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REVEALING WEALTH: USING BIG DATA TO FIGHT TAX EVASION – MARTYN JONES

14 Thu May 2020

Posted by Martyn Jones in All Data, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, dark data, data architecture, Data governance, data hub, Data Lake, data management, Data Mart, data science, Data Supply Framework, Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing, Europe, European Union, Inform, educate and entertain., Tax avoidance, Tax evasion, The Big Data Contrarians, The hidden wealth of nations

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REVEALING WEALTH: USING BIG DATA TO FIGHT TAX EVASION – MARTYN JONES

If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper-middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end – people like myself – should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we’ve ever had it.

Warren Buffett

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Laughing at Big Data – eBook – Great new insight into realities of IT

08 Fri May 2020

Posted by Martyn Jones in Inform, educate and entertain.

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Laughing@BigData – New data eBook available at Amazon

Why laugh at Big Data? Informative, educating and entertaining, Laughing@BigData gives you real insider views on big data, agile, AI, data, deep learning, data warehousing, data lakes, IT strategy, leadership and management and much more. If you have the theory this gives you insight into the practice.

Get it from Amazon. It’s super-easy.

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Big Data Robitussin

06 Wed May 2020

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Join the big data Robitussin revolution

When I was a kid, that’s all we had was Robitussin. Whatever you got, Robitussin better handle it. I broke my leg once; daddy poured Robitussin all over it.

Chris Rock

What does big-data have to do with Robitussin? Let me explain.

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The big-data “wow wow” factor – big data, analytics and trading

06 Wed May 2020

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It’s not over even when the dead cat bounces.

Coco Jones

Hi, I’m Ricky Jones, boss and co-founder of Becci Boo International Investments. Last week we said goodbye to our best big-data energy commodity trader. It was sad to see him leave. He’d been with us for many years.

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STRAIGHT TALK: Agile@Scale is bullshit by design

06 Wed May 2020

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It takes courage to makes things simple.

E. F. Schumacher

To begin at the beginning

To paraphrase the advertising legend Bob Hoffman: ‘Just when you thought that if evangelists for Agile were to generate one more ounce of bullshit, the entire fucking solar system would explode, what do they do? Exceed expectations.’

And how do they do that? Ladies and gentlemen, I’ll let you into a little secret about this Agile@Scale stuff, including a brief tour of some of the miscellaneous, spiced-up and vainglorious crap-on-the-side that accompanies it.

But first, a quick look at Agile.

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Laughing@BigData

27 Mon Apr 2020

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LAUGHING@BIGDATA – THE GREATEST DATA STORY EVER TOLD!

MARTYN JONES

APRIL 2020

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The secrets of big data success!

26 Sun Apr 2020

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Martyn Richard Jones

San Martiño de Bandoxa

26th April 2020

Like the article? Buy my new ebook Laughing@BigData!

USA (~ 9.98 USD): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B086HS6VWX

United Kingdom (~ 7.99 GBP): http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086HS6VWX


Here, for the first time in the history of data, we have a clear vision for the future of data in business. This vision takes the form of three pillars of data wisdom:

  1. The three secrets of big data success.
  2. The sixty-minute big data strategy.
  3. The three vital big data strategies.
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The Big Data Contrarians @1600

24 Fri Apr 2020

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Martyn Richard Jones

San Martiño de Bandoxa

24th April 2020

USA (~ 9.98 USD): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B086HS6VWX

United Kingdom (~ 7.99 GBP): http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086HS6VWX

For more options see text following the article.

The big-data contrarians

In fact, men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth – often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable.

Hypatia

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Want to know where to get my ebook Laughing@BigData? The greatest data stories ever told? Here it is…

24 Fri Apr 2020

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LAUGHING@BIGDATA – THE GREATEST DATA STORY EVER TOLD!

My new ebook about Agile, AI, data, deep learning, IT and much more.

Highly polemic, contrarian and insightful. It informs, educates and entertains. It incites thought, reflection and reassessment. It’s delightfully seductive, easy to read and hard to put down. And there’s a lot of it. So, you won’t be left indifferent.

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STRAIGHT TALK: Agile@Scale is Bullshit by Design

21 Tue Apr 2020

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Martyn Richard Jones

San Martiño de Bandoxa

21st April 2020


ADVERT:

LAUGHING@BIGDATA – THE GREATEST DATA STORY EVER TOLD!

A new ebook about Agile, AI, data, deep learning, IT, machine learning and more.

It’s highly polemic, contrarian and insightful. It informs, educates and entertains. And there’s a lot of it. You won’t be left indifferent.

Here’s an update on developments.

Laughing@BigData

For greater convenience my Brand new ebook Laughing@BigData (Kindle Edition) is now available at the following Amazon locations:

USA (around 9.98 USD): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086HS6VWX

United Kingdom (around 7.99 GBP): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086HS6VWX

Germany (around 8.99 EUR): https://www.amazon.de/dp/B086HS6VWX

France (around 8.99 EUR): https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B086HS6VWX

Spain (around 8.99 EUR): https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B086HS6VWX

Italy (around 8.99 EUR): https://www.amazon.it/dp/B086HS6VWX

Netherlands (around 8.99 EUR): https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B086HS6VWX

Japan (around 1,099 YEN): https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B086HS6VWX

Brazil (around 24.99 BRL): https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B086HS6VWX

Canada(around 9.99 CAD): https://www.Amazon.ca/dp/B086HS6VWX

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India (around 449 INR): https://www.amazon.in/dp/B086HS6VWX

Please consider sharing these links and a recommendation with friends, connections, groups, colleagues, partners, peers, family and bosses.

Oiling the wheels-of-industry during COVID-19.

Thanks a million! Stay safe and keep well!

Martyn


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