Re-cap of SugarCon Day 1
I literally flew in from Maui (via LA) and hopped on a train to get to Sugarcon on very little…
Lessons from Social Media Meet-Up, Part I – Measuring is Easy; Evaluation is Hard.
I had the pleasure of attending the Social Media Meet-Up this week. In general, it was a very informative day…
Future of Email, Impact of Mobile, & Mobility
People will pay attention to your messages if they are relevant, if they can access your messaging whenever they want,…
NoSQL Buzz
I have noticed a definite increase in NoSQL buzz over the last few months. This is partly confirmed by Google…
The Tyranny of Consensus
In which Jill questions authority, and authority runs screaming. Baseball legend Satchel Paige once said that “None of us is…
FICO: Stretching beyond credit scores
When I was working on my book, I stopped by the Fair Isaac research labs in San Rafael, Calif. After…
Garcia Lorca and the iPad
Years ago in a Spanish poetry class, we were talking about Federico Garcia Lorca (above). The question: How could such…
Creating DDL For An Entire Database In SQL Server 2008
Recently, I started a new project which has a database component. I looked around for some visual data modeling tools,…
Microwavable Data Quality
Data quality is definitely not a one-time project, but instead requires a sustained program of enterprise-wide best practices that are…
Project Management: When tribes have no purpose
I received my PM Network magazine in the mail this weekend. The Project Management Institute (PMI) publishes this magazine and…