The Ironkeel Collection

#52. Shôn Ellerton, October 16, 2019. A very simple way to understand the DIKW (Data Information Knowledge Wisdom) Pyramid in terms of avoiding a car crash. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/dikw-pyramids-and-car-crashes

#51. Shôn Ellerton, October 2, 2019. Don’t get caught out on some of the pitfalls of data warehouse design. Avoiding these 10 common pitfalls can save one a lot of time and money. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/10-pitfalls-to-avoid-with-data-warehouses

#50. Shôn Ellerton, October 1, 2019. With each passing year working in IT, I’ve become aware of a growing ageing workforce of computer programmers and coders. Why would this be? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/our-ageing-computer-programming-workforce

#49. Shôn Ellerton, September 30, 2019. A great way to make TV interviews look exceptionally important and engaging by simply having people in the background doing absolutely nothing. Brilliant! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/how-to-make-tv-interviews-look-very

#48. Shôn Ellerton, September 19, 2019. I think I have disposed of or destroyed at least ten printers in my life! Imagine all the printers we throw away because we cannot afford the spare parts and consumables to keep them going. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/will-i-have-to-destroy-another-printer

#47. Shôn Ellerton, September 12, 2019. Let’s take a journey of how overcomplicated systems come into being, why they frequently fail and how to avoid them. It’s time to embrace simplicity. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-overcomplicated

#46. Shôn Ellerton, September 6, 2019. What does it take to be an effective technical lead? Here are 9 simple ways to be that person. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/9-ways-of-being-an-effective-technical

#45. Shôn Ellerton, September 3, 2019. We see the dentist on a regular basis to avoid having bad teeth. We see a GP to check that everything’s okay with us physically. But what about our mental state of mind? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/its-ok-to-see-a-psychologist

#44. Shôn Ellerton, August 25, 2019. Do you suffer from stress and pain on long-haul flights? Tai Chi could be one way to alleviate these symptoms. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/tai-chi-for-frequent-flyers

#43. Shôn Ellerton, July 20, 2019. A campaign to stop fake reviews is just about as effective as throwing a campaign to make farting in public illegal. However, we can educate ourselves to work around them. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/working-around-fake-reviews

#42. Shôn Ellerton, June 24, 2019. Do you feel like a dinosaur or get condescending looks from programmers when you state you’re an expert with VBA? So why is it that job profiles are increasingly seeking VBA experts? Will VBA ever become a deprecated feature of MS Office? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/vba-will-it-ever-die

#41. Shôn Ellerton, June 3, 2019. The sad story when a geological treasure is caught up in superstition, race and politics. All climbers will be banned from ascending Uluru (Ayers Rock) starting from October 26, 2019. There will be more iconic wonders to fall victim to the same irrational reasoning if more of us do not express our concerns. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/there-will-be-no-more...

#40. Shôn Ellerton, May 18, 2019. Many of us are far more at ease when meeting up face-to-face at a job interview rather than through a phone. If you are not comfortable with phone interviews, you are not the only one. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/scared-of-phone-interviews

#39. Shôn Ellerton, May 10, 2019. Anyone driving a petrol-engined car in Australia will be familiar with massive fluctuating petrol price differences. Many of us simply grumble that the petrol retailers are colluding with each other to rip us off. Instead, what can you do about it? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/you-too-can-discourage-petrol-price

#38. Shôn Ellerton, April 23, 2019. Whether an accident or intentional, the burning down of Notre Dame Cathedral is a massive cultural loss for many of us. The community seems divided whether it should be restored or not. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/should-notre-dame-cathedral-be-restored

#37. Shôn Ellerton, April 20, 2019. Love it or loath it, social media is here to stay but with the ever-increasing number of platforms being introduced, which ones to use? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/using-social-media-to-promote-your

#36. Shôn Ellerton, March 23, 2019. We are becoming increasingly relaxed with wearing formal clothes in the workplace yet many are intent on retaining the tradition of forcing school children to wear uniforms. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/are-school-uniforms-good-or-bad

#35. Shôn Ellerton, March 5, 2019. Most of us hates junk mail and will do anything to stop it. However, take a step back to look at the benefits of junk mail and why many businesses rely on it. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about

#34. Shôn Ellerton, February 14, 2019. Are you a perfectionist or someone who just wants to scrape through with the minimum amount of effort? How does Spaghetti relate to life and, in my case, databases? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/5-levels-of-spaghetti-databases-and

#33. Shôn Ellerton, February 10, 2019. In a world infested with memes, tweets and one-line posts, we need more of us to take the time and gather courage to write longform articles. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/dont-be-afraid-to-write-your-own

#32. Shôn Ellerton, February 4, 2019. Have you ever survived an impossibly boring French movie only to find out later that it had amazing reviews? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-absurdity-of-french-arthouse

#31. Shôn Ellerton, December 2, 2018. Stick your head above the parapet and do something rather than just talk about it! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/who-will-put-the-bell-on-the-cat

#30. Shôn Ellerton, November 30, 2018. Every German or Swiss student that has stayed with us stated that Australian schools are too much on the easy side. But is this really true? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/should-we-bring-in-the-germans-to

#29. Shôn Ellerton, November 11, 2018. Is this one of Aldi’s sneaky ways to save a few dollars by deterring customers from using their shopping trolleys? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-infamous-coin-operated-shopping

#28. Shôn Ellerton, October 23, 2018. Property investors are fully aware of the profitability of subdividing properties, but, as with most speculative instruments, there are underlying consequences, one of which is, what eventually happens to the neighbourhood? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/are-property-subdivisions-going-out