Listening to Radio 4 this morning (I love Farming Today!), I was listening to the news reporting that Jack Straw has executed a u-turn on the plan to build large prisons. To my amazement, people were mocking him for having changed his mind. Much as I generally dislike Jack Straw, my opinion of him improved [...]
Whilst I don’t want to appear to dismiss the pain of those who have been unfortunate enough to lose jobs or income as a result of the economic downturn, it appears that it’s a really exciting time for those of us who enjoy making things better. Most companies have some form of IT infrastructure: you [...]
Leaving aside those odd occasions when the database has exploded, most of the reports from users telling me ‘my report is broken’ are for one of three main reasons: User has forgotten how the report works Incorrect data does not meet criteria Developer error in implementing the report The anatomy of a report Reports can [...]
For the last three years, I have been working on a project to bring together all the disparate systems we employ here, to simplify the task of the user and to try and ensure that when someone is off, another person can pick up the threads. Oh, the system was supposed to do much much [...]