PA Con - sulting

Written by danny on 23.08.2008 | information governance

It’s now all so predictable isn’t? Yet another huge data loss, this time of the records of thousands of criminals. I pondered this yesterday as I went to the Post Office -or what’s left of the Post Office - to pay my annual corporation tax bill. No doubt a big chunk of that bill, that […]

CapiTALIsation

Written by danny on 20.08.2008 | writing

It’s very odd for people to use advanced digital technologies in order to write like a clerk from a Dickens novel. At last, something has been done. The IDeA (we won’t comment on the aggravation of organisations using CamelCase - or blogs for that matter)…has published a website with a few tips on how to […]

trainspotting

Written by danny on 12.08.2008 | infrastructure

If you’re allergic to public transport stories….look away now.
The problem with having bus companies running railways is that there is no demarcation with ‘competition’. Bus companies believe in buses first and foremost and therefore at the least excuse will substitute a bus for a train, regardless of the circumstances.
A second problem is the inability of […]

Organising knowledge

Written by danny on 09.08.2008 | information management

Just starting a piece of work looking at vocabularies. Now here’s a really interesting discovery I made this morning.
There are certain councils that have marvellous reputations and are awarded gold stars from organisations such as the Audit Commission. I was eagerly awaiting my first visit to some of these websites after hearing such glowing presentations […]

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