Comments on: Walker crashed the GAB system? Uh, not really!

By: Terry Wall keeps on trying… to be relevant. « Haas414

Terry Wall keeps on trying… to be relevant. « Haas414 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:06:00 +0000

[...] Walker. Both are struggling to stay relevant in their respective races. Just as Walker’s not able to rouse excitement, dear Terry feels that he has to spend more money than most of us will make in a good decade. As [...]

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By: Locke

Locke — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:18:03 +0000

Working in that general field, it’s downright embarrassing. Of course I hear people seem to revel in stating that they’re computer illiterate, like it’s something to be proud of. All too often, computers/technology are treated like magic, as if it’s far to complicated to understand so they just accept whatever is fed to them.

I’m sure politics & government administration is particularly difficult though & I have a little sympathy. Fact is getting some one who actually knows what he/she is talking about isn’t easy – the private sector is much more enticing to most of them.

If I could count the number of times I’ve come onto a project late – when it’s over budget with almost nothing to show for it – and been able to tell in about 10 seconds, that somebody got sold a bill of goods by a questionable (at best) vendor.

Also, one need only look to the company in Redmond – home of more brilliant software engineers than anywhere else. Despite the abundance of brilliance, they’ve turned out a lot of really bad stuff. Big projects with a big team are really difficult without great leadership. Better off going with a small group of ninjas than an army of soldiers.

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:29:05 +0000

Yeah, I’ve always maintained the state could do much better when it comes to how it acquires and implements technology.

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:27:56 +0000

Cindy, I can relate. I’m not terribly enthused about my Democratic Congressional candidate.

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By: Cindy K

Cindy K — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:12:10 +0000

Some recent polling showed the gubernatorial race is Walker’s to lose. With crap like what came out of his campaign this weekend, he’s trying awfully hard. (I got a copy, too.)

I can’t help it. I can’t get excited about Walker. It doesn’t look like anyone else sees it, but I read the word “flake” across his forehead. We have enough flakes in government. Can’t we do better this time?

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By: Locke

Locke — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:24:57 +0000

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature! Cut Walker some slack on this one – hard to tell the difference between crashing it & it functioning as designed. Even in context of the embarrassment that is GAB, the campaign finance site itself stands out. Let us not forget we paid over a million dollars for a out of state firm to develop the site – that the firm used a photo of the Minneapolis skyline because you know, us mid-westerners are all the same anyway. They blew deadlines and things have never worked properly. This is the same IT procurement acumen displayed by the UW Payroll system upgrade and their millions and millions of dollars literally wasted.

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