Leaving BI Aside for Just One Day – for Something More Important
I really do believe in keeping religion and politics out of the workplace as well as my personal feelings out…
Social Media Data is Like a Box of Timbits
The Timbit Story Once upon a time, I brought a box of Timbits to work to share with my research…
Vertica, Autonomy. Who Next as HP Builds an Information Business?
The announcements by HP yesterday set the Web rippling with the opinion that HP is pulling out of the consumer-facing…
Has Personalized Filtering Gone Too Far?
In a world of plenty, algorithms may be our saving grace as they map, sort, reduce, recommend, and decide how airplanes…
Big BI and the Ladder Man to Come Calling at the Tableau Conference
Howard Dresner is a celebrity in the business intelligence industry, but most people at last year’s Tableau conference didn’t even…
How Are Business Analysts Like Teenagers on the Internet?
Business analysts are in some ways similar to teenagers and college students in how they go about exploring to learn…
How Life Will Be Different–and the Same–in 2072
An exercise for you. Look around wherever you are (and away from this screen) and carry out an inventory. What…
In Defense of IT
Business leaders often criticize IT for their inability to get with the times. Do the following questions sound familiar? Why…
