Last week (Jan 17-18) I had an opportunity to spend two days listening to the likes of Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Twitter, NVidia, and others discuss advancements in the realm of AI. Topics ranged from the […]
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Fresh Start on a New Journey
Often throughout my career we’ve often discussed the journey… It could be the journey to automation, analytics journey from reporting to data as product, or just a journey of self development. I’d like to take […]
Machine Learning: Powering Our Podcast…
One of the things I’ve come to learn in my social media life is that written words are powerful. As sage and wise as I may appear with this salty beard and Santa Claus-like stature, […]
2017… A Big Data Beard Recap
Today is the last day of 2017, another year in the books. It’s been a great year for the Big Data Beard team. We added 5 new members, launched the Big Data Beard podcast and […]
Big Data 101.1-Visions-AI-“We Are Legion, We Are Bob”
My family and I just completed our annual pre-Christmas pilgrimage to ski and snowboard in Colorado. For the ride we listened to “We Are Legion, We Are Bob” by Dennis E. Taylor. (In addition to […]
The Big Data Beard team takes a crack at Machine Learning
Machine learning is one of the hottest IT and data analytics buzz words of the year. In fact, CNBC ranked it among the top 4 tech buzz words of 2017 which means there must be […]
Ongoing Syllabus and References for Curriculum to Big Data (Frequently Updated)
Preparation for Practical Stream of Consciousness Curriculum to Big Data and Geekery (Ongoing Journey into the Heart of Data Darkness_201712xx_v01) 101.1 Visions Literature We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Bobiverse Book 1; Dennis E. Taylor; […]
A Practical Stream of Consciousness Curriculum to Big Data 101.1-Intro or Ongoing Journey into the Heart of Data Darkness_20171209_v01
Within any organization there are groups of individuals who are seldom seen but are some of the hardest working, ofttimes under-appreciated, and yet the most critical resources to the company. There is one such group […]
O’Reilly has grown a Big Data Beard!
On behalf of the entire Big Data Beard team, I am really excited to announce that we are now an official community partner and sponsor for ALL of the Strata Data and Artificial Intelligence global […]
Splunk .conf 2017 Session – Dragons and Splunk Do Not Do Well In Captivity
Recently Kyle Prins and I were afforded the great honor and privilege to speak at Splunk .conf 2017 in Washington D.C.. Our objective was essentially three fold: Talk about typical customers’ Splunk journey with real […]