The list:
- The end user got what they needed, or what they wanted.
- The end user was able to easily make use of what you made.
- The quality, performance, security or other attributes of what you made were acceptable to the end user.
- You utilized a reasonable amount of resources in building it.
- You completed the work in a reasonable amount of time.
- The work was built to be maintained or updated or expanded.
— http://thecodist.com/article/the-six-goals-of-every-programming-project
First, that the significant portion of the UKs economic recovery that is dependent on consumers spending their PPI compensation has a bit longer to run.The total PPI payments by banks of approaching £20bn represents more than 1% of GDP: It is a proper economic stimulus.
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
Warren G. Bennis
I’m sorry, maybe I’m particularly stupid, but I haven’t understood how I get this software or this kit or whatever it is, this filter thingy that you click or whatever without buying a new computer and I don’t want to spend a thousand pounds just to have a filter. I just haven’t understood what I do, and you’ve been talking to us and I’ve been in this room for half an hour.
via Helen Goodman MP is “Particularly Stupid” by Terence Eden has a Blog.
BBC News – Facebook ads: £100,000 bill for government – good value?
It turns out that as of 19 July, the government had spent £98,418.25 with Facebook on advertising the Great campaign. A spokesman said the campaign had achieved 472 million ad impressions leading to 782,000 ad clicks – and across the 13 Facebook pages, 583,000 “likes” had been generated.
via BBC News – Facebook ads: £100,000 bill for government – good value?.
