Uh… So Why Are You Using WordPress To Tell Us About Your CMS?
It’s got to look a little hypocritical to be using an Open Source blogging tool (WordPress) to tell you about the upcoming launch of my proprietary content management system.
But it’s not… and here’s why:
A product launch follows a natural chronological order and is best done when there’s feedback from interested future clients and critics.
What better tool to use than a blog? It puts information in a nice chronological order and makes it very easy for visitors, fans, and critics to discuss.
The Right Tool For The Right Job
But a blog is not perfect for every project. And the project I find myself involved in most often is the rapid development of a website that has no chronological structure and no open discussion.
Any carpenter will tell you that the right tool to remove a screw is a screwdriver. You can do it with a hammer… but even an average screwdriver will outperform a great hammer at certain tasks.
Tiger Woods can probably drive a golf ball with his putter twice as far as I can… but during a tournament he tees off with a driver. It’s a tool designed to do that job perfectly… nothing else.
I think you get the picture… so I’ll let the analogies rest for a moment.
How Blurred Is The Line Between CMS and Blog?
In my opinion, a blog is not a CMS.
Sure, you can hack away at WordPress and make a valiant attempt at turning it into a CMS…
But I think that when you have an opportunity to judge for yourself, you’ll agree that my tool gives you advantages for certain projects and jobs that WordPress and other blogging tools just weren’t designed to do.
Soon you’ll have the chance to judge for yourself.
