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Six surprises on my way from data to analysis

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Originally published on November 29, 2011 in BI This Week, a TDWI publication.

What do you do when you have a bunch of data on your hands and your skills fail to make sense of it? That’s where I was the other day.

As much as I’ve written about data analysts, I’m not one myself. When, in late September, I finally closed my survey of analysts, I needed a pro to help interpret my new data. I was like the amateur cook who could flip eggs and found a side of beef in his kitchen. That was one meal I wasn’t going to cook alone.… Read the rest “Six surprises on my way from data to analysis”

Bohemian Grove a la BI

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The Bohemian Grove of the BI industry convenes for the fifteenth time in just three weeks. Naturally, you ask the obvious question: Are you serious? The Grove? A summit?

The answer begins with a fond recollection of the Grove. If you’ve never attended the Bohemian Grove yourself — I haven’t, though I’m sure I know someone who knows someone who’s waited on someone’s table who has — you may know of it as that century-old, mid-July pow-wow of leaders from big-iron industry, national politics, and old-time movie-making. Ronald Reagan slept there.

They ate, and they told stories, and they all went back to work a little more satisfied with the world as it was.… Read the rest “Bohemian Grove a la BI”

Favorite Star Trek, a data story

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This story shows how elemental data stories really are. Humans come ready to tell and hear them, requiring no plug-ins at all. This young person can do a good job of it.

There was a question, followed by data, then questions and answers, and and finally a conclusion. It’s all there. It’s elementary.

Sure, this story isn’t for everyone. Not everyone cares about Star Trek. But the storyteller is appealing and enthusiastic. The story is simple, and that’s plenty.

Watch it here.

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