[This post was originally drafted as an article for the IAIDQ’s Quarterly Newsletter, but I felt it might be more suited to the blog instead] Introduction As we continue to stagger shell shocked through the unfolding economic crisis, increasingly commentators are looking at what can be changed or done differently in the financial services industry …
The DoBlog is now in its 3rd year of existence. It’s been a busy time for me, and the next few months will (hopefully) be busier still. I’m not sure if it is the sunny weather here in Wexford but I was inspired this morning to spring clean the blog and put a new face …
So, the build up to the Blog Awards 2009 has started already. A few weeks ago I was talking with Simon McGarr about whether there was scope to do something in Dublin in the immediate run up to the Blog Awards to cater for people who might not be able to make it to Cork …
This is inspired by a post over on the Crabbling Otter (greetings and felicitations Mr Byrne). He got the flyer below in to work. Commenters over at the ‘Otter have found upwards of 12 errors. So, for the next few days I’ll be running “The 12 Days of Blogger Christmas”. What I’d like commenters to …
So, what’s new in Daragh town? Well, I was made a Fellow of the Irish Computer Society this evening. ’twas me and this guy. Apparently at one point in his career his OFFICIAL job title in the US government was “Expert”. Not “Expertise Application Direction and Realisation Manager”. Just “Expert”. Not bad for a youngfella …
So Batty O’Keefe is flying kites in the run up to the Leaving Cert results. Nice one centurion. He has proposed the reintroduction of college fees for students from families where people are earning an “excellent” salary. He defines this as being somewhere to the north of “anybody on €100,000” and “millionaires”. Mr O’Keefe seems …
…or “Why the f*ck can’t I get a decent broadband service in Wexford for love or money?”. So, following from my last post (and btw the saga continues off-blog in a reality far far away), I’ve been looking at my other options for getting zippy fast communications that might allow me to work more productively …
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From Don Carlson, one of my IAIDQ cronies in the US comes this YouTube vid from Informatica (a data quality software tool vendor) that sums up a lot of why Information Quality matters. Of course, I could get snooty and ask what gave them the idea to juxtapose Information Quality and Trainwrecks…. gosh, I’d swear …
The Irish Times website is carrying a story today that Starbucks has experienced a downturn in coffee sales in the US in recent months and is not as economically bulletproof as they may have previously thought. This makes perfect sense to me. When your negative equity hell kicks in and leaves a sour and bitter …
From time to time the DoBlog allows honoured guests to write posts (well I would if anyone asked). When I’m stuck for honoured guests, sometimes I invite family, and I even let them get a byline on the piece. No cuttypasty-and-claim-as-my-own here thanky much. This post is penned by the brother. If he would actually …