Monthly Archives: July 2012

One Single View

Posted on July 12, 2012 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Oct 9, 2007. It is being re-run as Steve is traveling. When I worked at JD Edwards, one of the goals of our business intelligence system was to house a single view of the … Continue reading →

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A Long Day

Posted on July 12, 2012 by way0utwest

Flying all night from Houston, arriving in London at 6:40am, taking a train into the city and then finding a Starbucks to work in was the agenda for today. It worked out, but it feels like a long extension of … Continue reading →

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Time Zones

Posted on July 10, 2012 by way0utwest

Why don’t we have a function like the one in this article to convert from time zone to time zone? Seems like something SQL Server should have added awhile ago.

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Hard Data v Gut Feel

Posted on July 10, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the mantras that has guided Google through so many of its product development routines is the fact that the data matters. If you can show that there is data to support a decision, it is more likely to … Continue reading →

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