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20 years ago today, part 4 Knowledge management: vital or fad?

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This blog is a continuation of a series of reminiscences and predictions on all things
information management, to celebrate 20 years of Metataxis.

“Knowledge management” was fashionable, with many KM systems being expensively developed. In reality this was an over-hyped technology that even now has limited uptake. Users were too busy grappling with the more fundamental information management (as they still are) before they had the headspace to think about KM systems. That said, I think that some implicit KM systems are in use today:  M365 of course, if you set it up right…

20 years ago today, part 3: The evolution of SharePoint

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This blog is a continuation of a series of reminiscences and predictions on all things
information management, to celebrate 20 years of Metataxis.

Once upon a time, there was a new Microsoft software package called “SharePoint Portal Server 2001”. Only a few organisations had it, and it was of course on-premise, not in the cloud. It wasn’t until SharePoint 2003 came along that organisations started to notice this complex and powerful software platform. Many versions and twenty years later we now have the all conquering Microsoft 365. Such deep and all consuming functionality that I sometimes wonder that it might take over everything…  

20 years ago today, part 2: The rise of hand-held devices

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This post part of  a weekly series of reminiscences and predictions on all things information management, to celebrate 20 years of Metataxis.

The use of hand-held devices was picking up speed. The innovative Palm Pilot was the latest gadget for early adopters, once you learnt it’s quirky “shorthand” style input. There were a growing number of people using these devices (I had the lovely full-colour screen iPAQ – remember that?!). The ultimate conclusion of this trend being the now ubiquitous smartphone. A powerful computer in everyone’s pocket – we’ve come a long way.

20 years ago today, part 1: Will the Semantic Web ever be mainstream?

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This post is the first in a weekly series of reminiscences and predictions on all things information management, to celebrate 20 years of Metataxis.

The internet was a big thing in 2002 (we were in the tail of the dot-com boom). Many of us knew that this wasn’t going to change. We were already post Web 1.0, and there was much talk of Web 2.0, Web 3.0, and beyond. “Semantic Web” and “Linked Data” were leading-edge concepts. What happened to this promise? I think semantic web turned out to be harder to do than expected, and the market smaller than expected. However, today’s modern tools and modern mindsets mean that the promise of the Semantic Web is almost here. 

What has been your experience watching the evolution of the  Semantic Web and Linked Data since 2002? 

It was 20 years ago today…

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Twenty years ago, a dot-com software development manager (me) and a publishing director (Judi Vernau) decided to form Metataxis. We both felt that this intriguing new discipline of “Information Architecture” was something that had promise for the future, and was something we could do well at given our backgrounds. 

Twenty years later we are still here with both Metataxis UK and Metataxis NZ. Along the way, Metataxis has had, and still has some fantastically talented individuals, who’ve delivered endless value to our clients in information architecture and information management. 

But enough of the self-congratulations! In a series of posts over the coming weeks, I’ll be looking back at how information management has changed over the last 20 years. I’ll even make some predictions about the next 20 years. Watch this space…