Data Management 5 Challenges of Data Lineage Author tombilcze Date December 16, 2016 The concept of data lineage is not new. In the early data processing days,...
Data Management Hard data management Author tombilcze Date June 10, 2016 Data management is hard. Don’t let any vendor tell you they have tools that...
Data Management The strategy of hoarding pens and data Author tombilcze Date February 11, 2016 This morning my page-a-day calendar asked me to draw something that makes me happy....
Data Management 10 Random questions on Tom’s mind Author tombilcze Date April 24, 2015 I keep my eyes open for things that pertain to the data world. I...
Conferences ERworld and the epic life Author tombilcze Date January 23, 2015 I am an optimist and social media junkie for inspirational and motivational people. Two...
Conferences What I did last week at Data Modeling Zone Author tombilcze Date October 30, 2014 I wondered why my teachers were so fascinated with what I did during the...
Data Management Data modelers, Your move governor Author tombilcze Date March 28, 2014 Fifteen years ago I was entrenched in a large data warehousing effort. The project...
Teamwork Walking in someone else’s shoes Author tombilcze Date April 29, 2011 “You can’t really know a person until you walk a mile in their shoes.”...
Data Management A More Worldly View of Metadata Author tombilcze Date January 14, 2011 Metadata seems to be on mind quite a bit lately. Maybe it’s because I...
Database Design When wrong is right Author tombilcze Date October 15, 2010 Over the past month an interesting modeling challenge surfaced on a large project at...