Data Driven

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 http://thedatadrivenbook.com () Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Notable Quotes Andy and Frank agree https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/ (The Expanse) is well-written. ([02:00]) Frank’s super-secret conference… wasn’t. ([04:00]) You should definitely check out http://www.franksworld.com/ (Franks World) ([04:30]) Keep up with https://twitter.com/azuredatafest (Azure Data Fest) on Twitter ([05:00]) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0795DNWCF/ (AI Super-Powers) ([05:20]) Frank and Andy “learned a lot” when we tried to land a “big fish”… ([05:40]) … and were blocked on Twitter ([06:15]) (It’s all Andy’s fault. Frank’s Twitter block was collateral damage.) ([06:30]) Frank is a Microsoft AI Ambassador ([0

In this episode Frank and Andy talk with https://www.milenarodban.com/ (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 http://thedatadrivenbook.com () Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Notable Quotes Frank and Andy wax rhapsodic about the term “information superhighway.” ([00:45]) Andy has been busy working on new releases at DILM Suite. ([01:50]) Frank has been to super-secret conference… ([02:15]) Happy Birthday, Frank! ([03:00]) Our guest, https://www.milenarodban.com/ (Milena Rodban), is a Geopolitical Risk Consultant and Simulation Designer at https://versprite.com/ (VerSprite Security).([03:30]) “Geo-political flux” ([06:20]) An article on

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, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3MFRLZ?ref_=pe_2196150_146773810 (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! https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=w_bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011?ie=UTF8&node=7141123011&field-brandtextbin=Data+Driven (Data Driven T-Shirts on Amazon) https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=w_bl_sl_s_ap_web_83450031?ie=UTF8&node=83450031&field-brandtextbin=Data+Driven (Data Driven T-Shirts on Amazon.co.uk)  

Last night, I spoke at https://www.meetup.com/DC-Emerging-Technologies-DC-EMT-IoT-AI-3D-Printing/ (the DC Emerging Technologies Meetup) at the Gensler office on K Street on https://www.meetup.com/DC-Emerging-Technologies-DC-EMT-IoT-AI-3D-Printing/events/256071277/?rv=wm1&_xtd=gatlbWFpbF9jbGlja9oAJDExMWU5OWY4LTRkMzAtNDUwZi1hNWMwLWZkNTVhZGNlNDU2Zg&_af=event&_af_eid=256071277 (Applied AI: Use cases of AI in business and government). It was a really great conversation and an awesome meetup with some very smart people.

While Andy and Tim are living it on at the PASS Summit in Seattle, Frank was at the University of Virginia today https://github.com/Microsoft/computerscience/tree/master/Labs/Deep%20Learning/200%20-%20Machine%20Learning%20in%20Python (running a hands-on-lab) showing off the basics of the data science process: ingestion, processing, analysis, and visualization. #2Hosts2Coasts

Andy catches up with what he’s been up to at the PASS 2019 Summit, SQL Server 2019, and driving late at night.

In this DataPoint, roving reporter Tim McAliley explains what he’s been up to on the last day of PASS 2018.

Andy is at PASS 2018 waiting for the Day 2 Keynote to start.

PASS 2018 is this week in Seattle, Washington. Andy is on site and he even has a booth for https://entdna.com/ (Enterprise DNA)! Rumor has it that there’s even a Data Driven logo on the booth! We are also excited to have https://twitter.com/SysFrameWorks (Timothy McAliley) as our very first “roving reporter” covering events and happenings all around the conference. Be sure https://www.facebook.com/DataDrivenTV/ (to like us on Facebook) to stay up to date and have access to all the bloopers we make while recording DataPoints!

Hurricane Florence hit the US East Coast nearly seven weeks ago, yet the cleanup is on going and many people’s lives are still not back to normal. In this DataPoint, Andy talks about the importance to remembering that there are people behind the statistics and data we gather. Frank’s Thoughts: What prompted me to think about this was how in the first few years after 9/11, I had shared my photos of the event with a researcher at NIST. In email exchange, I remember explaining to him that I would send him more data after I attended “another memorial service, third one this week.” He wrote back snarkily, “you know a lot of dead people.” To which I replied, “I knew a lot of people in the Towers.” He wrote back quickly, apologizing how his excitement for data collection got the better of him and he never really thought about the people who died and that he’s not just researching a fire, but a mass murder. That interchange stuck with me and, as I saw parallels between our excitement about “Andy Weat

In his session from Azure Data Fest Reston 2018, Frank explores reinforcement learning.  As an added bonus, Andy (who’s holding the camera) chimes in now and then.

In this keynote session from Azure Data Fest 2018 Reston, Data Driven’s very own Andy Leonard discusses and demonstrates migrating SSIS to Azure Data Factory Integration Runtime.

In this keynote from the Azure Data Fest 2018 in Reston, Mark Brown dives deep into Microsoft Azure’s globally distributed database, Cosmos DB. He covers concepts then dive into specific features and capabilities that make this database the key to building global applications and services in the cloud.