5 lessons I learned in 41 years of IT
On an early spring day in 1976 fresh out of college with a math...
Tag Archives: legacy data
5 Challenges of Data Lineage
The concept of data lineage is not new. In the early data processing days,...
Hard data management
Data management is hard. Don’t let any vendor tell you they have tools that...
The strategy of hoarding pens and data
This morning my page-a-day calendar asked me to draw something that makes me happy....
10 Random questions on Tom’s mind
I keep my eyes open for things that pertain to the data world. I...
Fitting a square VARCHAR in a round hole
VARCHAR and CHAR datatypes are attractive. On the surface they offer flexibility and accommodate...
5 things I learned in 2014
Maybe it’s because I am getting older, but I pay more attention when I...
Putting lipstick on the pig
Today’s blog post definitely shows my rural Midwest upbringing. Whether it is in the...
When wrong is right
Over the past month an interesting modeling challenge surfaced on a large project at...