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Blame the Data!

27 Sunday Sep 2026

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Inform, educate and entertain.

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data architecture, data governance, Data Quality, Enterprise Data, IT Project Failure

If in Doubt, Blame ‘Data Quality’

Author: Martyn Rhisiart Jones – Date published: 27th September 2026

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It doesn’t matter what you’re trying to build, what grand architectural strategy you’ve pitched to the board, or whether you even know what you’re doing in the first place. When a project implodes, there is one universal, infallible get-out-of-jail-free card: blame the quality of the data.

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Laughing at Tech Hype: A Survival Manual for Data Professionals

20 Sunday Sep 2026

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Inform, educate and entertain.

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Business Books, data-strategy, Enterpriuse Data, IT Project Failure, Tech Hype, Tech Satire

El Jueves y la Puta Mili
El Jueves y la Puta Mili

Laughing@Data.Com (often discussed alongside The 2030 Data Agenda essays and writings) is a satirical and polemical book by veteran data architect and consultant Martyn Rhisiart Jones.

Part memoir, part industry autopsy, and part manifesto, the book takes a witty and sharp look at the absurdity of the IT and enterprise data world. Rather than being another standard tech guide, it functions as a survival manual for anyone dealing with corporate tech hype cycles.

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