Comments on: To Pluto and back http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2009/07/05/to-pluto-and-back/ Developing your information across the enterprise Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Robert.hillard http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2009/07/05/to-pluto-and-back/comment-page-1/#comment-13225 Robert.hillard Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:46:54 +0000 http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/?p=205#comment-13225 Sean, The original article is http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/18/digital-content-expansion, it actually isn't as amazing as it sounds when you think about the volume of digital data that moves around in addition to the content we keep at home. Think, for instance, of all the digital photos and other multimedia content the western world keeps as well as specific application material such as medical imaging. The other point is that much (most?) of the material is duplicated or rubbish or both. Cheers, Rob Sean,

The original article is http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/18/digital-content-expansion, it actually isn’t as amazing as it sounds when you think about the volume of digital data that moves around in addition to the content we keep at home. Think, for instance, of all the digital photos and other multimedia content the western world keeps as well as specific application material such as medical imaging. The other point is that much (most?) of the material is duplicated or rubbish or both.

Cheers, Rob

]]> By: Jlongworth http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2009/07/05/to-pluto-and-back/comment-page-1/#comment-13081 Jlongworth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:16:38 +0000 http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/?p=205#comment-13081 Hi Rob - I love this stuff - but "in printed form" - a little old school methinks. In rich media terms it is roughly 104 billion copies of 'Police Academy' (including the DVD extras). This would allow you to watch it continuously (104 billion times) while you travel to Pluo and back. Or you watch all seven Police Academy movies (#2 is my favourite) 15 billion times. On a serious note - the change in balance between poor-media and rich-media is probably driving a large component of this growth - perhaps genuine information is not growing at such a rapid pace. Jon Hi Rob – I love this stuff – but “in printed form” – a little old school methinks. In rich media terms it is roughly 104 billion copies of ‘Police Academy’ (including the DVD extras). This would allow you to watch it continuously (104 billion times) while you travel to Pluo and back. Or you watch all seven Police Academy movies (#2 is my favourite) 15 billion times.

On a serious note – the change in balance between poor-media and rich-media is probably driving a large component of this growth – perhaps genuine information is not growing at such a rapid pace.

Jon

]]> By: Sean.mcclowry http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2009/07/05/to-pluto-and-back/comment-page-1/#comment-12755 Sean.mcclowry Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:46:33 +0000 http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/?p=205#comment-12755 Rob - that means nearly 100 GB (the capacity on a modern laptop for every person on earth ...). Amazing stats and actually higher than I have heard before. Do you have a link to the article online - I couldn't find it in Richard's column (a search issue!) I agree, the cost to manage these volumes to get the information you will grow at similar rates without the right models / architectures to get access to key information ... Without a requirements-driven approach and solid information architecture, just capturing and indexing all this data doesn't do much except add to your bottom line. Rob – that means nearly 100 GB (the capacity on a modern laptop for every person on earth …). Amazing stats and actually higher than I have heard before. Do you have a link to the article online – I couldn’t find it in Richard’s column (a search issue!)

I agree, the cost to manage these volumes to get the information you will grow at similar rates without the right models / architectures to get access to key information … Without a requirements-driven approach and solid information architecture, just capturing and indexing all this data doesn’t do much except add to your bottom line.

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