learning in comment and analysis
The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?
Comment Much is said and little is done about the notion of lifetime learning. But in an area like IT that is clearly impractical without ongoing learning. For many people, learning related to an active career is a much more motivating prospect than... [09 Jul 2008]
silicon.com old school
Comment Even now, most of the conventional media has little idea about how to produce and monetise an online brand successfully and are just beginning a learning curve silicon.com started out on a decade ago. [07 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Games skills gap, student outsourcing, ID card fears
Comment I am sure we could have gotten away with it as the whole outsourcing task in itself would have been quite a learning. Also attracting plenty of reader comment this week was the revelation that UK students are 'outsourcing' coursework to India. [27 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Robin Dargue, Group CIO, Royal Mail
Comment That was one huge learning - start with the people. After hitting the heady heights of CIO for drinks giant Diageo aged just 36, he has now taken on what most people would view as a daunting challenge at Royal Mail. [11 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group
Comment The things that my children are learning at school with technology are around how to use Excel. On route to the top of her profession she has successfully tackled some massive IT-based change management programmes in both the private and public... [13 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Process not bureaucracy
Comment That is the strange thing about process that I am learning as I work in different organisations: different places have different tolerances for process efficiencies and you must determine the best fit for your operation. [12 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…
Comment Make "Data Security Director" a position with statutory authority, responsibility and power - requiring a little book learning and certification - to take executive action to make the organisation take security seriously. [01 May 2008]
How to give tech to those on less than $1 a day
Comment But this tends to affect those on more formal licence agreements or in more affluent areas, whereas for qualifying governments purchasing Windows-based PCs, Partners in Learning provides a full stack of Windows XP Starter Edition, Office Home and... [07 Feb 2008]
From CIO to consultant: One year on
Comment Right from the start, I always planned the consulting phase as a learning process. So he thinks it's the right time to resolve what to do differently in 2008. Christmas may already seem a distant memory but at least - with the help of some free... [14 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Data security... e-learning a bit of a bore?... ID cards debate... skip vista?
Comment Currently 70% of learning in our institution is accomplished as e-learning. As for boring.anyone who suffered through boring lectures in school and workplace knows e-learning has no lock on boring. Learning Consultant, US [13 Dec 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Net education
Comment Written at London Heathrow and dispatched from a free wi-fi service at London's Liverpool Street Station It seems ironic that our time of greatest technological advancement and wealth generation should coincide with falling education standards. [06 Dec 2007]
From CIO to consultant: Knowing when to say no
Comment I'm putting this project down as a valuable learning experience but it set me thinking about what makes a good project and more importantly, what makes a good client? Not all projects are created equal. [21 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Generation X
Comment In short: the learning hierarchy seems to have become age-compressed. Written in a Florida hotel and dispatched via a free but shaky wi-fi service Human generations have mastered new technologies and working practices by standing on the shoulders... [29 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout...
Comment I am now getting used to Vista and am learning to like it but I find it a nuisance to have to use another machine with XP to run a lot of my software. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? [27 Sep 2007]
From CIO to consultant: What I've learned so far
Comment Learning from others. After six months working as a consultant, Mike Barrett has some successes, horror stories and advice to share. For the first time since I started out on my own, I've been so busy over the past month that I've barely had time... [05 Jul 2007]
Keep updated for stories matching learning in comment and analysis via RSS
