Playing in Traffic
I am inspired by the article by David Fisher, Director of the Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency, titled Performance Management…
On Holiday in Snowy Sheffield
I have a confession to make: I didn’t check my e-mail once between going on holiday on the 23rd December…
Bay Area User Group: R-Powered Web Apps
For those in the San Francisco area, tomorrow night's Bay Area R User Group meeting -- to be held at…
Hyper-local
The recent rumors around Google acquiring Yelp (which of course have subsequently fallen through) and my recent use of several…
OOBE-DQ, Where Are You?
Much of enterprise software is often viewed as a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) product, which, in theory, is supposed to provide…
Reading – Viral Data in SOA: An Enterprise Pandemic
Viral Data in SOA: An Enterprise Pandemic (9780137001804): Neal A. Fishman: Books ISBN: 0137001800 ISBN-13: 9780137001804 I’m currently reading…
Top Tech Disruptors of the 2000’s
Every decade seems to carry a set of defining themes in tech. For the 1990's it was the move to…
Shut Your Mouth
New data quality consultants ask me for advice all the time. Some are “new” because they are just starting their…
IT Budget Hacking (w$$t)
Some block-and-tackle IT management stuff for today - taking a long, hard look at the IT budget, a task that…
What’s strategic for Google?
Google seems to be releasing or acquiring new products almost daily. It’s one thing for a couple of programmers to…
