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 …
Recent shenanigans around the world have highlighted the importance of good quality information. Over at idqcert.iaidq.org I’ve written a mid-sized post explaining why I am a passionate supporter of the IAIDQ’s Certified Information Quality Practitioner certification. Basically, there is a need for people who are managing information quality challenges to have a clear benchmark that …
This post has been triggered by two things. Firstly, I had a nice chat with Hugh Jones who is running the ICS’s Data Protection training (see www.ics.ie/dp) for details. Hugh is interested in raising awareness of data protection issues both for businesses and for individuals. I wholeheartedly agree with him that this is important, not …
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 …
The IAIDQ is working to develop an industry standard certification/accreditation programme for Information/Data Quality Professionals (similar to the PMI for Project Managers). This is a valuable and significant initiative that will (hopefully) lead to a reduction in the types of issues we see over at IQTrainwrecks.com. The IAIDQ has set up a blog over at …
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 …
Barack Obama just might be the first ‘Information Age’ President of the US. The Houdini Project that his team ran has highlighted the value of information, and especially good quality and timely information, when making decisions or trying to gain a competitive advantage. From the details that have leaked out (and while Newsweek get the …
Good grief. How low and desperate are the Republicans? Newstalk radio in Ireland this morning ran a clip of Sarah Palin putting the stilletto in to Obama by talking about comments made at an event that Obama was at about Israel and US support for Israel back in 2003. Palin’s killer blow was that they …
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I noticed that Informatica have launched a new website called www.doyoutrustyourdata.com, to highlight issues with poor quality information from the media. My personal opinion on the site is that it isn’t very nice looking (but then I’m not a big fan of black on green). However, I’m biased as I moderate the IQTrainwrecks.com blog for …
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 …