Links I like
Events
Where to go, learn, and hang out. A barebones list.
- Pacific Northwest BI Summit
Held every July in Grants Pass, OR. This one is so intimate you don’t even wear a name badge, and you actually get to hang out with some of the top BI experts. Produced by Humphrey Strategic Communications. - Strata Conference
- TDWI World Conferences
Seems to be the default for most tech-oriented business analytics people. - Tableau customer conferences
Held annually in the U.S. and Europe. Attendees are some of the most interesting and excited you’ll find at any event. It’s actually inspiring. - Defrag, annual conference
Held in the Denver suburbs. Small but lively.
Reads
Everything from mainline business analytics and data management to stuff that doesn't seem to belong on a BI list.
- Blog: Frank Buytendijk on BeyeNETWORK
One of the most interesting weblogs around, mostly because it’s about more than data, data management, data visualization, data this and data that. It’s about deeper questions. - Scott Davis, Circaspecting
Interesting and provocative, by the CEO of Lyzasoft - Jill Dychè, Inside the Biz
Straight, clear, often humorous explanations about things data, with particular attention to customer relationship management and social media. Highly readable, without business blather. - BI This Week, a TDWI newsletter
I contribute a monthly column. - Paul Graham Essays
A variety of insights on the tech world. Paul Graham sees things from a variety of viewpoints: programmer, artist, and venture capitalist. The author of “Hackers and Painters.” - Knowledge Jolt with Jack
About “knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints and other topics.” - AllAnalytics – The Community for Data Management, Business Intelligence
A good, interesting site. One of the few in the industry run by a professional editor. - Wayne's World, a.k.a. Blog: Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK
Wayne goes on thinking and inquiring after others give up. Always well written. - Stephen Few, Perceptual Edge
Few is the patriarch of the data visualization space. - Merv Adrian's blog, "IT Market Strategy"
Merv Adrian is one of the industry’s best explainers. One of the few who can tell you why or how without all the blather. - Information Management
I contribute a column here. - Theresa Doyon's blog, "Living in Analytical Ambiguity: Random thoughts on Social, Strategy, Research, and Advanced Analytics"
- Pharma BI, Christine Muser
Expert data analyst in the pharmaceutical industry tells how she does it. Well written, well thought out. - A Software Architect's Point of View
ArchitectGuy says: “Ramblings — and hopefully something interesting from time to time — or at least something intriguing” - Greenplum on data scientists, data heroics, analytics, and related topics
Greenplum, the “pioneer of Enterprise Data Cloud solutions for large-scale data warehousing and analytics,” links to good articles. Thanks to Shawn Rogers for the tip. - The Quantified Self
This may not be considered part of business analytics today, but I bet you it will be someday. Even Peter Drucker thought so. - sascom magazine blog
A plain-English blog — which I mean as a compliment.
