http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/05/are-the-media-revolting/ Andy Hayler, founder of Kalido and The Information Difference, gives his views on the enterprise software market. Issues covered include data warehousing, master data management, business intelligence and data quality. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/05/are-the-media-revolting/#comment-66508 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:50:56 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/05/are-the-media-revolting/#comment-66508 I am afraid I would have to agree with Chris, many articles in the public domain although may have an article of truth many are enhanced and expanded by the so called lazy journalist, many bloggers I know do it out of passion and have less reason on expanding untruths for gain. I am afraid I would have to agree with Chris, many articles in the public domain although may have an article of truth many are enhanced and expanded by the so called lazy journalist, many bloggers I know do it out of passion and have less reason on expanding untruths for gain.

]]> http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/05/are-the-media-revolting/#comment-91 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:59:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/05/are-the-media-revolting/#comment-91 Bloggers are not journalists. They are not industry analysts. They are not sell side analysts. Most bloggers I know and read are very smart practitioners (investors, consultants) who are delighted to have a publishing platform so they can exchange views with each other and not have to always depend on press, industry analysts or financial analysts. We do not consider them competition, not do we consider them that improtant. They can snipe at bloggers all they want. We care more about what other bloggers we respect have to say -) Bloggers are not journalists. They are not industry analysts. They are not sell side analysts. Most bloggers I know and read are very smart practitioners (investors, consultants) who are delighted to have a publishing platform so they can exchange views with each other and not have to always depend on press, industry analysts or financial analysts. We do not consider them competition, not do we consider them that improtant. They can snipe at bloggers all they want. We care more about what other bloggers we respect have to say -)

]]> http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/05/are-the-media-revolting/#comment-90 Wed, 31 May 2006 08:08:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/05/are-the-media-revolting/#comment-90 You make a good point Chris - certainly there is lazy journalism amongst mainstream media, and high quality blogs are a valuable supplement/alternative. However excellent examples like badscience.net seem to me depressingly few and far between. Just as you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your hamdsome prince, you have to trawl a lot of unappealing blogs to find a rare gem like badscience. I feel that the difficulty of wading through all the dross will, after the novelty has worn off, tend to bring people back to sources that they trust. What is undeniable is that this is a most exciting period in media; it will be intriguing to see what develops. You make a good point Chris - certainly there is lazy journalism amongst mainstream media, and high quality blogs are a valuable supplement/alternative. However excellent examples like badscience.net seem to me depressingly few and far between. Just as you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your hamdsome prince, you have to trawl a lot of unappealing blogs to find a rare gem like badscience. I feel that the difficulty of wading through all the dross will, after the novelty has worn off, tend to bring people back to sources that they trust. What is undeniable is that this is a most exciting period in media; it will be intriguing to see what develops.

]]> http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/05/are-the-media-revolting/#comment-89 Tue, 30 May 2006 18:59:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/05/are-the-media-revolting/#comment-89 Not sure I fully agree with your point. Much of the mainstream media, including the BBC, is taken up with material copied from press releases that announce new surveys, reports or "research" (which may be more or less scientific). Most of this stuff lack any kind of objective “truth” - rather each item reflects the prejudices of whatever organisation is behind it, packaged up by PRs in a way that will get media attention. Blogs can be very helpful in cutting through all of this, e.g. Ben Goldacre’s excellent badscience.net, which regularly exposes the complete absence of truth in most mainstream reporting of any topic involving science, maths or statistics. Not sure I fully agree with your point. Much of the mainstream media, including the BBC, is taken up with material copied from press releases that announce new surveys, reports or “research” (which may be more or less scientific). Most of this stuff lack any kind of objective “truth” - rather each item reflects the prejudices of whatever organisation is behind it, packaged up by PRs in a way that will get media attention. Blogs can be very helpful in cutting through all of this, e.g. Ben Goldacre’s excellent badscience.net, which regularly exposes the complete absence of truth in most mainstream reporting of any topic involving science, maths or statistics.

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