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The Death of Anonymization: Why Masking ERP Data is Poisoning Your AI
You cannot fix real-world data enough to make it safe for AI without simultaneously making it useless for training.
October 21, 2009
How Balloon Boy is Like Marketing an Accounting Firm
Following up on my posting, “How is Susan Boyle Like an Accounting Firm?,” we entered the Ripley’s realm of Reality TV once again during last week’s Balloon Boy hoax. This got my mind to make parallels on how pop culture is similar to marketing an accounting firm … OK – bear with me on this...…
October 21, 2009
Build Your Firm Announces Alliance with Thomson Reuters
Businesses To Work Together to Offer New Opportunities to their Customers
October 15, 2009
Death by Premium Text Messages
I was shocked last month to discover that one of my kids on the "Family Plan" had managed to rack up $1,100 in cell phone charges in just a few weeks. Since it is not possible to talk that much, even for young people, I investigated and found the culprit was something called "Premium" text…
October 14, 2009
Podcast on Windows 7, Snow Leopard and Other Topics
Just a friendly reminder that the latest Tech2Go podcast is up at Intersection Live. Listen as Darren Root and Randy Johnston discuss the new Windows 7 and Snow Leopard operating systems, Intuit’s acquisition of Mint.com and the new technologies from CCH. You can also check out recent podcasts in the DMA2Go series(Document Management for Accountants),...…
October 12, 2009
CRM – Shelfware or Dynamic Lead Generator?
Are you using a CRM program? If you are, is it effective, or it is just sitting on a shelf gathering dust? CRM, or Customer Relationship Management, is all about using a software program to identify and source leads for potential business or even potential referrals. I am most familiar with SageCRM because I have more...…
October 6, 2009
Accounting Loses 6,000 Jobs in August
This story on Trendline.com was all over the Internet late last week and over the weekend. According to the story by Rick Telberg, “the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a seasonally-adjusted decline in staffing by 6,000 positions to 928,300 in August. Coupled with downwardly revised figures since May, it represents the fourth straight month of...…
October 6, 2009
MAPADOC EDI is a Gold Sponsor of Arxis Connections 2009
MAPADOC Select Partners, including Arxis, help customers understand the advantages of integrated Electronic Data Interchange
October 6, 2009
QuickBooks 2010 Helps Small Businesses Boost Their Bottom Line
New Features Include Powerful Time-Saving and Money-Making Enhancements, New Intuit Application Center
October 5, 2009
Accountants Must be Technology Consultants, Too
Accountants are their clients’ most trusted business advisors, but what accounting professionals often don’t expect is how many of their clients will also turn to them for technology advice. For clients, it makes sense: Since clients ask their accountant which bookkeeping and other programs to use, they’ll also turn to him or her for advice...…
October 2, 2009
5 Ways to Position Yourself as an Expert
Everyone’s an expert in something – and accountants, by rote, are experts in a number of areas depending on your focus and services you offer. Clients ask me how they can become more well known for what they do or what they offer. It’s not for vanity sake – it’s to develop this notoriety to...…