A picture can express a thousand words. That's a phrase that many of us understand well, and one we embrace when we try to present large amounts of data in reports and dashboards. This week Steve Jones asks you what visualizations you use.
2013-05-10
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After a recent trip, Steve Jones noted a problem somewhere with the way airlines are handling passenger data.
2013-05-09
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A future world where the machines rule, as shown in films like Terminator and the Matrix, isn't what most people want. However the fears of machines taking over much of our world are very real. Steve Jones thinks it's not as bad as you might believe.
2013-05-08
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With all the talk about Big Data recently, Steve Jones looks at some of the issues with Big Data and how small data might be more important to you.
2013-05-07
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Research in industry can help a company leap ahead of it's peers. Steve Jones thinks this is a good idea for many companies to engage in and highlights some of the great work being done at Microsoft Research.
2013-05-06
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The state of cloud computing is confusing and unstable. Steve Jones has a few thoughts about the good and bad things in this industry.
2013-05-06
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There is a lot of data out there that is specific to an individual, none more important perhaps than biometric data. Steve Jones writes a bit about the security implications involved in working with this data. (This editorial was originally published on Nov 10, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is at SQL Bits.)
2013-05-03 (first published: 2008-11-10)
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A new application manages data from your IT machines and software, but doesn't use a database. Steve Jones talks a little about this. (This editorial was originally published on Jan 20, 2009. It is being re-run as Steve is at SQL Bits.)
2013-05-02 (first published: 2009-01-20)
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Even planning allows for failure, sometimes you can't see everything else where you're standing.
2013-05-01
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2013-04-30
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