by Thomas Otter | January 28, 2010 | 3 Comments
My colleagues, Ray, Allen, Mike, Mark, Andrew, Mark and Van, are all over the iPad. Ray’s posts are particularly thought provoking, as he looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the device. There is also lots of commentary on the web, and the consumer electronics bloggers have discussed its every detail. I’m not going to [...]
Category: internet software design UI usability Tags: Apple, Enterprise Software., iPad, UI
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 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
by Thomas Otter | October 31, 2009 | Comments Off
(photo via cc attribution licence. ms4jah thanks. Most of my working career encouraged me to chant the mantra, “we are integrated.” I have spent the last year or so thinking about integration in a more objective light. Integration for me has undergone a de-reification process. I was doing a presentation about HR technology recently, and [...]
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Category: software design software industry Tags: integration, software
by Thomas Otter | September 28, 2009 | 8 Comments
I’ve tried this metaphor on several client calls recently, so let me inflict it on you too. Cactus via Flickr, the cc licence of Rodolfo Cartas thanks. In this architecture, everything is from one vendor, and integration with third party applications is rather difficult. Typical ERP /HRMS pitch of the mid-nineties. Why do you need [...]
Category: HCM software design software industry Tags: HCM;HR;Architecture; ERP;SaaS
by Thomas Otter | September 21, 2009 | 1 Comment
Lego is used a lot as a metaphor in the software industry, and I’m not sure that it is a particularly good metaphor. I my distant past I blogged about this here. I came across the story of James May’s Lego house this evening. James May is one of the fellows on Top Gear, and [...]
Category: software design software industry Tags: James May, Lego, SOA; software design
