Visual Demonstration of Folders vs. Metadata for Classification Chris Poteet, May 23, 2011April 4, 2013 Of all the posts I’ve done on this blog relating to SharePoint, my article denouncing folders is by far the most popular. I later wrote about improvements to folders in 2010, and this video is a culmination of those two posts. I was asked in the comments on the former… Continue Reading
Sample MindMap for SharePoint Taxonomies Chris Poteet, November 24, 2010April 4, 2013 I remember the first time I was shown the MindManager tool specifically for documenting enteprise-grade taxonomies. For too long tools like Excel had ruled the day, but tools like Excel and Word are too linear and not visual enough for complex taxonomies. Mindjet MindManager has since become my tool of… Continue Reading
Counting Content Types Chris Poteet, October 13, 2009 Stephanie Lemieux wrote an interesting post about the optimal amount of content types to use in SharePoint. This is an interesting discussion, because I’m now fixing the content type taxonomy for a client because the original design firm didn’t give them enough granularity in their content types or metadata. I… Continue Reading