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By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:13:31 +0000

I think something is wrong with this cartoon. Shouldn't the `content 'author' have twitted her back an autograph ?

'Content' invariably springs to mind the nutritional values indicated on the side of the cereal box.

By: rob

rob — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:11:50 +0000

I know what you mean. I also know I'm happier when I'm opening Photoshop, Final Cut or even Word than when I'm opening Excel. :-)

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:23:38 +0000

Content invariably makes me think in terms of units like, "I need 6 units of content. 3 medium, 2 small and 1 x-large." I agree it can be a term that pulls together all the different media but I usually hear it in the context of a commodity. I use the term myself but I think it's usually as a quick way of being all-inclusive (of the various forms it comes in).

In a way, it's spreadsheet terminology. It suggests something that might be measurable and thus lend itself to costing for number crunching. In other words, it's in MBA country. When we speak of writers, filmmakers, musicians etc., it takes on the suggestion of art and that sometimes comes with a few pretensions. We don't seem to have any middle-ground terms or better still one middle-ground term that would do what "content" does but with out the commodity association or other baggage.

I ramble. I'd be happy with content if I could just get the image of spreadsheets out of my head.