Information Quality

Information Quality in the news

The gang over at Tuppenceworth have done some crude but somewhat scientific study of the quality of information being presented by Irish print media. The basic hypothesis (rephrased somewhat to Information Quality terms) is that purchasers of newspapers have an expectation that the stories presented will be properly researched pieces of journalism and not advertorial, …

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ka-BOOM – the Information Age Explosion is upon us.

CNN.com has an interesting report on a study that was conducted by IDC, an industry think tank and research company, into the volume of information that we are creating and storing – and more importantly who is creating that information. IDC estimates that the world had 185 exabytes of storage available last year and will …

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An idea pinched from Tuppenceworth

Tuppenceworth have started doing ‘Tag Clouds’ to visualise the frequency of words etc in political manifestos and speeches in the run up to the Irish General Election. Ho-hum I thought… wouldn’t it be interesting to do the same on the emerging commercial Information Quality Blogs (and perhaps other commentary in the area – it works …

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Count down to an Information Quality clash?

Daylight Savings time starts in the US on the 11th of March – that’s next week. DST doesn’t start in Ireland or the UK until the 25th of March. The US change comes about under an Energy Protection Act passed last year. Microsoft are warning people in the US that their PCs won’t automatically update …

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Information Quality in Ireland

Two quick nuggets on IQ in Ireland… Firstly, the IQ Network are reporting that  we have had a Court ruling that may have implications for Information Quality… we’ll track them and keep you posted. Secondly… The electoral register is still snafu’d despite the efforts of the Minister for the Environment. Again, expect to see more …

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The Tuppenceworth Paper Round (a slight return)

Oh good grief, Hendrix is probably spinning in his grave… Simon over at Tuppenceworth has announced he’s been invited to take part in Leviathan this Thursday. This is a nice ‘attaboy’ for the gang at Tuppenceworth from David McWilliams et al. Or else it is a trap given the number of journos who’ll be in …

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Electoral Reg (A slight return)

OK. In an attempt to make this interesting to the kids, I’m ripping off Jimi Hendrix lyrics. The Sunday Business Post reported over the weekend that up to 170,000 people may have been taken of the Electoral Register in error. Apparently politicians of all hues are trading war stories of bungled clean ups on the …

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Customer focus in the mee-ja

The PaperRound over at Tuppenceworth has stirred up a hornet’s nest of phlegm and brimstone from at least two sources – the Indo article by Niall Byrne that I mentioned previously and a mysterious comment from ‘Soontobe’ on the Tuppenceworth Blog. The team over at Tupp’worth may take issue with my view that the Paper …

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Tuppenceworth…

Simon over at Tuppenceworth is getting a bee in his bonnet about the standard of Irish journalism. I have to agree. I am a Director of publicity for an international association for Information Quality professionals. Over the past year I have submitted a number of commentaries on issues such as the Electoral Register. Not ONCE …

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