I just couldn’t resist. This is an unplanned blog post but Chris Penn posted something that was just too juicy to keep to myself! In Chris’ post Avoid Magic for Magicians, Marketing for Marketers, he warns that experts can spend so much time around...
We can talk all the live-long day about keeping clean data but there will still be corrupt data and human blunders. What happens when it’s our own damned fault? This topic is à propos after a recent chat with a Database Administrator about the realities of...
In the past week Client-Developer Relationship topics have shown up a lot. You all know that I primarily focus on Data Management. Some of you also know that I also work on WordPress sites. Today’s blog post will matter to both clients and developers in Data...
This stood as the only time in 12 years that I almost accepted defeat. With 70% of the work done, the last 30% was excruciating. Summary The client was conducting a Data Transfer from one database to another. They successfully downloaded the data from the old database...
This video demonstrates one use of data generator results as follow-up to an earlier blog entry, Taming Dataville. In the video below, you will see: Use of dummy data While waiting for someone to create a Master List, I moved ahead by using random fish species where...
Recently, I posted details about the challenges the client was facing, and how we arrived at a solution. Below is a screencast demo of the final product showing the Excel form, the data collection and Birthday tickler. See the blog: Excel User Form & Birthday...
