February 2007

Valuing delusion

February 28, 2007 General

I”m ploughing my way through Richard Dawkins The God Delusion. I have a soft spot for Richard because his The Selfish Gene was a major part of my final degree thesis. I don’t agree with Richard’s entire thinking but that’s for another day. What is much more entertaining and instructive is the discussion going on [...]

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Happy Unbirthday Windows

February 28, 2007 Asides

It’s exactly a year since I last switched on (and off) my Windows box. Technorati Tags: Microsoft

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Michael Izza speaks

February 28, 2007 General

Thanks to an as yet unidentified young accountant simply known as David we can all read the thoughts of Michael Izza, CEO at ICAEW. If ever there was a reason to get an RSS feed reader, this is it. Having said that, the feed is flaky. Those outside the ICAEW paywall cannot comment directly but [...]

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Shariah compliant investment

February 28, 2007 Tax and Ethics

PwC’s Mohammed Amin has an absorbing and detailed explanation of the differences that arise between traditional overseas investment into the UK and how that works under Shariah law. I’ve left a comment requesting whether Mohammed identifies different financial outcomes under each scenario. I don’t know the answer given there may be nuances related to Shariah [...]

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MacBook passion

February 28, 2007 Asides

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has completed a 29 day trial of a MacBook Pro. During that time he chronicled his experiences. Adrian posted 17 times. Garnered 762 comments. That’s passion. Technorati Tags: puppy

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An excellent career opportunity

February 28, 2007 General

Here is the spec for a CFO role at Talis: Strategically, you will maintain a detailed understanding of the business models of the world’s leading software companies, as well as in the underlying trends in the software and technology industry, with a specific interest in innovation and disruptive technologies. You are able to combine excellent [...]

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Accounting DNA – depressing

February 28, 2007 General

I’m engaged in a wee venture that involves parties in the US. It’s a sort of startup thing only with a bit of cash rather than ‘living off credit card’ startup. As usual, no-one cares much about admin and the number crunching side of things so the thinking is to pass it over to the [...]

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My Sage fantasy survival plan

February 28, 2007 Cloud Computing/SaaS

John Stokdyk challenged David Terrar and myself to present The Financial Software as a Service Manifesto. I’m kind of in there but it’s not where my attention is really at right now. By the way – feel freee to add comment or extra material. Instead I was captivated by something Phil Wainewright asserts in connection [...]

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Promoting CIS

February 28, 2007 General

Kevin Misselbrook, customer services director at Access Accounts, has just been appointed deputy chairman of BASDA, the UK software vendor trade association per the Age. Coincidentally, Kevin wrote a blog post about the introduction of the new CIS scheme. He raised a fascinating couple of points: We’ve been pushing for businesses that will be affected [...]

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