Data Driven

In this DataPoint, Andy teases some details on Data Driven Season 3, which is set to launch Tuesday, July 23rd along with another special project that we’ve been working on.

Recently, Amazon announced that it will spend $700 Million (USD) to retrain its employees. Why are they doing this? Simple: automation. They know that a displaced workforce would be bad political mojo at a time when the giant is facing increasing calls for regulation, even potential anti-trust action. Anti-trust laws in the US were made largely in reaction to the Standard Oil Company and its found...

Frank and Andy are in the same place for the first time in a while, so they meet up to plan season 3 of Data Driven.

I’m at an OpenHack today learning about Knowledge Mining.

In this Data Point, Frank marks the two year anniversary of Data Driven’s launch and talks about the future.

In this Data Point, Andy ponders the ethics of lying to the machines, how that adds bias, and what the consequences may be.

In this Data Point, Andy discusses our recent interview with Anders Schneiderman, What’s it going to take for neglected communities to come back to life? How are workers going to be retooled? What’s the practical application here?

In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Anders Schneiderman ( LinkedIn ), founder of Makers All  and author of a report titled  How to Help Communities Transform Emerging Tech So They Can Shape Their Destinies .

Quick DataPoint today to make you aware that Kent Bradshaw – a data scientist who works with me at Enterprise Data & Analytics  – and I are delivering a free webinar titled Loading Medical Data with SSIS Wednesday 17 Apr 2019 at [12:00] PM EDT.

In this Data Point, Frank talks about a new offering: the Chatbot Workshop as well as his journey from bot-skeptic to bot-evangelist. Here’s the book I referenced in the DataPoint

Andy has been working on a way to test SSIS package execution in Windows containers using the SSIS Catalog. That’s a lot of moving parts, which made for a lot of blog posts. Watch the video from the Data Driven TV Facebook page : Read the series at andyleonard.blog : Part 0 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Enjoy! :{>

In this Data Point, Frank ponders the wider impact on jobs and businesses related to self-driving cars that are not immediately obvious. From driving schools to truck stops, everyone will feel the change. The question then becomes: how can we prepare the workforce for the impending upheaval in the job market? Will teaching to the test cut it? Or are we going to have to make learning play and play...

In this DataPoint, Frank discovers that Chuck E. Cheese is tracking game playing statistics with the use of RFID cards and how to look up your own data with their in store kiosks.  

While grabbing coffee at a recently renovated McDonald’s, Frank ponders the future of work: both low-skill and higher skill work. There’s going to be no hiding from this: we are truly on the Eve of Disruption, where AI will impact everyone everywhere. It’s not all gloom and doom and there might be a strategy to survive and even thrive now and in the next economy.

In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to two guests, Ronald Schmelzer and Kathleen Walch, co-founders of  Cognilytica and co-hosts of the AI Today podcast . Links Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Notable Quotes Cognilytica is amazing!( [04:00] ) All chatbots are dumb – for now. ( [09:00] ) Machine Learning vs. Machine Reasoning ( [11:30] )...

Frank and Andy mix things up a bit and talk about running R in SQL Azure, becoming Anti-Fragile, Appalachia, and how they got blocked by a big time blogger. Links Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Notable Quotes Andy and Frank agree The Expanse is well-written. ( [02:00] ) Frank’s super-secret conference… wasn’t. ( [04:00] ) You...

In this episode Frank and Andy talk with Milena Rodban , a Geopolitical Risk Consultant and Simulation Designer, which might be the best job title ever. Milena discusses the importance of data and the often overlooked security aspects around data, especially when set against the backdrop of  complex business and security  environments. Links Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when...

This week, Frank is at (near) Microsoft’s headquarters just outside Seattle, Washington, attending internal, possibly even secret,  training.  In this impromptu Data Point, he chats with fellow attendees about AI, Ethics, and the ever-present Unintended Consequences of technological advancement.

In this Data Point, Frank explains why you should be playful with your data and judicious with your time in this unusually philosophical Data Point

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy talk to Trey Johnson about ETL, Data, and fixing up old cars.  

In this DataPoint, Andy reflect on software development, SSIS Catalog Compare, and his philosophies on testing software. Also, if you want to grab a cool SSIS t-shirt, get it from Amazon today for $19  . You get some sweet geeky swag and your purchase helps fund the show.

In this free excerpt from Andy’s Fundamentals of Azure Data Factory course, Andy shows off some of his prowess with ADF with our listeners.

In this Data Point recorded at a Costco during the post-holiday shopping season, Frank explains his algorithm for determining that magical point when a lot of data becomes “Big Data.” Given the constant advances in storage technologies, that borderline is a moving goalpost that’s hard to measure. Or is it?

In case you’re wondering, why it’s been quiet here, Frank had a car accident last Monday and, in this Data Point, shares his hastened desire for self-driving cars. Also a cameo by a dog. Normal schedule should resume shortly.

In this Thanksgiving episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy reflect on the two years since the inception of Data Driven at a humble Dunkin Donuts in Gaithersburg, MD.   Support the show! Data Driven T-Shirts on Amazon Data Driven T-Shirts on Amazon.co.uk