by Oz du Soleil | Dec 29, 2012 | Data Integrity, Data Management, Spreadsheet Development, Spreadsheet Tidiness
Krampus torments a business owner who ran a business on crap data in 2012 high bounce rates on e-newsletters vital data sprinkled across multiple sources commission payments were wrong mail sent to out-of-state clients for local events unable to follow-up with major...
by Oz du Soleil | Dec 12, 2012 | Case Studies, Data Management, Spreadsheet Development
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...
by Oz du Soleil | Nov 12, 2012 | Case Studies, Data Integrity, Data Management
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...
by PhilT | Oct 24, 2012 | Data Management, Guest Blogger, Spreadsheet Development
Guest blog by Mynda Treacy of My Online Training Hub. If you spend hours updating Excel reports each week or month then I’m sorry, but you’re doing it wrong. It shouldn’t take that long. All you need are a few key rules for setting up your workbooks and in most cases...
by Oz du Soleil | Oct 21, 2012 | Data Integrity, Data Management
Data Management Policies are one area for limiting crap data and related consequences. This is an aspect of Data Management that’s away from the doing inside the cells, formulae, queries, PHP coding and data fields. Why is this important? Why do businesses need...
by Oz du Soleil | Oct 17, 2012 | Case Studies, Data Management
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...