Dave Wells’ prescription for the incurious
Former TDWI education director Dave Wells keeps running into users whose BI reports might as well be printed. These users simply accept the data as presented and don’t ask questions. That’s nothing new, of course. The difference is that Dave has a way to deal with it. I caught part of his session today at [...]
Not by muffins alone
Do the TDWI San Diego organizers think we’re on a diet? Are attendees and exhibitors no longer paying full fare? I try, but I can’t quite forgive the elimination of hot breakfast. You may recall the spread that once honored us: chafing dishes full of scrambled eggs, sausages, bacon, potatoes, biscuits alongside gravy, crisp red [...]
How one keynoter distracted everyone from breakfast
I was half asleep as the TDWI keynote warmed up early last Thursday morning. Bob Paladino is not a bad speaker, but at first the good scrambled eggs and coffee were better. Then he got into the Southwest Airlines story, and I looked up. The five guys at my table also looked up. They picked [...]
Visualize this, Harrah’s
Around the corner from the TDWI World Conference I spotted a billboard-size sign: “We have 22 years left on our lease. We are here to serve you.” What’s it mean? I understood other signs nearby, such as the $14.95 and the “chopsticks combo special.” I also understood “we are here to serve you.” But for [...]
Eyes on the ball in Las Vegas
The greatest BI show of them all opens a week from this Sunday in Las Vegas, the TDWI World Conference. Naturally, anything about Vegas and The Strip draws my attention—such as Sunday’s story about the local paparazzi.
My latest for BI This Week: predictive analytics sits out Oracle OpenWorld
My latest for TDWI’s online newsweekly, BI This Week, appeared tonight. Analysis: Predictive Analytics and Oracle OpenWorld Predictive analytics seemed to sit it out at the recent Oracle OpenWorld, except for one recent Oracle acquisition.
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