Data Driven

Recently, I delivered a presentation on “Data Science for the Curious” at https://www.wework.com/buildings/k-street--washington-DC?&utm_campaign=774117994&utm_term=kwd-289749621509&utm_source=ads-google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=Cj0KCQjwh7zWBRCiARIsAId9b4rRY_kAL3RikRg0XTSCnr75smZRaKUXs71vjcpZt0BcyHfslG3Nm4MaAn5YEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CNb90fnstNoCFZZGDAodFhwAgg (the WeWork K Street location in Washington, DC). The goal was to help the largely non-technical audience of public policy professionals understand some of the core tenets of data science: its promises and its perils. In light of the recent Facebook revelations, this is more critical now than ever before.

Frank ponders weather prediction models, the confusion matrix, and cognitive biases.

While at SQL Saturday Chicago, Andy gets recursive by talking to Andy. Seriously, he meets up with Andy Yun, one of the organizers of SQL Saturday Chicago.

Straight from the Windy City SQL Saturday, Andy chats with Cathrine Wilhelmsen to dicusss all things BIML, matching shirts, and data.

Andy’s in the Windy City on this St. Patrick’s Day attending SQL Saturday and he bumps into Bill Wolf.

In this Deep Dive, Frank and Andy delve into the depths of Data Integration and SQL Server Integration Service.

In this Data Point, Frank recounts how he has a new approach to troubleshooting WPF performance issues, or any issues for that matter.

Frank and Andy chat with Adam Hecktman, Director of Technology & Civic Innovation Chicago, about his work with data for the public good.  It was Adam who inspired Frank to get into data science.

Frank is in Reston tonight to speak at a new Meetup that focuses on AI and Machine Learning.

Frank and Andy talked about doing a Deep Dive show where they take a deep look into a particular data science technology, term, or methodology.  And now, they deliver! In this very first Deep Dive, Frank and Andy discuss the differences between Data Science and Data Engineering, where they overlap, where they differ, and why so many C-level execs can’t seem to figure out the deltas. Links Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: https://entdna.com (Enterprise Data & Analytics) Notable Quotes Frank’s new courses are up at WintellectNow ([01:30]) http://davidgoggins.com/ (David Goggins) ([03:00]) Dive! Dive! Dive! It’s a deep dive on Data Science vs. Data Engineering ([06:00]) “Clean data” means different things to different people. ([09:30]) “Shaping the data.” ([11:00]) Our conversation with http://datadriven.tv/buck_woody/ (Buck Woody) ([12:30]) Andy’s screed on managin

Yes, Andy and I are still alive and we’re doing well. 2018 has started off like gangbusters for us both. Andy is going full bore in his consulting business and I’ve been big into Big Data, between delivering https://www.wintellectnow.com/Home/SeriesDetail?seriesId=mastering-hadoop-data-science-on-azure (five online courses on Hadoop) for WintellectNOW. There is a new episode in the hopper and it will be out soon. If you’d like to learn how to make the most of Azure Government, then check out these free courses I’m delivering in the DMV area. Reston – Feb. 26 – Feb. 28, 2018; 8:30am – 5:00pm https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x2701117abcd (Register here) Chevy Chase – Mar. 12 – Mar. 14, 2018; 8:30am – 5:00pm https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/3303683 (Register here) Elkridge – Mar. 26 – Mar. 28, 2018; 8:30am – 5:00pm https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/3304234 (Register here) Reston R

Today, I was in the Chevy Chase office at Microsoft and had the chance to bump into Brian Moran, who has recently joined Microsoft.

In this episode Frank and Andy celebrate a huge (yuge?) milestone, 100 uploads since launching in late May 2017. Links Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: https://entdna.com (Enterprise Data & Analytics) Notable Quotes It’s show #100! ([01:30]) On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_filter (pop filters) ([03:30]) On https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-government/documentation-government-welcome (Azure.gov) ([04:30]) Spiderman reference ([05:00]) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest (Azure CLI) ([07:00]) Regarding the https://redmondmag.com/articles/2017/10/16/microsoft-dublin-datacenter-case.aspx (Microsoft Dublin Datacenter Case) ([09:30]) https://blogs.microsoft.com/datalaw/category/brad-smith/?filter_post_type=post (Data Law (Brad Smith, Microsoft)) ([12:00]) Brent Ozar’s post on https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2017/12/gdpr-stopped-selling-stuff-

Noted science fiction author, Arthur C. Clarke once noted that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” If you want to see this in action, then head no further to https://www.tripsavvy.com/find-the-magiquest-fantasy-attraction-3266578 (the nearest place) you can play http://www.magiquest.com (MagiQuest). Players are given an RFID enabled wand and go on a scavenger hunt to obtain “enchanted items.” When players point the wand at various objects, these inanimate objects respond either by opening, lighting up or speaking. It looks exactly like magic.  

