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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Our Chinchilla

Our chichillla BB - We let her out every evening to play and she has taken to jumping in the chair and sitting in it. She thinks she's people :)

Oct 4, 2013 · 1 min read
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Big Data

So you have big data...but do you have the Infrastructure to support it?

Big data is everywhere. Everyone wants to be doing big data. There’s one big data induced problem that many aren’t talking about or acknowledging.  That

Oct 1, 2013 · 2 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for Sept 29 2013

When Does Quantity Become Quality? How to navigate big data | UX Magazine Quote: Data should not be used for finding evidence to support our own opinions

Oct 1, 2013 · 4 min read
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Big Data

Don't let your opinion on big data keep you from using big data

About a year ago, I heard the following two lines from well-respected IT professionals. The first comment: 1.) Big data is the future And the second:: 2.)

Sep 24, 2013 · 3 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for Sept 22 2013

The big data Wild West: The good, the bad and the ugly — Tech News and Analysis Quote: Ron Bodkin of Think Big Analytics discusses the best and worst

Sep 22, 2013 · 5 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for Sept 15 2013

Big Social Data: The Second Era Starts Quote: When Big Data techniques are applied to the social media firehose, some amazing things start to happen. Like

Sep 15, 2013 · 4 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Bagpiper at the Broadmoor

Every evening at the Broadmoor, a bagpiper walks the grounds and plays some songs. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 17-40 L.

Sep 13, 2013 · 1 min read
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Big Data

“Build” or “Buy” – The Big Data Dilemma Facing Organizations Today

Finding the right people has always been a problem for IT organizations for many reasons. There’s always been a “build or buy” decision for organizations

Sep 12, 2013 · 3 min read
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Big Data

A look at Twitter messages in 2012 mentioning $SPY and S&P500 Symbols

Cross Posted at TradeTheSentiment.com While working up my data analysis chapter of my dissertation, I came across some interesting tidbits of information

Sep 11, 2013 · 2 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for Sept 8 2013

Anticipate the Corporate Culture of "No!" - Sales Aerobics for Engineers ® Blog Quote: Do you work in a Culture of No? Some of you will be defeated by the

Sep 8, 2013 · 3 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Another of the Broadmoor Hotel

This is another capture of hte main buildings at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs CO after a storm passed through. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon

Sep 6, 2013 · 1 min read
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Featured

CIO 100 Awards – On Disrupting IT

IT pros should welcome the opportunity to disrupt their own services and processes. It prevents complacency and opens new ways to add value.

Sep 5, 2013 · 3 min read
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Big Data

Big Data won't solve your problem (or maybe it will)

I just finished reading "Can big data technology be used to replace creative marketing?" and felt the need to vent a bit. This first part of this vent:

Sep 4, 2013 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – The Broadmoor after a storm

Captured this image after a storm moved through Colorado Springs. This is the Main building at the Broadmoor. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 17-40 L

Aug 30, 2013 · 1 min read
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Big Data

Predictive Analytics is not Big Data

According to Wikipedia, predictive analytics is described as: Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of techniques from statistics, modeling, machine

Aug 30, 2013 · 2 min read