While working as a data scientist is a rewarding career, there are no shortages of tricky situations and encounters involved (we’re looking at you, business team). To lower your blood pressure, here are a few of our favourite groan-inducing data science jokes to impress and bother you

As a retailer in the age of big data, knowledge is power. It’s no secret that consumer shopping data is a hot commodity in today’s digital age, and shoppers are willing to sacrifice data about themselves in order to reap the benefits of loyalty programs and special offers. According t

I just read an article in the globeandmail about the challenges of foreign ownership of telecom companies. For all telcos it’s about the convergence of phone, broadcast, Internet as a single ubiquitous thing that doesn’t even have a name yet. Imagine being the person in 10

I just read an article in the globeandmail about the challenges of foreign ownership of telecom companies. For all telcos it’s about the convergence of phone, broadcast, Internet as a single ubiquitous thing that doesn’t even have a name yet. Imagine being the person in 10

“I do not read attachments if you do not respect my time by summarizing it in the body.”  See http://www.dilbert.com/2010-04-21/  This was a recent Dilbert cartoon.  I have not gone to that length but the idea made me pause.  Who are the peopl

I found the following article interesting as this was something we had been discussing during a debate of Netezza vs Teradata.  One of the comments was to go with Teradata and use the vendor provided analytical LDM relevant to the clients industry.  This is a g

I recently discovered university courses on-line free at Itunes U.  For an introduction for go to http://www.apple.com/ca/education/mobile-learning/ There are video and audio courses from some of the best universities in the world.  You can watch professors from Harv