Comments on: Making up the rules as they go along! http://www.tomrafteryit.net/making-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:14:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » VCs, Credit Unions, EI and other things I have no clue of… http://www.tomrafteryit.net/making-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-105377 Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » VCs, Credit Unions, EI and other things I have no clue of… Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:46:56 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/making-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-105377 [...] a bonus link of rule-bending by Enterprise Ireland. Always happy to bend the rules for their sure things are ye lads? blogging blogs ei enterprise investment ireland irishblogs [...] [...] a bonus link of rule-bending by Enterprise Ireland. Always happy to bend the rules for their sure things are ye lads? blogging blogs ei enterprise investment ireland irishblogs [...]

]]> By: Donagh Kiernan http://www.tomrafteryit.net/making-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-105342 Donagh Kiernan Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:20:57 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/making-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-105342 SOME POINTS TO CONSIDER: What's research anyway? What's Industrial Research and Applied Research? Is Development not part of Research&Development? THEN: whats the purpose of gathering the data? what's the objective of the particular organisation interpreting the data? what's the skill/slant/bias of the person representing the organisation (whether independent or not)? It's all based on the imperfect system involving people. Everything is sales. "We don't complain about the ref if he gives the decision our way" - ?? SOME POINTS TO CONSIDER:

What’s research anyway?
What’s Industrial Research and Applied Research?
Is Development not part of Research&Development?

THEN:
whats the purpose of gathering the data?
what’s the objective of the particular organisation interpreting the data?
what’s the skill/slant/bias of the person representing the organisation (whether independent or not)?

It’s all based on the imperfect system involving people.

Everything is sales.

“We don’t complain about the ref if he gives the decision our way” - ??

]]> By: Brendan Lally http://www.tomrafteryit.net/making-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-105290 Brendan Lally Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/making-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-105290 Tom, Interested in hearing some more about this. Ping me offline or give me a call when in Vegas (same timezone) Lal Tom,

Interested in hearing some more about this.

Ping me offline or give me a call when in Vegas (same timezone)

Lal

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