Comments for John Lawlor

Comment on Reflections on the 65th Skerries 100 Motorcycle Road Races by Barry O'Gorman

Barry O'Gorman — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:48:37 +0000

Excellent piece John. For all of the family and friends of Myles Byrne this is an awful tragedy.

Would not like to see any of my kids even get on a motorbike – not to mention racing one. And yet…I can only wonder at and admire the courage and skill of those who do race motorbikes.

Comment on Reflections on the 65th Skerries 100 Motorcycle Road Races by sean Mckeeman

sean Mckeeman — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:19:42 +0000

I have to say this statement sums up not just skerries but all motorcycle racing, especially real road racing. very well written. thoughts with the riders family and friends..

Sean

Comment on Reflections on the 65th Skerries 100 Motorcycle Road Races by JIm Sweeney

JIm Sweeney — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:56:36 +0000

I echo the sentiments in this very poignant and well written note by John.

Jim Sweeney

Comment on Will We Ever Learn? by Paul Gorman

Paul Gorman — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:35:05 +0000

Hi John,

A timely question. Having just concluded another consultancy project I participated within a large corporation environment and reflected on what was learnt.

On the project side you list true beacons of peril for IT projects.

The quality of the existing relationship between IT services and the organisation has a great bearing on project execution. A healthy relationship will not happen overnight – it requires timely, valued and quality service and that first success which will come from learning.

What is the organisation’s mission? How high is the bar set for execution and results? What is the organisational strategy? Is there true conviction, feasible timelines, and resources for IT projects to meet requirements, propelled by the strategy?

Project teams have the ultimate control on succes or failure. Does the team have the knowledge, skills and experience to achieve its objectives within budget and timelines?

When managers inspire they are both manager and leader, when they don’t inspire they are just managers.

We are bombarded with news of systems failing everyday; the reasons for failure are known and well documented. Changes are required to reduce the occurence of failure.

Possibly in your question, you answer why common sense does not prevail. Another subset of this are remote, multicultural and practically anonymous teams.

Best Regards,

Paul Gorman

Comment on OpenDNS Does The Business For Irish Web Users by Declan Brady

Declan Brady — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:21:21 +0000

Hi John, Why are you still with eircom? I am with another company and have had no problems. Wimax will be here very soon and there will be no need for eircom at all. Declan Brady.

Comment on OpenDNS Does The Business For Irish Web Users by Dave Meehan

Dave Meehan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:09:43 +0000

I might print this out, as when eircom went down I didnt (wont – for the next outage) have a backup – and I certainly was not going to go back to dialup.

Comment on OpenDNS Does The Business For Irish Web Users by chris

chris — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:11:27 +0000

Well John My Experience with Eircom’s Broadband Service Began with an Insult from the technical support while I was inquiring about the initial Setup.It turned out that my network card was not installed although I did not get that Answer from Eircom.So I had to Download the Driver For the Network card with my 3mobile connection which I had Been Using with Open D.N.S because Open D.N.S also Uses Cached pages speeding up everything Ideal for Dial up and Mobile Broadband Users.It’s A Shame I can’t get it to work on Ubuntu otherwise I would be using it on My laptop.And Eircoms
“Dormant Network Server”.

Comment on Laptop Theft and Data Loss By Irish Health Service Executive by Kevin Kehoe

Kevin Kehoe — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:29:21 +0000

From recent experience with a company handling highly sensitive personal and financial information, laptops or work related portable devices were banned. Highly inconvenient (i.e not able to work off-site) but it did provide a level of confidence around security.
There is a price to pay and each organisation need to assess its appetite for risk and plan for when things go wrong.

Comment on Laptop Theft and Data Loss By Irish Health Service Executive by Warren

Warren — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:00:26 +0000

Any business with any laptops is subject to the risk of data loss when a device gets stolen. Like you say, can they be 100% certain? Thinking more logically, is saying a device is encrypted enough? Where do users keep their encryption passwords/dongle? In experience, some leave them with their laptop, either on post it notes or in the laptop bag.

Comment on New .tel Top Level Domain by François

François — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:50:54 +0000

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