Spreadsheets: Use Them, Don’t Abuse Them
I’ve been using electronic spreadsheets for more than 30 years. I consider this technology among the 20th century’s top five…
Dear Oracle: Cloud Multitenancy DOES Matter
Meg Bear of Oracle, who manages their Cloud Social Platform, hammered multitenancy in her post “Multitenancy and Other Useless Meg…
Mind Maps of #textanalytics
Here is snippet of a project I'm working on during my spare time. The project has the aim to gather, provide…
Adventures in MOOC: Back to School
I am now in the homestretch of a Coursera MOOC that lasts eight weeks. I am now in the homestretch…
Big Data: A Natural Solution for Disaster Relief
By Mike Smitheman, VP of Marketing at GoodData By Mike Smitheman, VP of Marketing at GoodDataLast Friday, a 10,000-ton meteor sped into…
CRM: Businesses Should Walk Before They Run
I was recently asked by a business software website about my thoughts on the most important features people should utilise…
The First Data Scientist on the Evolution of Data Science
Norman Nie was not surprised by the accurate predictions of the presidential election results from Nate Silver and others. “A…
SAS ODS Report Writing Interface: A Quick Demo
I personally nominated SAS ODS Report Writing Interface as one of the best technologies I found in SAS in 2012.…
Why Business Intelligence Software Is Failing Business
Business intelligence software is supposed to help businesses access and analyze data and communicate analytics and metrics. I have witnessed…
The Global Nature of Big Data and Analytics
In the past few months, in addition to my usual travel around the United States, I have had the pleasure…
