iHack, therefore iBlog

The bane of my IT existence is a business user who says, “Please get me the latest version of <random Excel file I have never seen before, named using idiosyncratic or ambiguous words>. Oh, and I need it tomorrow or else we won’t {make our numbers | pass our audit | satisfy the board}.”

I call this “zombie data” because it:

• Lacks any self-awareness
• Doesn’t remember where it came from
• Has no relationship to its current context
• Infects everyone it touches with that same mindlessness.