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Press information

skeptic — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:11:13 -0700

For anyone wanting background information on this blog and the IT Skeptic:

The IT Skeptic's Rogues Gallery

skeptic — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:49:07 -0700

Readers of this website can be assumed to have a certain non-conformist spirit and at least a modicum of independent thought, so "Rogues Gallery" is an appropriate name for images of readers. Send us your photo wearing an IT Skeptic T-shirt or cap, or waving an IT Skeptic coffee mug Wally-fashion, and you can join the Rogues Gallery of IT Skeptics.

IT Skeptic competition

skeptic — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:15:59 -0700

A quick competition: what is the visual gag on the cover of Introduction to Real ITSM, NOT including the IT'IL END IN TEARS coffee mug?

First two correct answers emailed to me get sent a copy of the book.

P.S. Please don't post the answers as a comment. (Someone would).

P.P.S. Still giving away $100 in the Legends competition. Don't leave me to win my own competition. Share your tales.

ITSM is over half a million people

skeptic — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:19:59 -0600

Some recent stats point to lots of ITIL practitioners worldwide.

The IT Skeptic rates five pineapples

skeptic — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:33:41 -0600

One of our readers, Red Pineapple over at Thinking Problem Management posted a list of "blogs that rock" and was nice enough to rate the IT Skeptic at five pineapples, the highest rating so far.. or maybe the lowest, since pineapples represent problems (stickly and prickly see?). Check out the list - there are lots of interesting sites.

On the other hand David Wheeldon's statement that this (the Skeptic's) blog is "bollocks" is currently showing as "confirmed" on Red's myth-busting poll so not everyone agrees with Red :-D

The IT Skeptic's ITIL Pipe has been rebored

skeptic — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:24:39 -0600

I've just cleaned up the IT Skeptic's ITIL news feed, which uses Yahoo Pipes, so content is better balanced, has less crap, and less of the IT Skeptic. Get it here.

A new look for the IT Skeptic, and a note on Excessive Technical Fastidiousness or ETF

skeptic — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:22:12 -0600

Welcome to the new-look IT Skeptic. Nothing major: I took advantage of some standardisation of the underlying infrastructure to do some minor decorating, avoiding ETF.

The winner of the IT Skeptic's Rogues Gallery photo competition

skeptic — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:55:52 -0600

Competitions are hard work on this blog. You lot need to spend less time working and more time futzing around on websites. Remember nobody lies on their deathbed thinking "I wish I had spent more time working". The winner of the IT Skeptic's Rogues Gallery photo competition from a small but strong field is

The IT Skeptic on Dipity

skeptic — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:05:26 -0600

I love the internet. Check this out!

Runtime Google analytics errors

skeptic — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:49:02 -0600

Anyone getting "A Runtime Error has occured" on Drupal.settings.googleanalytics when clicking on links? please leave a quick comment