WordPress updates are sooooo simple

I have to say (knock-on-wood) that using the WordPress Automatic Update feature is awesome.  So far I have experienced no technical difficulties by simply pressing the “Automatically Update” button, then after a few seconds, performs the steps below and “viola!”, it’s done.  Why can’t other software be so simple to upgrade? Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.0.3.zip… Unpacking the update… Verifying the unpacked files… Installing the latest version… Upgrading database… WordPress updated successfully…

December 11
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A “cloudy” future for document capture

Hearing a phrase such as “cloudy future” immediately conjures up bad thoughts and gloom-and-doom scenarios.  However, in the case of document capture “cloud computing” is bringing extremely positive change.  In this post I would like to break down the basic components of “cloud computing” and explain how document capture into “the cloud” is appealing for several reasons including scalability, interoperability and usability.  Simply put, the “cloud” = Infrastructure + Content…

September 14
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Document Capture from the user’s perspective

Sometimes it is not the technology itself that dictates either the success or failure of a particular technology.  I believe that the “user experience” helps drive adoption of a particular technology or ultimately will bring its demise.  Let me give you a few examples. Microsoft Windows:  Ask yourself this question; self: Was Windows the most robust and feature-rich operating system when Microsoft introduced Windows in the early 1990’s? Probably not, but…

September 7
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Capturing Opportunity, Technology = Positivity

I am very fortunate and blessed to be where I am now with my career in the document capture and enterprise content management (ECM) industry. I would not probably have planned it this way but it has turned out to serve me and, more importantly I would hope, those whom I’ve work with well. I have had the honor of being asked to blog a few entries for AIIM’s new…

April 11
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