Oracle Apps Blog - 10 Questions

I got 10 interview questions from Marian Crkon of Deloitte & Touche in Zimbabwe. I then got involved in developing PricewaterhouseCoopers where I joined them as a RPC Data in Botswana. I did pretty well on the Bootcamp and six months later ended up getting a job offer by the company that trained us. I've been implementing Oracle E-Business Suite ever since April 2001, 5 years now. 2. How are you involved with the applications now? I'm implementing internally for Oracle Financial Analyzer which I haven't touched in some time. It's being replaced by RichardByrom.com to share tips and tricks about Oracle as well as just get more exposure as at that time I was working in Africa and considering a move to the United Kingdom or United States. I soon found that my site wasn't getting as much traffic as expected and through trial and error discovered the secret to having a really good web site and getting more visitors was to have good content that changed on a frequent basis. I discovered ExpressionEngine, which I believe is the best blogging software about. Blogging has enabled me to share what I am learning through implementation experience with a global audience as well as given me the ability to publicly document these learnings. I try as much as possible to use my blog as a knowledge management tool. 7. What are some of your favorite blogs (Oracle or otherwise)? I read a couple of the main stream blogs and also have an Personal Blogroll that I read using Deal Architect by Vinnie Mirchandani - my top ranked blog right now, followed by Steven Chans Blog.

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8. Are there any special topics or issues that you enjoy covering? I like to blog about things I'm learning at work or how I solved a particular problem at work. I also like keeping track of any new products coming out so that I can understand the potential impact this will have on our customers and learn the new product as soon as possible. 9. How does blogging fit into your job or your business? It's helped me to connect with more people that I can obtain advice from or ask questions as well as provided an effective way of documenting everything I'm doing. 10. Where do see business blogging in three years from now? How will the Web 2.0 infiltrate the enterprise? I think we'll see more internal blogs by large software and IT companies such as Oracle, SAP and Microsoft as a means of documenting employee conversations as well as more blogs aimed at enhancing relationships with customers i.e. bringing in that element of a two way conversation with customers. Essentially organisations are going to have to be more open and engage with customers at earlier stages of product development. From a consulting point of view they provide a very effective mechanism for sharing knowledge with customers as well as showing them that you have the knowledge in the first place. I'm sure we're going to see more consultants using these as a medium for demonstrating, managing and sharing their knowledge. Yahoo! My Web Richard Byrom is the founder and author of

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