Power of the Stack
This week, I saw the power of the stack. Talking to local business people, I learned their business intelligence (BI)…
Finally, a good place for pie charts
The junk food of data visualization has found a home. Pie charts show up everywhere, just like trans fats. Visual…
Imagine
Imagine a BPM tool that could be used by real business people. Imagine a tool that would allow them to…
Book: SAS for Dummies
A surprisingly easy to read and affordable book for learning the SAS language as well as other aspects of SAS…
Start a Dialogue about Master Data Management
Just mentioning master data management (MDM) will cause businesspeople’s eyes to glaze over and most IT folks to run for…
It’s Just a Little More Disk Space
Recently I bought a Maxtor OneTouch™ 1TB backup drive for my son’s PC. We had been using a 320 Gb…
Hospitals are increasingly relying on electronic tracking…
Hospitals are increasingly relying on electronic tracking systems to keep tabs on equipment and lab specimens, and even to monitor…
Blogging
The more I immerse myself in the flow -- increase my addiction to the Internet, some would have it --…
Three-Minutes are for Eggs
I met a call center manager for a specialty products catalog a few years ago, his mantra was simple –…
On ethical issues of randomized experiments
After reading Super Crunchers, a recent book by Ian Ayres, I have thought of ethical aspects of some experiments he…