Don’t Hire a Developer, Hire a Data Scientist
The rate of change in technology is astonishing. Artificial intelligence (AI), once the topic of science fiction movies, is now…
Big Data Blogs
Big Data Blogs
The Duck-Billed Platypus, or How Strict Data Hierarchies Can Choke You
You might remember back to your early school days, when you learned about the five major divisions of the vertebrates…
Data Does Not Matter
The amount of data is growing exponentially. This creates an enormous potential for generating a lot of new information. Yet,…
Understand Relational to Understand the Secrets of Data
I don’t like talking about the relational theory of data. It is absolutely fundamental to any deep understanding of data,…
Data Storytelling: It’s More than Visualization
Data storytelling has become a popular term in the field of analytics – looking deep into the data to find…
The Relationship Between Data Quality and Philosophy
I have recently gained more interest in data quality as well as philosophy, and was struck by their relationship. Data…
You Can Run, but You Can’t Hide
With the holiday season comes a frantic search for gifts, and even average users have started to ramp up their…
Data Architecture COMN Sense – Is the Data Warehouse Dead?
It was a pleasure to attend a data warehousing event in Austin, Texas in early December to take a few…
Stepping Up to Data Ethics
I recently attended the Data Modeling Zone conference in Portland where I presented a session about modernizing data governance. Most…
Managing Metadata in the Self-Service Age
As the world of data management grows and changes, the roles and participants in data ecosystems must adapt. With the…