Not good. A week has passed and no blog entry. What minor events have happened in my life? Well, I remortgaged with the same lender with an interest-only mortgage to start accumulating funds for some renovations to the house: new slate floors downstairs, reclaimed wooden floors upstairs and replastered walls and ceilings throughout.
On the work front I attended the Data Management and Information Quality Conference today at the the Park Plaza, Victoria. The message boils down to two words: semantic compliance. Basically this is a good thing that you should seek zealously. I will elaborate on this later.
Later this evening, I attended a supplier presentation on their CMDB offering, delivered enthusiastically by their CTO, John Connor. Definitely worth pursuing further. (see http://www.asg.com/business_service_management/bsp.asp)
The evening also involved a wine tasting event (http://www.tasteofthevine.co.uk/corporate-entertainment-wine-tasting-hallchallenge.htm). I scored a measly 12 out of 18, being okay at identifying the grape variety and source of the wine but not the description (Can’t sems to detect liquorice and leather in a Sheraz ). However, our team did manage to win overall so I returned with the prize of a “Complete Interactive Wine Tasting Course” DVD. [Maybe we came last so needed the course the most?] And the food and service at Mossiman’s in Belgrave Square was faultless. http://www.mosimann.com/club_london/club_london.shtml
