A recent post on Coding Horror on pseudocode reminded me of my work as an internal auditor. You might think it’s strange that a blog post on a programming/development technique would make me think of auditing – well, you’re right. It is a little weird. But hear me out. Pseudocode is called that because it’s not […]

More →

Well, maybe not obsolete, but definitely less integral for the mobile profes­sional. I started using Dropbox roughly six months ago and have been consis­tently impressed with the service, single tweet of discontent aside. Dropbox syncs your files between computers on which you have their light­weight software installed. It creates a folder where you can store […]

More →

Since the mid 90s there has been debate within accounting circles on whether there should be two versions of GAAP – one for public companies and one for private companies. Big GAAP and little GAAP. The logic is that there are sections of GAAP that do not apply to non publicly accountable entities, and time […]

More →

The inter­na­tional and US accounting standards bodies are both adjusting their mark-to-market rules in favour of politi­cians and bankers. FASB did it last month. IASB is working on it as quickly as they can. And yet, the two cannot agree on just how far they should bend over backward for the special interests. After pressure […]

More →

A few days ago, probably through Twitter, I found an inter­esting site for auditors and other risk and compliance profes­sionals called Compliance Week. Based in Boston, they publish a monthly magazine, a weekly email newsletter, and host several blogs and forums on the web. What led me to the site was a link to a blog […]

More →