IT
Really excellent read on disruption, journalism and company structure [http://www.vox.com/2014/6/17/5817824/disruption-is-a-dumb-buzzword-its-also-an-important-concept] from Timothy Lee at Vox: > The problem with the New York Times isn’t with the existence of the “wall,” it’s that the paper erected the wall in the wrong
corporate culture
Every time I think a proper job would be nice again… > I remember a grey slab I was issued by the tech quartermasters when I started my last proper job, packed with software designed to process ideas and thoughts into grey, bullet-pointed entropy. Then I was given a “smart”
corporate culture
Reasons I love being self-employed #7: > For reasons we don’t fully understand, IT Vs the rest of the company is a bitter cold war of control. The only way to work in a modern office is to bring your own laptop & 3G dongle in. Note: Never tell
corporate culture
The FT’s Lisa Pollack on the power – and danger – of Excel [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0131b426-42df-11e3-8350-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financials%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct&siteedition=intl&siteedition=uk#axzz2jlRkhNL4] : > While Excel remains the utensil of choice, it comes with risks. Recent
IT
Electronista [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106034542/http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/02/e.mail.system.cant.cope.with.mobile.proliferation/] : > The deputy CTO of New York City’s public school system, Tom Kambouras, has warned school principals that the widespread use of mobile devices, from iPod
IT
This is how the Tweet buttons looked on this blog briefly last night:  Shortly thereafter, it returned to its accustomed single-digit level. It was probably something to do with Twitter’s
Blogging
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/06/IMG_0552.jpg] I’ve realised why I’ve not been blogging here much of late. Initially, I thought it was because I was just plain busy – but that’s not true. Busyness has never stopped me before. I
Notes from a panel discussion about social network use in corporate environments.
corporate life
I’m trying an experiment at work. For the last three or four years, I’ve always had my personal MacBook (or iBook before it) with me in the office, and have been able to turn to it when things got too difficult on my quasi-locked down work PC. But
computer weekly
Ever get the impression some journalists are having altogether too much fun? Computer Weekly are having computer smashing fun [http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/14/230659/video-hard-drive-data-recovery-from-bathed-burnt-and-broken-desktops.htm] , clearly
Blogging
In the category of things I really ought to have blogged about before now: [Computer Weekly](http://www.computerweekly.com) is running its first ever [IT blog awards](http://www.computerweekly.com/blogawards.htm). The team are looking for the best of the technology blogs, particularly those with a UK
civil servants
So, what would be the sensible government approach to repeated revelations that IT projects have gone wrong? An internal investigation? Some changes of management? How about bringing in outside experts to manage the mess? No. They order civil servants to shred documents. [http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2007/