Those that know me will agree that I’m a bit of a “geek”.
Whilst I don’t always chase the latest and greatest geek toys or gadgets I do like to try and find a practical application of how technology can help me. This is a side effect of being a Business Intelligence consultant where I am striving to maximise (and measure) the benefits for my clients.
During a quiet moment I pondered – If I was to build a dashboard to measure/motivate/incentivise “ME” what would be on it?
Today the Scottish government, police, SFA and the old firm are having a summit to address the problems following last weeks match.
The problem is, the football clubs are a business and unless everyone is involved, shareholders included, then this will go nowhere. There is also the problem as to how to make this fair and equitable for smaller clubs as well as the very top tier.
My Solution:
The Players
Any player recieves a yellow card they forfeit 1 weeks pay.
A red card – forfeit two weeks pay.
i.e. two yellows and a red is four weeks pay forfeited.
Even if a player recieves a red and then continues to protest the ref can issue another yellow or red as he sees fit.
The Management
The referee or another official has the ability to issue yellow and red cards to the touchline management staff with the same forfeit as above.
Now the management will loose their pay if their behaviour is not up to scratch.
The Team
A yellow card equates to one point, a red gives two points. If a team (players and management) accrue over 5 points in a single game, they forfeit their share of the gate money for the match. If the team accrue over 8 points in a single match they loose all income from the match gate, TV, food etc.
Who Benefits
The teams do not get to choose, the SFA or public can choose a charity every week or month and all fines get paid to them. This way the team is still out of pocket as they have to pay the player’s wage even though the player will not recieve it.
Lets see how long it takes for the teams to get their act together and play in a responsibe, respectful and sportsman like manner.
I have been reading a few articles recently on e-mail etiquette and thought that it was about time I described how I use e-mail.
You can read the concept behind this here.
My inbox is normally empty. If you have sent me an e-mail and then pop over for a chat to chase me up and don’t see the mail in my inbox, don’t panic, if it’s not in my inbox it means that it has been filed, if required it will be on my To-Do list (http://www.RememberTheMilk.com) or will have an Outlook reminder tagged on it.
Yes I do have two separate systems, this is due to client confidentiality issues. I use a single system where possible.
Conversely, if you see my inbox is full, don’t panic, it just means that I’m busy working and have decided to not process my inbox at the moment, I’ll get to it when I have some more bandwidth.
As alluded to above, I don’t slavishly watch my inbox, I deliberately ignore it at times. If I’m really busy I’ll even close Outlook/GMail/Pidgin/Blackberry to ensure that I’m not disturbed. If something is urgent and I haven’t responded, IM me, or call me or come and see me. (I may tell you that I can’t respond at the moment, but at least you will know I’m alive!)
I have some colleagues that use out of office responses when they are “busy”. I don’t like this as it just adds to the “noise”. I may however book a meeting with myself to block out my calendar to prevent meeting requests when I’m working to a deadline.
To make e-mail work best:
If you must, feel free to send me a “Thanks” e-mail but it is not expected, I only send these occasionally, again to cut down on the “noise”. I can’t think of the last time I sent a “Your Welcome” e-mail, although I do really appreciate you all!
Since turning 40 (unbelievable I know) I have noticed a few changes:
We recently went shopping for a new sofa for the family room, to aid getting one the fitted I did a floor plan of the room in Visio.
I felt compelled to then do a plan of the whole house and garden!
I resisted!
I get annoyed by really trivial things:
I quite like (as an occasional treat) a Twix from the vending machine. It’s great because it’s chilled. But because it’s chilled it quite often breaks when it falls from the machine.
This really annoys me, even though I’m just going to bite it and chew it!
Great Scottish Run – Half Marathon 13.1 miles – 6th September
Pedal For Scotland – Glasgow To Edinburgh Cycle 50 miles – 13th September
On the 7th September my 17 year old daughter; Emma Berry Goodman died of Motor Neurone Disease.
Previously I had promised her that I would run a marathon before I was 40. I have just under a year to ensure that I do that.
The only experience I have of running was doing a 10k for MND in 2008 so the half marathon is the next logical progression.
Never one to do things by half I have also signed up for a 50mile cycle ride as a “cool down” event after the run.
If you have never heard of Motor Neurone Disease have a look at their website http://www.mndscotland.org.uk/ I would pay particular attention to the video. The film has been given a cert 15 classification. It is a graphic portrait of how many people diagnosed and living with this illness can feel.
In addition to making a donation here, it would be fantastic if you could either join me on either or both events or if you could come along on the day and cheer me on!
Thanks
Ross Goodman
Whilst nowhere near as ambitious as J.D. and Kris’ project here I have decided to do some work in the garden this year. I’m a few weeks behind writing up my progress so I’ll try and summarise after the break.
I have just seen this link on the MND Scotland web site.
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My sister in law Lynne just sent me this:
Spotted this cheeky little gift set in Haddows, Copland Road, Govan last night – the guy at the counter says they sell like hot cakes!
A bottle of Buckfast, 20 Mayfair and a packet of skins – you couldn’t make it up! BUCKY GIFT PACK ONLY £9.08
I saw this poster at work today.
Just a glance at it and I started sniggering.
There was something about the prizes that tickled my fancy.
This made me laugh out loud when I was eating my lunch !
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