Fine Products for the Modern Drudge
As working hours in tech trend upwards, we look at some ways to make life easier.
2014-10-13
126 reads
DaveConvery
The Broad View
An ingenuous use of existing data leads to the thought - when are we so deep in our work that we can't see how to improve?
2014-08-18
42 reads
About the Size of Things
There have been some noticable failures of big IT projects this week, but are they always a problem?
2014-04-25
109 reads
The End of Privacy: Tragically Comical Edition
It’s hard to avoid privacy-based stories at the moment, with growing concern over government snooping and the limits of power. But where I’m based, in the UK, there’s a new, fully-privatised invasion of privacy. One marketing company has created an outdoor wi-fi basestation that grabs your phone’s MAC address as you pass, with the idea […]
2013-08-19
79 reads
Big Data: Cash Cow or Horsemeat?
The big data revolution seems to have failed to materialise, and for good reason - it's really difficult.
2013-02-18
179 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
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Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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