Data Driven

In this Data Point recorded live at Azure Data Fest Reston Fall 2019, Frank talk with Joel Cochran about Azure Data Factory, Billiards, and how there’s no school like the old school. Original show with Joel: http://datadriven.tv/joel-cochran-data-politics-law-school-billiards/

In this Data Point, Frank explains why Amazon is winning the retail game and how you should transform your business to serve customers asynchronously or risk being left behind.

In this Data Point, Andy talks with Bill Wolf about SQL Saturday Pittsburgh, motorcycles, and the local slang.

In this DataPoint, Frank talks with fellow Cloud Solution Architect, Devin Jaswal, about the SQL Trail conference in Richmond, VA and serverless SQL.

In this DataPoint, Frank runs into Matt Kirk on the expo floor at Strata NYC.

Frank is at the Strata NYC conference today working the Microsoft booth. Stop by and say hello!

In this Data Point, Frank talks about his new found respect for the R language.

In this DataPoint, Frank reflects on how useful DataBricks is in a data warehousing environment. That and the importance of coffee after a red eye flight.

This week Frank is on vacation with his family in the North Carolina mountains where gem mining is a popular activity. Ever the data geek, he notes the similarities between data mining and gem mining.

In this episode, Frank and Andy answer some your questions! Show notes coming soon!

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy catch up with Brent Ozar and have a laugh or two at Silverlight’s expense, NoLock, and playing country music backwards. Links http://thedatadrivenbook.com () Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Notable Quotes Season 3 opened with http://datadriven.tv/inspiration-john-lee-dumas-tech-intensity-data-soup/ (John Lee Dumas aka JLD) ([01:30]) http://www.datasoupsummit.com (Data Soup Summit) ([02:00]) https://brentozar.com (Introducting Brent Ozar) ([05:00]) “Get out there!” – Brent Ozar ([08:30]) Data work pays better. ([13:45]) Brent started in hotel management ([15:00]) Data is the new oil… but we should avoid spills. ([16:15]) “The job is getting harder, not easier.” ([18:30]) The “Aha” moment and ER analogy. ([21:30]) Brent’s quote voice… ([22:00]) Brent’s “Bad News Doctor” voice ([22:45]) Andy throws

In the post-Amazon economy, all brick and mortar retailers are struggling. Some have outright failed and others on the brink. However, there are a few outliers that refuse to go down without a fight and are actually innovating. In this DataPoint, Frank notes one that has actually turned physical location to its advantage by helping Amazon process returns!

As we begin season 3 of Data Driven, Frank and Andy wanted to bring it back to the guy who inspired the entire show: John Lee Dumas. Although not yet quite a household name, JLD as he’s known to his fans, is the host of https://www.eofire.com/ (Entrepreneurs on Fire), an award winning podcast where he interviews inspiring Entrepreneurs who are truly ON FIRE. With over 2000 episodes, 1 million + listens a month, and seven-figures of annual revenue, JLD is just getting started. Not to stop there, the Data Driven dynamic duo want to bring the heat and turn up the tech intensity levels to 11 with a virtual summit that covers everything data from soup to nuts. To that end, we are launching the https://www.datasoupsummit.com/ (Data Soup Virtual Summit). And are souper excited to give https://www.datasoupsummit.com/tickets/?coupon=DATADRIVEN (Data Driven Listeners a Discount (70% until Aug 5, 2019; 50% afterwards)). Back in the day – Richmond .Net Users Group, now https://www.meetup.com/AzureRichmondVi

In this DataPoint, Andy teases some details on Data Driven Season 3, which is set to launch Tuesday, July 23rd along with another special project that we’ve been working on.

Recently, Amazon announced that https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/11/amazon-plans-to-spend-700-million-to-retrain-a-third-of-its-workforce-in-new-skills-wsj.html (it will spend $700 Million) (USD) to retrain its employees. Why are they doing this? Simple: automation. They know that a displaced workforce would be bad political mojo at a time when the giant is facing increasing calls for regulation, even potential anti-trust action. Anti-trust laws in the US were made largely in reaction to the Standard Oil Company and its founder John D. Rockefeller. In this DataPoint, Frank notes how Jeff Bezos just may be the Rockefeller of our day.

Frank and Andy are in the same place for the first time in a while, so they meet up to plan season 3 of Data Driven.

I’m at an OpenHack today learning about Knowledge Mining.

In this Data Point, Frank marks the two year anniversary of Data Driven’s launch and talks about the future.

In this Data Point, Andy ponders the ethics of lying to the machines, how that adds bias, and what the consequences may be.

In this Data Point, Andy discusses our recent interview with Anders Schneiderman, What’s it going to take for neglected communities to come back to life? How are workers going to be retooled? What’s the practical application here?