International Information Management

Monday, August 28, 2006

Reflections on the Ancient World

I've been thinking (as an information "professional") about the way the Australian Cave and the French Cave were presented. On the one hand, the Cave of Chauvet has lots of pictures that make me want to go cave hunting. The pictures are well made, showing lots of detail. On the other hand, you've got the cave paintings discovered in Australia that has not been well publicized nor does it have a lot of pictures, but in one article they get across a TON of information. And their information isn't just about this cave; rather, it contains a discussion of how people 4,000 years ago dealt with information. This was more informative for me, though not nearly as 'pretty' and interesting as the Cave of Chauvet information. Perhaps the Australians are aiming their cave information towards a more academic crowd and the French are aiming their information at the general public?


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