09 Tuesday Jun 2020
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Martyn Richard Jones
Oza dos Rios 9th June 2020
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The purpose of language is to communicate—usually the conveyance of meaning from one entity to another. The value of communication is based on the availability of timely, appropriate and adequate information. In this way, it is positive. But communication can also be used to manipulate, deceive and confuse.
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I wrote an article that took to task purveyors of the data lakehouse nonsense. It got plenty of positive reactions and quite a few negative opinions. But what surprised me the most were the number of people who had already swallowed their pitch. Hook, line and sinker.
So why did I bother to express my opinions on the subject?
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To celebrate the United Nations World Telecommunication and Information Society Day and International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, my new eBook laughing@bigdata will be free to download from all Amazon sites on Sunday 17th May 2020.
Continue reading08 Friday May 2020
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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.
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Continue reading21 Sunday Feb 2016
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This week, I expound a radical approach to curbing abuse of the term ‘strategy’. Why did I choose to pick a strategy this week? Simples, it is the most overabused term in the entire deck of bullshit bingo cards.
For me, strategy in a business context only has one truly appropriate meaning. Strategy is a cohesive and coherent response to a significant challenge. Nothing more and nothing less.
21 Sunday Feb 2016
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Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres – Voltair
My gran used to tell me that honesty pays. Of course, she never really understood banking or IT, probably because she didn’t really want to know anything about them. She never lived to witness the amazing hype circuses, hear the spin-doctors’ mendacious spiel or partake in the focus-group dog-and-pony shows of the 21st century. Indeed, if honesty were guaranteed, my grandmother would have amassed more wealth than Warren Buffett.
21 Sunday Feb 2016
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2016, Athletic, AupaCordoba, bigdata, BigIdeas2016, BuggerOffBernice, ComeOnYouBaggies, Forbes, HalaMadrid, IT, Oeoeoeoe, Predictions, UpTheMightyVilla
Step up to the plate, get real with the bleeding-edge reality that we are facing, and seize the bull by the horns, as time is fast running out.
Yes, the moment of truth has arrived. It’s time to choose on which side of history we want to be on. Now is the time to make up our minds. The choices are clear. Big Data or the dark unknown? Continue reading