In high school, I had the opportunity to play against a chess grandmaster. I can say without boasting that I soundly beat him … to the door. While playing, he told me in no uncertain terms around 40 moves into our game that he would have checkmate in twenty-something moves. As he went around to…
Tag: Self-service
“Our Work Isn’t an Exact Science”
“Our work isn’t an exact science.” I heard this stated by someone in the data science field last week, and I can think of few things in our work that make me angrier than this – so prepare to hear a rant, as I often find myself on the wrong side of Brandolini’s Law. Simply…
Don’t Know Much About… NULL Values
The Best of Sam Cooke was the first CD I ever bought. One of my favorite songs on that CD, “Wonderful World“, begins with the iconic line “Don’t know much about history.” Through the rest of the song, Cooke sings about a number of the other things he “don’t know much about”. He then ends…
Who’s On First?
The six basic questions every data warehouse should answer.
Rock the Data! 