by Oz du Soleil | Sep 15, 2014 | Data Integrity, Data Management
Hey! ‘Sexy’ isn’t my word. It’s used twice in the New York Times article, For Big-Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insights. ‘Sexy’ is used once each by Data Scientists Michael Cavaretta and Matt...
by Oz du Soleil | Jun 19, 2014 | Data Integrity
This week, Chris Penn’s blogpost was about “When Bad Data Can Be Okay.” I agree with everything he says about distinguishing between data that’s predictably wrong and still useful just plain unreliable and not useful mysterious but you might be...
by Oz du Soleil | Mar 3, 2014 | Data Integrity, Spreadsheet Development, Tips
A while ago I wrote a blogpost that attracted some hostility. One commenter even called it “stupid.” 6 Reasons Not To Use VBA (Or Be Careful) was meant to be a fun warning and an invitation to BE CAREFUL. Ah! But a few folks took it as a swearing off of...
by Oz du Soleil | Jan 13, 2014 | Case Studies, Data Integrity, Data Management, Excel Geekdom
We’re almost at the end, good people. Part 1: The Introduction Part 2: Bill Jelen & Hiran de Silva Part 3: Craig Hatmaker & Rob Collie 1 Part 4: Craig Hatmaker & Rob Collie 2 Part 5: Jordan Goldmeier & Carl Arriaza Part 6: Szilvia Juhasz &...
by Keidra Chaney | Jan 3, 2014 | Data Integrity, Data Management, Guest Blogger
I’ve written several blogposts referring to my friend (and fellow bassist) Keidra Chaney, and it’s a pleasure to have her as a guest blogger today. She and I share a passion for empowering people to work with data because we’ve seen that...
by Oz du Soleil | Dec 2, 2013 | Data Integrity, Data Management, Excel Geekdom, Spreadsheet Development, Spreadsheet Tidiness
October 2012, I posted a mild complaint about the ability to build a calculator in Excel and then publish online via ExcelWebApp. The Excel piece was easy. The WebApp piece was disappointing but was infinitely better than Google’s version. Yesterday a friend...
