Blog
Commentary and insights on everything found in the world of data
I hope your year has been prosperous both personally and professionally. As 2023 comes to a close, I hope you
Data Lens Turns 20
LinkedIn reminded me that Data Lens, the data consulting practice I started, is now 20 years old
In the data world, one of the big takeaways from 2020 was the need to reassess existing metrics. With businesses
For some reason, people really dislike scatter charts. They understand them well enough, but they do not LIKE them. These
Even before mainframe computing became an enterprise standard, system managers had to monitor resource usage to control costs, govern processing
My first post on “data resolutions” for the new year was in 2017, and that list was designed to help
This post is breaking away from the usual data management topics to focus instead on independent consulting as a career.
In Part 2 of my series on Maximizing Returns on your data investments, I highlighted the need to involve data
In Part 1 of my series on Maximizing Returns with your data investments, I covered the importance of getting to
Current technology vendors have doubled down on getting you faster access to insights and results from your data projects. Newer
Once we get past that old joke: “I made a resolution last year to make no more resolutions”, it is
Misleading Metrics
For data pros, defining performance metrics is an important job that requires using the right data and some trial