There's much being said at the moment about ‘social networking’ via the web, as if this is something new that has suddenly appeared out of somewhere and will take the world by storm. I'm long enough in the tooth to remember when the...

I have never much liked cats, but I don't suppose I would ever have cause to skin one—dead or alive. However, the sentiment that lies behind this cruel sounding metaphor is a useful one for analysts as we go about our day to day work (for the...