Information Quality

First Post Anniversary… Electoral Register Processes Still Broken

Electoral IQ, Information Quality, Other Thoughts, Politics & Culture, The Business of IQ / By / August 9, 2007 / , , , ,

The DobBlog is 1 year old today. What have we achieved? Well, about 50,000 words on the state of the Irish Electoral Register, syndicated publication of an article based on those words in two International newsletters for IT/Business Intelligence professionals and a wordpress template I’m finally not unhappy with. The electoral register is still buggered …

First Post Anniversary… Electoral Register Processes Still Broken Read More »

Oh Dell (the return)

Dell Hell, Oh (d)Hell... / By / April 13, 2007 / , , , , ,

The DVD drive on my Dell laptop failed (again) over the weekend so I requested a replacement as per their warranty. The technician requested my address and an alternate delivery address and also asked for details of my availablility over the 48hr period from Tuesday. I provided my home address (Wexford) and the address of …

Oh Dell (the return) Read More »

Electoral Constituencies

Electoral IQ, Information Quality / By / April 28, 2007 / , ,

There is a bit of a bru-hahah brewing over yonder at McGarr Solicitors. It appears that their offices are acting for Finian McGrath and Catherine Murphy in their challenge to the Constitutionality of the forthcoming (but still to be announced) General Election. What baffles me is that in September of last year there was strong …

Electoral Constituencies Read More »

DoBlog is 1 year old this month

Other Thoughts, Politics & Culture / By / April 18, 2007 / , , , , , , , , ,

Last night I was doing some housekeeping on the site and I noticed that the year-ometer on the DoBlog is about to turn over. The first post on www.obriend.com (as it was then) was on 18th April 2006. It was about the Electoral Register. With an Election looming in the next few weeks it is …

DoBlog is 1 year old this month Read More »

Oh D(h)ell… an update

Dell Hell, Dell Quality, Information Quality, Oh (d)Hell... / By / July 27, 2007 / , , , , , , , , , ,

Dell Technician came to my office today. This was after a techie had called to my home last Thursday. When I was in London presenting at an Information Quality conference (does 2 speaking slots count as a keynote?). The fact that I was going to be away had been clearly communicated to Dell’s support people …

Oh D(h)ell… an update Read More »

Oh (d)Hell, here we go again…

Dell Hell, Dell Quality, Information Quality, Information/Data Quality Issues, Oh (d)Hell... / By / July 27, 2007 / , , , , , ,

So, prompt and efficient, Dell Post-Sales Customer Support shipped me the graphics card for my laptop -the one they should have put in while it was still in the factory. It arrived this morning at 11:00am as promised. It was shipped from their factory in Limerick – a city and County I know well. About …

Oh (d)Hell, here we go again… Read More »

Dell and their cost base

Dell Hell, Dell Quality, Information Quality, Information/Data Quality Issues, Oh (d)Hell... / By / July 27, 2007 / , , , ,

Some jitters amongst the Celtic Tiger cubs this week as a number of hi-tech firms trimmed back the tent a little here. In net terms, it is no real issue as there is a skills shortage in the types of job that have been pruned. One organisation rumoured to be looking at pruning their Irish …

Dell and their cost base Read More »

Windows Vista and my new Dell – some thoughts

Dell Hell, Dell Quality, Information Quality, Information/Data Quality Issues, Oh (d)Hell... / By / July 27, 2007 / , , , , , ,

Blogging this in some frustration. Ordered a new Dell a few weeks back because my previous “Aldi-Special” (a ‘Gericom’ brand) had died. As I was going to be sticking the new purchase on the never-never (finance) I decided to pimp my ride a bit and ordered the best spec I could get for the price …

Windows Vista and my new Dell – some thoughts Read More »

Information Quality in the news

Information Quality / By / August 9, 2007 / ,

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, …

Information Quality in the news Read More »

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

Information Quality, Information/Data Quality Issues, Politics & Culture / By / March 9, 2007 / , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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 …

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