Gilbane Conference Explores Content Technologies

Day one of the Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies Boston kicked off with four half-day tutorials: Web Content Management Systems (Tony Byrne, CMS Watch), the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (Bill Trippe, Gilbane Group), Principles of Web Operations Management (Lisa Welchman, Welchman Consulting), and Taxonomy Development and Implementation (Seth Earley, Earley and Associates). The rest of the day offered attendees an opportunity to mix-and-match combinations of presentations or follow a pre-defined “track”. I elected to attend the “Automated Publishing” track, a kind of introduction to publishing technologies, including a session that showcased three successful publishing automation projects.

Early in evening, Content Management Professionals held an organizational planning meeting. After the meeting we adjourned to Stephanie’s on Newbury, where the food was delicious and the ambiance warm and inviting.

Today at Gilbane I plan to attend the keynote address, The Future of Content Management Technologies and Solutions, by Jim Howard of Crown Peak (see our interview with Jim), work the Content Management Professionals booth in the exhibition area, and judge the Wiki Idol competition, during which I’ll play a pigment-challenged Randy Jackson. This ought to be a fun-filled and educational day.