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The Project Management Tree Swing Cartoon, Past and Present

8 July 2010
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The project management tree swing cartoon below is famous amongst those of us who have engaged in any kind of software project management. I first came across it in the late 1990s, when I managed small projects at a regional data communications company. I remember printing it out and hanging it in my cubicle, [...]

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The Digital Dilemma

25 January 2010
The Digital Dilemma | Science and Technology Council | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

In the fall of 2007, the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) released a report entitled, “The Digital Dilemma“. In a nutshell, the Council tackled the topic of archiving digital movies. They examined how this could be done, what the costs would be, and how these methods [...]

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Team Digital Preservation and the Deadly Cryptic Conundrum

20 January 2010
Team Digital Preservation and the Deadly Cryptic Conundrum

“Team Chaos have struck again! But do not fear, Team Digital Preservation are on hand, in what could be their funniest adventure yet.”
This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.
This is the latest release (as of this writing) of a series of animations [...]

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A Hat Tip to Cat Herders

19 January 2010
A Hat Tip to Cat Herders | Project Managers

A friend of mine emailed me this morning to say that I should have used wild kitties as the theme of this blog rather than wild horses. He does have a point.
This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.
This is a hat tip [...]

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Team Digital Preservation and the Aeroplane Disaster

18 December 2009
Team Digital Preservation saves the world from mid-air disaster caused by the work of Team Chaos

“Team Digital Preservation saves the world from mid-air disaster caused by the work of Team Chaos.”
This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.
This is the second animation of Digital Preservation Europe’s series on digital preservation.

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“Keeping Up with Data Rot”

8 December 2009
Bye, Tech: Dealing with Data Rot

CBS News ran this nice overview of the digital preservation/data (bit) rot problem. I have found this to be a great way to explain the problem in a way that doesn’t put the average listener to sleep.

Go ahead, send the article and video out to your friends and family without fear. You know you want [...]

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Team Digital Preservation and Nuclear Disaster

6 December 2009
Team Digital Preservation saves the world from nuclear disaster caused by the work of Team Chaos

“Team Digital Preservation saves the world from nuclear disaster caused by the work of Team Chaos.”
This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.
Digital Preservation Europe released this cute animation a few months ago. It provides a nice overview of the digital preservation [...]

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Data Scientist vs. Data Manager

5 December 2009
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So, what exactly is a data scientist? How does this role compare to a data manager?
The authors of a 2005 National Science Foundation (NSF) report defined five actors in data management: data users, authors, managers, scientists and funding agencies. Today, I will examine the data scientist vs. the data manager.
First, what are the shared goals [...]

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