The Future of CMS is in Delivery: Deane Barker at JBoye12
Deane Barker is one of my favorite folks in web content management industry. Always insightful, and truly committed to the craft of CMS. He’s also got a blog post for everything. It’s become somewhat of a running joke between us, but seriously, try writing something…
Exploding Topic Pages
The JBoye event in Philadelphia is always one of my favorites. It’s a place where practitioners get together to talk about what’s really happening with digital strategy. An event short on schwag and vendor sales pitches and long on in-depth conversations and peer networking. I…
Revisiting WordPress as a CMS (Again)
We've address the issue of WordPress as a CMS before here at the Myth, and my own personal take on the issue should be quite clear: I am a WordPress plugin developer, technical reviewer of WordPress Books for Packt Press, and a coorganizer of WordCamp…
CMS Expo: Busting Web Experience Management Myths
Although there was fierce competition in the 2pm time spot, including Michael Silverman's talk on Capturing Community (which I wanted to see), there was a decent crowd for the web experience management myth busting session. Here are the top five myths: WEM is a technology…
CMSExpo: Killer Project Management Panel
Our CMS Mythbuster panel on tips and tricks for Killer Project Management at CMS Expo 2012 turned out to be a big hit. The panel was moderated by myself and included the following panelists: Justin Kerr Emma Jane Hogbin Lee Brinckley The session was very…
CMS Expo – Babe in the Big City (or, babe in a sea of dev dudes)
I had an interesting exchange with fellow content strategist and CMS Expo veteran, David Skarjune (@skarjune), on the way up to the post-lunch sessions: As I mentioned my upcoming Confab cameo, he pointed out that I will probably be in much more familiar company there.…
The Fog of CMS
Just a quick observation from CMS Expo. At one point during the morning's Founder's Panel, the CMS providers were offered the chance to ask the audience questions, turning the tables on the usual panel approach. One of the vendors (I honestly can't remember which) asked…
CMSExpo Day One: We’re Gonna Need More Tables
[caption id="attachment_1781" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="CMS Expo Founder's Panel"][/caption] CMS Expo 2012 kicked off this morning with a CMS Founder's panel so big they had to bring in extra tables. No wonder people new to the field are so confused and overwhelmed! (I also couldn't get…
CMS Expo: One Big Web Content Management Jamboree
In just a few short weeks, I'll be jumping on the Mythbuster bandwagon with John Eckman and Jake DiMare to head to the Windy City for the CMS Expo. As a relative newbie to the content strategy and CMS circuit, I had a couple questions…
When good CMS projects go bad
Here's the thing about web governance. Nobody likes to talk about web governance. Frankly, it can be a bit dry. I'll give you that. That's why I was pleasantly surprised to see a couple of hundred folks register for our webinar this Tuesday in partnership…