David ex Machina

The lessons we should learn. I recently saw the documentary about the Enron scandal, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room . Why? In part, curiosity, just to get a better understanding of what had actually happened. But mainly to see how it stacked up against current events. I was struck by the glaring similarities between then and now, so much so, that I am a little outraged. Here's a quick Enron scandal recap. Enron was an energy company whose executives schemed a system to generate false profits and growth until the company's ultimate downfall in 2001. At the time, it was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. History, somewhere around $63 Billion in assets. It is especially notorious due to many executives cashing out and letting the rest of the company hold the bag. The most responsible executives involved were Kenneth Lay , Founder, former Chairman and CEO and Jeffrey Skilling , former President, CEO and COO. The key thing about Enron's scandal was that the company could no...

“Conquered Data” - Data that is optimally organized and managed according to an overall strategic plan. Caveats: This is not the perfect solution. In fact a perfect solution probably doesn't exist, technology changes so quickly, that a data conquering system must evolve overtime. This is a solution I have come up with to fit my data needs; it might not satisfy yours. Don't think by using this strategy you will have solved all of your data management problems. Part of conquering data requires personal discipline in following the strategy you set forth. I have done my best to make my solution operating system agnostic. I have only tried to solve the problem of managing data, not applications (as these differ widely across operating systems). The system is not meant to be setup in a day. It should take serious thought, effort, and time on your part to get one up and running. Hopefully, I've cleared some of the bigger hurdles. All of the topics I have written about, I have alre...