I was putting together some pages covering Data Governance – I’ve spent a lot of my recent contracts doing various aspects of Data Governance/Data management – and I felt I wanted to share a dilemma? Maybe that’s overstating it; maybe,…
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2021……
Well, I finally got back into a mindset to blog again. It has been a very odd few years away. Several times I sat at my keyboard and decided I needed to blog, and sure enough, writers block hit. This…
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2015 or…1993?
I saw this article on both Mashable and the BBC about China imposing new IT guidelines The Chinese government has asked issued new guidelines that would require hi tech suppliers to insert backdoors, monitor ports and adopt Chinese encryption algorithms…
Citizen Smith
Okay, if you are old enough to remember Robert Lyndsey’s Wolfie Smith then you can feel you’re on the inside. Another difficult day at the office triggered a slightly surreal conversation “Who’s to blame?” The conversation soon took a turn…
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Schools might not have books anymore!
I liked this story in the news. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26249041 It appealed to my inner-geek, and also made me think about the amount of paper I lug around. I like the idea of kids having a tablet or similar device to simply…
Big Data Institute
I’m always quite sceptical of politicians when they extol the virtues of a dead genius, but in amongst all the fluff that is usual on budget day, there was this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26651179 I read Andrew Hodges ‘Enigma of Intelligence’ years ago,…
The Big Day
Finally made it! Got here a few minutes early, walking around a university again feels strange. I’ve not been asked whether I’ve voted in student elections yet. Lewis advocates education and democracy, but I am still tending towards a vote…
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Smith’s Co-efficient
I mentioned this a couple of times in previous posts. I can’t really claim this as mine, but to be honest the seed of an idea was planted so long ago that I forget whoever it was that first gave…
Why are there only 12 signs of the zodiac?
I’ve got a few minutes to try and organise my random thoughts further. So I think that employability really comes down to three things: Technical skills Soft skills Rapport at interview Technical skills isn’t necessarily progamming skills, but they are…
Full Metal Aardvark 