Taming the Information Tsunami, Second Edition

Author: Bill Bruck
List Price: $39.99
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ISBN: 0735618046
Publisher: Microsoft Press (04 September, 2002)
Sales Rank: 635,021
Average Customer Rating: 2 out of 5

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Rating: 2 out of 5
Not what I hoped
I purchased this book hoping to find advanced strategies for managing information (I have my own Information Tsunami). I use a variety of incompatible methods for storing my files - including the file system for Microsoft Office documents and other applications (such as MindManager), and Pagekeeper for scanned documents. I need a way to store searchable metadata about all types of digital assets and be able to share that metadata. The blurb on the book says it will "demonstrate simple ways to change how you think about and use everyday technologies such as Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer." Unfortunately, the book is a series of short introductory articles on using various tools with Windows and Office XP, starting with Internet Explorer 6.0 and then on to Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, FrontPage and finally 9 pages on Share Point Team Services. The book treats each application separately and not as the overall knowledge management system I need. If you have not used Office XP very long this book may help you. Experienced users will not find much here.

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