by Thomas Otter | November 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
photo via cc flickrstream of PMarkham. Thanks cc attribution I had big plans for my blogroll on my personal blog. It was going to be that place where I had a list of my favourite blogs. I was going to constantly update it. I really got a kick when I first started blogging if someone [...]
Category: HCM software design Tags: analytics, blogrolls, feedreaders, HCM
by Thomas Otter | November 21, 2009 | 5 Comments
No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change:Thy pyramids built up with newer mightTo me are nothing novel, nothing strange;They are but dressings of a former sight.Our dates are brief, and therefore we admireWhat thou dost foist upon us that is old;And rather make them born to our desireThan think that we [...]
Category: software industry Tags: sales, shakespeare, software
by Thomas Otter | November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments
I’ve been trying to get to grips with in-memory databases. Seems the bard beat me to it. (image via wikipedia, thanks) Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brainFull charactered with lasting memory,Which shall above that idle rank remain,Beyond all date, even to eternity:Or, at the least, so long as brain and heartHave faculty by [...]
Category: software design Tags: databases, shakespeare, sonnets
by Thomas Otter | November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments
I’d been meaning to write this for a while, but Jason’s post prompted me to stop surfing the interwebs and jot it down. Data has three sources. 1. It is interfaced or integrated in from somewhere else. 2. It is derived from other data. For example net pay is derived from gross pay via [...]
Category: HCM software design Tags: integration, Talent management
