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Self-Service Business Intelligence and Analytics Means Self-Service

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:28:47 PST

The mantra of "self-service" is now reaching a crescendo in the business intelligence and analytics community. Jorgen Heizenberg of CapGemini acknowledges budget constraints in the current economy...

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Death of the Star Schema?

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:26:47 PST

by Tom Gleeson of Gobán Saor With the release of the next version of PowerPivot (Microsoft) around the corner (mid March I think), I’ve been re-acquainting myself with its new features. Most of...

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The End of Football in America

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:27:34 PST

Tyler Cowen and Kevin Grier of Grantland make an interesting case for the end of football in America: The most plausible route to the death of football starts with liability suits. Precollegiate...

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Mathematics, Problem-Solving, and Critical Thinking

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:11:35 PST

The following is extracted from a speech presented by Grace Fu to winners of the Singapore Mathematical Society's Annual Prize Presentation Ceremony in 2008: Mathematics will imbue you with...

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Conceptual Mathematics in Singapore

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:28:06 PST

The arrival of conceptual mathematics as an alternative teaching approach to procedural mathematics is now taking the world by storm. The so-called "Singapore mathematics method," which emphasizes...

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From "Business Intelligence" to "Business Analytics"

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:53:07 PST

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Analytics: Hotter Than Ever

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:28:59 PST

Timo Elliott is predicting that 2012 will be the year that analytics takes the lead as a business driver in today's economy: The real trend this year is not the technology. It’s about helping...

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What is Smugness?

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:47:02 PST

smug adj Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self-righteously complacent: "the smug look of a toad breakfasting on fat marsh flies" (William...

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Visualizing Human Migration Patterns

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:50:08 PST

Even Westvang uses Deluge software to track the migrations of 300,000 Norwegians using individual tax filing data (which is public domain in Norway). The result is a visualization...

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Design Your Own Profession

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:00 PST

Prof Anne-Marie Slaughter offers the following sage advice to those just beginning their careers: Forget the titles on the org charts and the advertised positions. Design your own profession and...

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Small Business Owners' Views on Big Business Taxes

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:29:55 PST

A recent small business owners' survey report published by the American Sustainable Business Council, Main Street Alliance, and Small Business Majority (2012) concluded the following: Small business...

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Three Obstacles to Predictive Analytics

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:13:24 PST

SimaFore cites three key obstacles that firms confront along the path to predictive analytics: Lack of data maturity Inadequate technology Lack of executive support Read More Multi-Monte Carlo...

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US Jobs Recovery Will Take Years

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:09:53 PST

According to forecasts by the Hamilton Project, a full US jobs recovery will apparently take many years given that the US is currently creating approximately 200,000 new jobs per month. When one...

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Stand-Up Meetings are the Future

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:18:28 PST

Stand-up meetings are becoming the new norm in business. The advantages of stand-up meeetings become obvious when one considers how much time is generally wasted in sit-down meetings where...

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US Employment to Population Ratio in Stagnation

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:25:41 PST

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the US employment to population ratio* for January 2012 stood at 57.8%, down significantly from 58.5% the previous month, but up slightly from 57.6%...

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Richard Feynman: Imagining Electromagnetic Waves

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:23:15 PST

Prof Richard Feynman on imagining electromagnetic waves: I’ll tell you what I see. I see some kind of vague showy, wiggling lines — here and there an E and a B written on them somehow, and perhaps...

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Petrus van Uhm: Guns and Peace

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:52:44 PST

Gen Petrus van Uhm's speech that follows is a persuasive admonition about why the world needs people with guns to protect the peace.

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Good News: Foxconn is Hiring High Tech Workers

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:40:07 PST

There's good news in high tech hiring! Apple's manufacturing subsidiary, Foxconn, is looking for thousands of motivated high tech workers to expand production of their venerable line of iPad and...

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Charles Seife: On Mathematical Deception

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:36:14 PST

Prof Charles Seife cautions vigilance in the face of what he describes as "the dark arts of mathematical deception." I regret that good people continue to be bamboozled and victimized by...

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What is a Racketeer?

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:32:11 PST

racketeer n A person who commits crimes such as extortion, loansharking, bribery, and obstruction of justice in furtherance of illegal business activities. Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) in...

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Jeb Corliss Conquers the Matterhorn

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:33:12 PST

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Tim O'Reilly: Business Intelligence Now

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:31:06 PST

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Well Said...

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:51:11 PST

"You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional." ~ Joe Paterno Joseph Vincent Paterno (1926-2012) (photo by Allenmock) Related Posts

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Wall Street Racketeering Alleged

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:12:34 PST

As reported in Bloomberg (2012, January 21): Jon Corzine, MF Global Holdings Ltd.’s former chief executive officer, was sued under U.S. racketeering law by commodity customers alleging he and other...

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US National Debt Increases by Presidential Era

noreply@blogger.com (Dr William J McKibbin) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:58:12 PST

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