The Man, The Myth, The On-Prem Server Guy… Chris Finlan and I have known each other for some time now. He emailed me out of the blue 3.5 years ago and we’ve been in touch ever since. In 2014 he…
Help Us Spread the Gift of Power BI (and Power Pivot) – While Doing What You Love Full Time Some of Our New Consultants (So Far, That Is!) in 2017 Seriously, why haven’t you applied? We have more work than…
The #1 Supporter of our 2nd Edition Book Sits Down for a Virtual Interview Two years ago (holy cow!), John Michaloudis of MyExcelOnline.com was the single-largest financial backer of our “print the second edition book in color” crowdfunding campaign. He…
Oh My Goodness Yes. A Thousand Times Yes. (Scroll Down for the Interactive Versions) A Formerly Six-Figure Project Becomes “Free” While Also Becoming MUCH BETTER In a former life (circa 2006), I got to spend several hundred thousand dollars of…
Zoe Helps Me Answer a Long-Simmering Question This summer we welcomed Zoe Stein (an Industrial Engineering major from Georgia Tech) to the team for a summer internship. Which is super exciting just in general – Data wasn’t really “a thing”…
Forecasts Anticipate Trends within Large Populations, On Timelines Typically Measured in Months or Years. Predictive Analytics Anticipate the Behavior of a Single Individual, Often on a "Right Now" Timeline. We’ve Seen Some Confusion On This – and It’s Understandable It…
Five Trips Back Into Hands-On Consulting In the TV show Undercover Boss, a President or CEO dons a disguise in order to work, for the first time, as one of the front-line employees of their own business. Other than being…
I’m going to keep today’s post short and sweet. The #1 missing feature in Power BI is overwhelmingly clear to me, #2 isn’t close, and addressing this should be quite simple for my friends and former colleagues at Microsoft. “Help…
Awhile back I recorded a podcast with John Michaloudis from MyExcelOnline and it went live today. Fun chat, lots of excitement. In my podcast with John Michaloudis, we talk about all of the “beautiful accidents” which led me to where…
This past week in Seattle, I presented at the Microsoft Data Insights Summit. It was an intense week – I co-presented a full-day preconference session on Sunday, gave a talk on Monday, and then two more talks on Tuesday. Then…