by Thomas Otter | September 22, 2011 | Comments Off
Demos with realistic data are really good. They bring software to life, so yes, it is right and good to have believable entries in your career history or customer records rather than bits of Latin, or worse celebrities. But please don’t cut and paste real people’s data from Linkedin or other social networks and use [...]
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Category: Law Social Software Tags: facebook, linkedin, social
by Thomas Otter | November 25, 2010 | 3 Comments
Shylock: Most learned judge, a sentence! Come prepare! Portia: Tarry a little, there is something else. This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood; The words expressly are "a pound of flesh." (painting by Alexandre Canbanel. The Merchant of Venice) The jury has decided. SAP owes Oracle 1.3 Billion dollars. I’ll leave others [...]
by Thomas Otter | October 4, 2010 | Comments Off
In between calls today, I followed the Ryder Cup, and I’m pleased to note that Europe managed to win it. It was rather close. And damp. Well done to Colin’s merry men. For two days, once every two years, the cry of “Yurop” rings out. The blue flag with the circle of stars is waved [...]
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Category: ERP HCM HR Law meme politics software design Tags: HRTech; HRtechconf; payroll
by Thomas Otter | September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
(photo CC 2.o attribution, thanks to g-hat!) World leaders are gathering in Pittsburgh to discuss banking reform and other pressing matters. According to the Guardian, the discussions are likely to be rocky. European leaders appeared to be on a collision course tonight with Barack Obama and Gordon Brown after Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, warned [...]
Category: HR Law software industry Tags: banks, g20, HR, sofware
by Thomas Otter | July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
Watch here if it doesn’t display. It is full of excellent nuggets. Obsess about your customers, not your competitors. Invent. Think long term. Be prepared to be misunderstood. I wonder how many other CEO’s could present their business principles in this precise yet genuine way? I believe the presentation was mainly aimed at the [...]
Category: CEO Law books history politics Tags: Amazon, Bezos, copyright., kindle
by Thomas Otter | May 27, 2009 | 5 Comments
From the cc flickrstream of sludgegulper Thanks! I have been watching and reading about the goings on with the UK parliamentarian expenses with a mixture of incredulousness, dismay, horror, and anger. As this isn’t the place to charge off on a political rant, I’ll leave my criticisms to a minimum, save to say this is [...]
Category: HR Law finance software industry Tags: expenses, parliament. Charles Arthur, Tony Hirst., travel, UK
by Thomas Otter | March 3, 2009 | 5 Comments
photo. My bike. In Italy last summer I enjoy long distance cycling, and throughout the warmer months of the year, I try and get out on my bicycle most days. I normally train for a big event, involving some big hills, so that I have a goal to aim for. I do my best thinking [...]
by Thomas Otter | February 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Both of them used social software to rapidly organize protests. Both with 10,000s of participants in a matter of days. John Prescott, former UK deputy Prime Minister, took on the Bank bonus issue in the UK. Anne took on the Facebook Terms of Service. She blogged about her reasons for starting the group. I hadn’t [...]
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Category: Law Social Software privacy Tags: facebook TOS, Prescott., privacy, protest
