blog Finnish Not Done, which would not exist if it were not for archives of the migration of Finnish people in the Americas.  I recently used archives for a story about AIIM’s early history, which got me thinking.  When talking... Continue Reading →

Records Management Programs Need a Diet

Last week at the AIIM Conference, I noticed that lots of companies are looking for the quick win on records management.  There’s no such thing.  Users need to realize records management is like a diet.  At my annual physical my doctor keeps telling me to eat right and exercise.  I do neither, so can I... Continue Reading →

Social Content is on the Record as being Record Content

Organizations have been quick to adopt social channels as a new communication mechanism.  But the records aspect of these channels is often ignored.  Control over instant messaging (AOL Instant Messenger) was ignored by trading companies fourteen years ago until word got out.  But oddly, the problem is still happening today.  As new social channels are... Continue Reading →

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