In this episode, Frank and Andy chat with Amanda Lange, technology evangelist at Microsoft, games journalist, and data aficionado. Links Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: https://entdna.com (Enterprise Data & Analytics) Notable Quotes Frank is working on a https://www.wintellectnow.com/ (Wintellect) on https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/clouds/government/request/ (Azure Gov) ([1:30]) Amanda’s site is http://secondtruth.com/ (Second Truth.com) ([99:00]) The psychology of games ([5:30]) Movie reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/ (Back to the Future) ([6:30]) How an Apple Watch or FitBit knows you’re asleep ([7:10]) Game violence activates sections of the brain (but it’s short-lived) ([8:30]) Andy lives in Farmville-not-the-game ([10:30]) https://www.zynga.com/ (Zynga) and A/B testing ([10:45]) Amanda plays a lot of https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/ (Overwatch) these days ([11:30]

In this episode, Frank and Andy catch up with Audrey Hammonds, the other half of the http://datachix.com (Data Chix duo). Links Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: http://entdna.com (Enterprise Data & Analytics) Notable Quotes Frank’s cold/allergies ([1:00]) Andy is now http://entdna.com (Enterprise Data & Analytics)‘ Chief Data Engineer ([2:00]) Frank wants to be more like http://datadriven.tv/buck_woody/ (Buck Woody) ([3:00]) https://www.innovativearchitects.com/ (Innovative Architects) ([3:50]) Hurricane Irma disrupted Data Driven! ([5:00]) http://datachix.com/ (Data Chix) ([5:20]) https://palmbeachtech.org/ (Palm Beach Tech Association) ([5:45]) Audrey lives at the beach ([8:00]) Audrey escaped COBOL… ([9:50]) … and learned https://www.oracle.com (Oracle) in the Air Force ([12:00]) On COBOL… ([13:00]) Audrey studied Bio-Medical Engineering in college ([14:30]) On building toys

Frank and Andy talk with Kira Wetzel about girls+data, running, Harry Potter, and the stream of consciousness. https://www.girlsanddata.org () Links Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: http://entdna.com (Enterprise Data & Analytics) Notable Quotes Frank’s home improvement ([2:15]) Kira’s LinkedIn profile ([4:00]) https://www.girlsanddata.org/ (Girls and Data) ([4:30]) http://datadriven.tv/datapoint-talking-girls-data-sql-saturday-charlotte/ (Data Point: Girls and Data at SQL Saturday Charlotte) ([5:12]) https://www.tableau.com/ (Tableau) ([6:00]) “Say a Prayer” ([9:30]) Tourist-y stuff ([12:00]) “Quaint” ([13:00]) “Data found me.” ([13:30]) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A (TI-99), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q*bert (Q*bert), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BurgerTime (BurgerTime) ([16:40]) https://www.girlsanddata.org/ (Girls and Data) ([

In this Data Point, Andy talks to the folks who organized and volunteered at the girls + data event at the recent SQL Saturday Charlotte. Also, Andy tries to get a family member billable.

Frank and Andy chat about the people and things Andy saw at this year’s PASS Summit and Frank talks about his appearance on another data science podcast. Links Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: http://entdna.com (Enterprise Data & Analytics) Notable Quotes Andys excellent PASS Summit 2017 Adventure ([0:58]) Frank responded well ([6:20]) https://podcastwebsites.com/account/aff.php?aff=538 (Podcast Websites rock!) ([9:00]) Frank got it working ([11:50]) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/data-science-virtual-machine/provision-vm (Azure Data Science VM) ([14:20]) “How much does that cost?” ([15:15]) “How big is that row?” ([17:15]) On delivering Microsoft demos… ([18:05]) I am Frank’s hero! ([20:30]) Biml in the PASS Summit 2017 Day 1 Keynote. ([20:50]) “Stealth Biml…” ([21:40]) https://smile.amazon.com/Biml-Book-Intelligence-Warehouse-

Andy bumps into a fellow Virginian at the annual PASS Summit and they talk BIML.