December 2006

Dishonorable honours for FD

December 30, 2006 Asides

From Burning Our Money: John Codling (finance director general, Department for Work and Pensions)- Companion of the Order of the Bath, for losing at least £3bn pa to fraud, and producing financial accounts so shambolic that thay’ve had to be qualified for the last 16 years. Honouring failure seems to be the order of the [...]

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Brilliant marketing communications

December 30, 2006 Asides

Kathy Sierra has an absorbing post that sums up what you have to do in marketing to get it right. Definitely one for the Sage’s of this world and one for the training manual methinks. Technorati Tags: innovation, marketing communications

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Who are you going into 2007

December 30, 2006 Humour

That’s what Super Hero Quiz says about me. Hmmm. Technorati Tags: humor

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The seven deadly (professional) sins

December 30, 2006 Asides

Speaking from experience, Brian Sommers has a swipe at unscrupulous consultants. A sobering way to draw the year to a close. Classic stuff: “My clients are used to me charging them $8,000/month in expenses. I can’t come in under that!”. Yes, you can. Technorati Tags: ethics

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Nobody Cares Manifesto for Accountants

December 30, 2006 Tax and Ethics

We wring our hand in desperation to maintain those coveted relationships with clients. Hmmm. Hugh MacLeod was kind enough to publish my “Nobody Cares” Manifesto for Accountants. How could I write that? Easy – I’ve been on both sides of the fence. I thought some might want to know what it feels like watching the [...]

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Need a business justification for SaaS?

December 30, 2006 Cloud Computing/SaaS

The Economist has an exceptionally well written explanation of how consumer thinking is entering larger businesses. Quoting Adrian Sannier, head of IT at Arizona State University along the way, it says: In the past, innovation was driven by the military or corporate markets. But now the consumer market, with its vast economies of scale and [...]

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Transparency 2007

December 29, 2006 Innovation

I was tempted to talk about the issue of transparency at the fag end of last year but wanted to save it. The topic is way too important to be ignored while distracted by festive activities. Josh Greenbaum was commenting on Oracle’s latest results. Some readers may know that Oracle is fighting a PR war [...]

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Top stories 2006

December 29, 2006 Innovation

As we turn the year I pulled together the most highly rated stories on this site from 2006. Links: National win for Winweb The 34-minute time & expense app – Thingamy (and getting better by the day) The fallacy of SME rersearch What might happen if…? Never is a long time Easyjet blog for small business DabbleDB doesn’t add up…either way (since much improved BTW) SaaS sucks…sometimes Explaining compliance Gartner, SAP and small business – an oxymoron?… For the geek fraternity, this list was compiled using Popularity Contest a Wordpress plugin developed by the super smart Alex King.

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David Carter won on points

December 28, 2006 Asides

John Stokdyk thinks David Carter ‘won on points’ regarding the SaaS debate he and I had earlier in the year. That’s OK. I had something to say which could be summed up in one word. (Suggestions in comments only -:) ) David Terrar might have something to say as he was mentioned in the same piece.

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