So I’m a wee bit late posting this, but I was working on a poster presentation for this year’s IA Summit when I came across the notes I took for my presentation at InfoCamp Seattle 2012. It’s now posted here for internet posterity. #
InfoCamp intro to VRM (PDF) #
I thought this might be interesting for two reasons. First, I think the central message of the presentation is still relevant: information management professionals should be at the forefront of thinking about how people identify, store, and manage their own data in a VRM-enabled world. The PDF roughs out the main ideas of VRM and suggests how information management professionals might contribute to this emerging movement. #
(Update 3-22-13: Holy smokes! I didn’t realize that Tracy Wolfe, the Mod Librarian, posted a nice writeup of this presentation back in October. I really need to start paying attention to this whole internet thing. I hear it’s really taking off.) #
Secondly, (and a bit more prosaically) I drafted these notes in Scapple, an awfully interesting brainstorming program under development at Literature and Latte (the fine folks who make Scrivener). Scapple basically lets you enter free-form bits of text on a canvas of whatever size you choose. You can move the bits around to regroup them, and you can drag one text bit over another to relate the two with a dotted line. It was truly one of the best brainstorming experiences I’ve had on a computer. I ended up using the Scapple document as both my presenter notes and my presentation slide. #
If you’re like me and you’re really not into the linear process of outlining, but you still want to do something like outlining on a computer, I encourage you to give Scapple a try. It’s free for a limited time while in Beta. But watch out: you might get hooked. #