Blog in isolation

from zero to infinity (and beyond)

The purchase of the black beret has certainly had the desired effect. Thanks to an appearance on James Healey’s Oracle POC blogroll and Rahul Agarwal’s newly created blog (also on WordPress.com), I am the proud owner of two fresh inbound links. However, the Technorati ranking remains unchanged. Maybe the links were already accounted for. Sigh. Day 195. Technorati Rank: 235,668 (23 links from 12 sites)

new month, new job

I now work for Oracle based in Thames Valley Park, Reading in the UK. I am usually the last to hear any news about corporate takeovers. Does this mean I will have an Oracle sanctioned blog named ‘Siebel Evangelist’ ? Probably not.

out of the closet

My name is Norman Brightside. I work for Siebel Systems based in Egham in the UK. I am a Senior Architecture Specialist in Expert Services. Expert Services provide a range of consulting services from architecture workshops to performance troubleshooting. My work is technical (usually includes Oracle), varied, includes travel to Siebel customers located within the UK and Europe and perhaps, most importantly, involves meeting interesting people and learning.

the great Tammy NYP blog hoax

Remember the tiresome, well-intentioned emails at work that spread fear, uncertainty and doubt, waste a lot of time and hence, cost a lot of money but actually transpire to be a well documented hoax. Well the blogosphere has its own endless loop equivalents for the unwary. The recursive best blonde joke The Tammy NYP treasure hunt The Origami paper chase

going on a diet

I will stop wasting time evaluating every RSS reader in the universe and simply revert to NewsGator Online. This will help me to read and enjoy content when I actually have the time and inclination. This will also stop me being distracted by that insidious ‘There is 1 new article’ irritant which just leads to skim reading lots of irrelevant material in a mindless urge to get ‘up to date’. I will endeavour to constrain my list of feeds to those that I actually read and are of interest. The recent introduction of Technorati favo(u)rites proved to me that this number was indeed less than 50. ...