A long time ago I asked, “what does Content Management mean to you?” I got all sorts of answers. Since then I’ve thought about, written about and talked about “content” (and content managment) more than I’d care to admit. Some may find it strange that, as a designer, I’d concern myself with content so much, but to me it’s lives at the very core of what I do. Honestly, I often wonder how a designer could not be interested in content. Having said that, one thing that constantly comes up in my pondering on content is the question of what “content” really is. This is even more perplexing as technology converges and becomes more ubiquitous. Defining “content” has always been a bit tricky, and now it’s even more so. Is it simply text? Is it written? Is it text and media? Is it copy? What about something like a tag? Is that content? What about a form? Is it all of these things? Or none of them? As you can see, it’s not clear to me, and maybe it doesn’t have to be. Still, I’m curious, so I thought I’d throw it out there: what does “content” mean to you?

Just a heads up to those who’ve been having problems with my RSS feed. Somehow I’ve got some crazy spam in there and I can’t figure out how to get rid of it. I looks like the donkey sex folks are all over my feed, as you can see if you check the validator.

I’ve been really busy the last week or so and been turning to the fun, upeat and yet somehow not-at-all-cheezy music of Under The Influence of Giants to get me going in the mornings.