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Cloud analytics – Using cloud based services to analyse big data

November 27, 2013 daveparsonsnz

Cloud analytics – Using cloud based services to analyse big data Last week I presented on cloud analytics at the Massey ecentre’s ‘Into the Cloud’ event. The slides are now available on Slideshare.

Uncategorizedbig data, cloud analytics, social media analyticsLeave a comment

There goes the neighbourhood

November 9, 2013 daveparsonsnz

Imagine if your neighbourhood was one where criminals blatantly plied their trade down your street, banging on your door at all hours of the day and night and extorting money from you, breaking into houses and taking credit cards, stealing… Read More

Uncategorizedhacking, phishing, security, terrorismLeave a comment

Still the same old flux capacitor

August 30, 2013 daveparsonsnz

‘Back To The Future’ was recently on TV again. According to the movie, I should now be driving a fusion powered flying car. Oh well. In another example of how things change more slowly than we may think, I just… Read More

UncategorizedBack to the Future, Borland, C++, David Intersimone, MOOC, Robert Lafore, WaikatoLeave a comment

The Hotel California of Cyberspace

July 1, 2013 daveparsonsnz

The Hotel California of Cyberspace A great article from the New Zealand Listener web site about how the British science fiction writer J.G.Ballard predicted social media back in 1977. He didn’t make it sound very appealing. we are all just… Read More

UncategorizedJ. G. Ballard, social mediaLeave a comment

The future of the Performance Based Research Fund

May 30, 2013 daveparsonsnz

The future of the Performance Based Research Fund An interesting article on the Tertiary Education Union web site about the future of PBRF, and comments made by Jonathan Boston, one of its original architects. Among other negative effects of continuing… Read More

UncategorizedPBRF, researchLeave a comment

Great new IT systems (not) Part 2

May 4, 2013 daveparsonsnz

As editor of an international journal I have to manage submitted papers, authors, reviewers, reviews, editorial decisions, final materials and publication schedules. Doing this manually is very tedious so I was pleased when the publisher announced a new on-line submission… Read More

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How the web saved my life

April 28, 2013 daveparsonsnz

Well, OK, gross exaggeration, but not entirely untrue. I regularly receive those email offers from ‘daily deal’ web sites, where you get 24 hours to pick up a deal. I must confess some of these have been a bit dodgy.… Read More

Uncategorizeddaily deal, mole map, skin checkLeave a comment

Do you show the customer a class diagram?

March 23, 2013 daveparsonsnz

I had an interesting email exchange with one of our extramural students who works as a Business Analyst. He was recently told by a developer that class diagram modelling should only be done by developers, not by the BA. However, I… Read More

UncategorizedAnalysis and Design, business rules, class diagram, domain model, UML1 Comment

Great new IT systems (not) Part 1

February 26, 2013 daveparsonsnz

For many years we had a very workable timetabling system at the university, with local input and control. Now we have a new expensive centralised system that is not only determined to ensure our classes start at 8 and finish… Read More

Uncategorizedbad software, misguided policies, timetableLeave a comment

Novopay – this year’s case study

February 15, 2013 daveparsonsnz

With new classes about to start at Massey University in Systems Analysis and Design, and System Management and Testing, I could not have wished for a more topical local software systems disaster than the the New Zealand Novopay debacle. What… Read More

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