by Oz du Soleil | Feb 13, 2015 | Data Management
PASS Business Analytics Conference 2015 On April 20th through 22nd, I and many other speakers will be presenting at the PASS Business Analytics Conference in Santa Clara, CA. This conference is an opportunity for attendees to learn about the intersection of business,...
by Oz du Soleil | Jan 8, 2015 | Data Integrity, Data Management
Two must-read articles as we start managing our data in 2015: What End of Year Data Predictions Mean by Jordan Goldmeier, Cambia Factor CEO, Excel MVP and co-host of ExcelTV. Technology Can’t Ever Solve the Information Management Problem by Joe Shepley, VP and...
by Oz du Soleil | Oct 28, 2014 | Data Management, Excel Geekdom
THE PINOCCHIO THEORY In 1977 Bootsy Collins released the hit song Pinocchio Theory. Its main warning is: If you fake the funk, your nose will grow There are a lot of long noses in the data world–specifically with folks who continually bash Excel and write its...
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 7, 2013 | Data Integrity, Data Management, Excel Geekdom
I’m getting ready to teach a 2-session workshop on parsing data in Excel. As with other courses, before I teach them for the first time, I have to clarify the mindset to decide who would get the most from the course. Scrubbing data, reorganizing columns, peeling...
