A couple of weeks back I blogged about my progress in the “Microsoft Professional Program in Data Science” curriculum. I’ve now finished the remainder of the courses. Now I only need to finish the capstone project. This project only occurs at the start of each quarter and runs for a month. The next runs are […]
Where’s the Trend Line in Power BI Desktop?
A quick blog post on finding where the trend line is hiding in Power BI Desktop. Docs will state it is in the analytics pane for certain types of visualization. However, it doesn’t always show up: (I really resisted the urge to post another “Dude, where is my car” image) So why did the trend […]
Microsoft Professional Program in Data Science – The Road So Far
I’ve currently been participating in the Microsoft Professional Program in Data Science. It’s an online curriculum of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course), all provided through the edX platform. You are free to participate, but for a verified certificate you will need to pay (and Microsoft/edX has bumped up the price from $49 to $99 for some […]
Power BI Announcements Summary
It was a crazy week for Power BI. There were quite a lot of announcements, so I’ll try to wrap them up in one single blog post and share my thoughts as well. POWER BI DESKTOP Again an amazing release (May 2017). Noticeable features are: Measures on top of live SSAS Tabular connections! I’ve been […]
Book Review – The Truthful Art
I’m participating in the #vizBookClub, a great idea by the data visualization community. In short, we read a book about data visualization and we post our thoughts online. A blog post with more detail: Introducing our Data Viz Book Club. The first selected book is The Truthful Art by Alberto Cairo (blog | twitter). I’ve always […]
PASS BA Marathon – Spring Edition Q&A
The PASS BA Marathon Spring Edition was quite a success. A lot of people tuned in (over 400), the webinar went great (lots of great feedback!) and there were a lot of interesting questions. You can find the recording here. Since I didn’t have the time to answer all questions, I’ll tackle them in this […]
T-SQL Tuesday 89 – Roundup
I asked the SQL Server community to write about their experience/opinion about the changing world we live in and how it impacts their daily job. The response was overwhelming: we had 30 participants in this months blog party! Here’s an overview of everyone who participated. Take your time to read their stories, as they are […]
T-SQL Tuesday #89 – The times they are a-changing
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by yours truly! The topic this month: how do you keep up with the fast changing world of data management? Does this impact your job? Or do you feel there’s no impact at all for your position? Do you fear the cloud? And so on 🙂 Everything changes fast […]
T-SQL Tuesday #89 Invitation – The times they are a-changing
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party for the SQL Server community (or Microsoft Data Platform community. Although it’s called T-SQL Tuesday, it’s not limited to SQL Server database engine only). It is the brainchild of Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) and I’m honored to host this month’s edition. Each month a blog hosts the party and […]
T-SQL Tuesday #88 – The daily (database-related) WTF
It’s the time of the month again: the T-SQL Tuesday! This month’s edition is hosted by Kennie Nybo Pontoppidan (blog|twitter) and the topic is “daily database related WTF”. In other words, we get to tell one of our horror stories we encountered in our career as data professionals. Let me tell you the story of a small […]