[Sigia-l] knowledge management

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"Sean Lawerence" wrote:
 
> What permeabIlity do you think the small to medium size business has for the
> discipline of IA?

For small projects, a separate IA title doesn't promise much potential. I'd
imagine one of the sister disciplines would handle such duties horizontally.

> Though, there is probably less content per organization
> do you think there are opportunities for an entrepreneuring IA to assist in
> crearing "linkages" amongst local businesses, supply chain vendors, micro
> online marketplaces for non-local small businesses and such?
 
Yes, but that's really not a small project any longer. :-)
 
> This is one reason I've been so excited about Flash for awhile now.  HTML
> pages can take forever to refresh, load, etc.  I've been wondering why
> people don't create apps that are simply linked via a database port for
> certain things things that just don't translate well in to a browser
> environment.

Many reasons:

*   Flash was 99% bad
*   Flash doesn't always play nice with HTML: bookmarkability, copying,
universal access, etc., present varying degrees of problems
*   Until recently Flash didn't have standardized UI components and even now
they are non-native to the platforms Flash runs on
*   Flash is yet another platform to learn
*   While ubiquitous, it's still a plugin
*   Flash is proprietary to Macromedia and Flash tools cost money
*   Some of what Flash can do can also be done by nonproprietary tools
*   Like HTML, Flash has various version with differing capabilities
*   Like HTML, Flash performance varies on different platforms
*   The vast majority of developers aren't used to the development IDE Flash
had, but recognizing this MM will soon introduce Royale
*   MM is also promoting Central for standalone Flash apps that work
online/offline, but, in this space, there are many competitors that run
natively, from Sherlock/Watson to iTunes on OS X, for example.
 
Ziya
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