Comments on: Why Cataloging and Calculations Should Be King http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/03/cataloging-calculations-should-be-king/ Improving Healthcare Through Digital Technology -- Effectively using digital technology and social media in pharma and healthcare Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Stevens http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/03/cataloging-calculations-should-be-king/#comment-6613 David Stevens Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:48:23 +0000 http://www.doseofdigital.com/?p=2323#comment-6613 Agree. All meaning resides in the context; there's nothing within the object. Objects are empty. I have from an engineering journal, circa 1990 a great article on how toilets flush in skyscrapers. Problem is the example they use (complete with detailed schematics of stairwells and elevators) is that of the World Trade Center Towers. Not a drop of ink has changed, but the context has. The article's meaning is entirely different today. Agree. All meaning resides in the context; there’s nothing within the object. Objects are empty.

I have from an engineering journal, circa 1990 a great article on how toilets flush in skyscrapers. Problem is the example they use (complete with detailed schematics of stairwells and elevators) is that of the World Trade Center Towers. Not a drop of ink has changed, but the context has. The article’s meaning is entirely different today.

]]> By: David Stevens http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/03/cataloging-calculations-should-be-king/#comment-9401 David Stevens Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0000 http://www.doseofdigital.com/?p=2323#comment-9401 Agree. All meaning resides in the context; there's nothing within the object. Objects are empty. I have from an engineering journal, circa 1990 a great article on how toilets flush in skyscrapers. Problem is the example they use (complete with detailed schematics of stairwells and elevators) is that of the World Trade Center Towers. Not a drop of ink has changed, but the context has. The article's meaning is entirely different today. Agree. All meaning resides in the context; there’s nothing within the object. Objects are empty.

I have from an engineering journal, circa 1990 a great article on how toilets flush in skyscrapers. Problem is the example they use (complete with detailed schematics of stairwells and elevators) is that of the World Trade Center Towers. Not a drop of ink has changed, but the context has. The article’s meaning is entirely different today.

]]> By: Bob Oakley http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/03/cataloging-calculations-should-be-king/#comment-6521 Bob Oakley Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:39:37 +0000 http://www.doseofdigital.com/?p=2323#comment-6521 I like the detail - and agree entirely - in the end "context is king". Is what I'm finding valuable to me - meaning it's relevant to what I'm looking for, and a level of quality that enables me to use it. Content with out context is noise. Great post. I like the detail – and agree entirely – in the end “context is king”. Is what I’m finding valuable to me – meaning it’s relevant to what I’m looking for, and a level of quality that enables me to use it. Content with out context is noise.

Great post.

]]> By: Bob Oakley http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/03/cataloging-calculations-should-be-king/#comment-9400 Bob Oakley Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.doseofdigital.com/?p=2323#comment-9400 I like the detail - and agree entirely - in the end "context is king". Is what I'm finding valuable to me - meaning it's relevant to what I'm looking for, and a level of quality that enables me to use it. Content with out context is noise. Great post. I like the detail – and agree entirely – in the end “context is king”. Is what I’m finding valuable to me – meaning it’s relevant to what I’m looking for, and a level of quality that enables me to use it. Content with out context is noise.

Great post.

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