Underwhelming experiences with Google Wave
Took some time today to work with the new communication meme - Google Wave. I wouldn't call it a fundamentally…
#24: Here’s a thought…
An occasional series in which a review of recent posts on SmartData Collective reveals the following nuggets:This or that?By and…
Commendable Comments (Part 3)
In a July 2008 blog post on Men with Pens (one of the Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2009), James…
Join the real movers and shakers in Washington!
Here’s a news flash! The epicenter of advanced information technology is moving this weekend from Silicon Valley to the US…
Leading Change? Know Your Entry Point
Effective change leaders know that there is no “single way” to move through the process of change. There are various…
No Money, No Problem!
I just returned from a business trip to India. I landed in Mumbai on October 2nd, a Friday and accidentally…
DQ-Tip: “…Go talk with the people using the data”
Data Quality (DQ) Tips is an OCDQ regular segment. Each DQ-Tip is a clear and concise data quality pearl of…
Tips on surviving R
John Mount from Win-Vector LLC gave a very interesting and entertaining talk at this week's Bay Area User Group Meeting,…
Are Duplicate Tweets Spam?
The Twitterverse is all a-twitter with a new controversy: Twitter has rolled out a new feature that blocks duplicate tweets.…
Data Modeling with Generalizations – The Tool Issue
A bunch of factors have converged lately on the topic of generalized versus specific data modeling approaches. I’m working through…

