JimHarris

125 Articles

Blog-Bout: “Risk” versus “Monopoly”

A “blog-bout” is a good-natured debate between two bloggers. This blog-bout is…

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Poor Data Quality is a Virus

“A storm is brewing—a perfect storm of viral data, disinformation, and misinformation.” …

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Tweet 2001: A Social Media Odyssey

“I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all…

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DQ-Tip: “Don’t pass bad data on to the next person…”

Data Quality (DQ) Tips is a new regular segment.  Each DQ-Tip is…

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The Fragility of Knowledge

In his excellent book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly…

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Commendable Comments (Part 1)

Six month ago today, I launched this blog by asking: Do you…

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Fantasy League Data Quality

For over 25 years, I have been playing fantasy league baseball and…

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To Parse or Not To Parse

“To Parse, or Not To Parse,—that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler…

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Adventures in Data Profiling (Part 5)

In Part 4 of this series: You went totally postal... shifting your…

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The Only Thing Necessary for Poor Data Quality

“Demonstrate projected defects and business impacts if the business fails to act,”…

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