Archive for February, 2018

Big Data, Big Dupe: A Progress Report

Friday, February 23rd, 2018

My new book, Big Data, Big Dupe, was published early this month. Since its publication, several readers have expressed their gratitude in emails. As you can imagine, this is both heartwarming and affirming. Big Data, Big Dupe confirms what these seasoned data professionals recognized long ago on their own, and in some cases have been […]

Different Tools for Different Tasks

Monday, February 19th, 2018

I am often asked a version of the following question: “What data visualization product do you recommend?” My response is always the same: “That depends on what you do with data.” Tools differ significantly in their intentions, strengths, and weaknesses. No one tool does everything well. Truth be told, most tools do relatively little well. […]