Tag Archives: data analysis

Democratic Data Science

Posted on June 28, 2016 by way0utwest

I know quite a few people that are jumping on the data science bandwagon, brushing up on statistics, learning R, and hoping to land one of those lucrative data scientist positions. I wish you good luck, and some of you … Continue reading →

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We Manage Algorithms

Posted on June 14, 2016 by way0utwest

“Every business is an algorithmic business.” That was a phrase that Microsoft’s Joseph Sirosh used in a keynote at SQL Nexus, talking about the future of software and data. Rather than managing data, many of us will move to manage algorithms, … Continue reading →

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Grabbing Fitbit Data

Posted on February 24, 2016 by way0utwest

Recently the T-SQL Tuesday topic was Power BI. A cool topic, and an interesting application. I saw Rob Farley build a dashboard based on his Fitbit data. That was intriguing, so I went to get my data. I’ve worn a … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #75–Power BI

Posted on February 16, 2016 by way0utwest

This month’s host is Jorge Seggara, the @sqlchicken, who works for Microsoft. A busy schedule caused a slight delay, so we’re posting the third Tuesday of this month, but that is OK. This is a great topic for T-SQL Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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