Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Government IT not fit for purpose?

Joe Harley says only one third of government IT projects succeed.

"A DWP spokeswoman later played down Harley's comments. She said he was quoting from an independent report in which success was narrowly defined as the project being on time, to cost and meeting the specification exactly."



Perhaps the ones which weren't on time, budget and spec should have been called 'differently successful'.

An infinite progression

For a while there was just confused.com if you wanted to compare insurance deals. But these days there are loads of different websites. If only there were a website called Confused about comparison sites.com.

Overheard

Two men in a pub

Man 1: I don't think much of those new dating websites.

Man 2: Tried them , have you?

Man 1:
Yes, last night. I put in my preferences: big tits, big bum, likes to party ...

Man 2: What did it say?

Man 1: Apparently my ideal partner is Johnny Vegas.