DAM Lowdown: Metadata Multiplied, Video as Documentation, More DAM Events

By Jason Campbell (@jemorycampbell) Aug 8, 2011

The DAM Lowdown is back with news and notes from the world of digital asset management: DAM Events, Adobe's Edge in DAM, Video as Project Documentation, The Relevance of Your DAM Tools, Metadata Everywhere and the debut of DAM Stew.

DAM Events

This week we have a combination of both physical and virtual events for both the telecommuter and the road warrior:

Adobe's Edge in DAM?

DAMNews is my favorite site for keeping track of the DAM landscape. Lead writer Naresh Sarwan recently unleashed a great piece about the preview release of Adobe Edge and the potential long-term impact to Flash and Flex.

These are just a sampling of my favorite quotes from the piece:

The existence of Silverlight can be partly attributed to Microsoft’s need to have their own answer for every other major vendor’s innovations and that also no doubt limited the progress of Flash and Actionscript as a fully fledged OOP platform despite no serious Java RIA alternative from a major vendor.

Despite the attractive "slide and glide" interfaces, many were left shaking their heads and wondering if Adobe had simply re-invented the wheel. Why invest into Flex when AJAX could do the job just as well?"

Video as Project Documentation

Lee Dallas, writing at Big Men on Content, shares a story about his "most effective documentation experience," which incorporated video.

This idea resonates with me because of all the video capture devices we have around us. Most laptops come standard with a webcam and even entry-level smartphones will record video. Rather than spending hours and dollars on written documentation with an occasional screenshot, why not provide video?

The Relevance of Your DAM Tools

I can't seem to put together the Lowdown without including something from our friends at Widen (news, site). This week Nicholas Jimenez asks, and answers, the following question: Are Your Digital Management Tools Relevant?

When evaluating relevance, Nicholas provides three areas to consider: