The world is yours — Keeping the now 5-year-old tradition, I put together a list of some of my favorite songs of the year (so far). I am publishing this a bit earlier this year. It’s going to be a busy December and I wanted to make sure to get it done. The list is…

Categorizing design decisions in enterprise product development — It’s an interesting time to be a data practitioner. Never before has capital followed the needs of data teams so closely and intently. At the same time, the growth and evolution of the data infrastructure and tooling market has created grounds for critique, hot takes, and calls for action. As…

A list of seven habits — This post captures the essence of my experience building teams at various companies. The title and outline are from the book by Stephen Covey. Be proactive. Effective data teams are proactive about infrastructure decisions, about customer data protection, and about the design of their organization. Begin with the end in mind. Effective data teams identify, firstly, the business…

Case 1: Evaluating MLOps platforms — I recently spoke at the apply(meetup), an event bringing together ML and data practitioners. Thanks to Kevin, Demetrios, Tecton for making this happen! Below is the transcript of my 10-minute talk. Introduction Not so long ago, I met with over 20 MLOps and another 10 DataOps companies to understand their challenges…

Everlasting game — Keeping the 4-year-old tradition, I put together a list of some of my favorite songs. The list is ordered so the songs flow well. I hope you like it. The songs Everlasting Game (feat. Masta Ace & DJ Ill Dijitz) by Awon & Phoniks — Nothing Less. …

It doesn’t pay to swing at every pitch — Plate discipline is an interesting concept I came across recently, learning more about baseball. Scouts and managers use metrics that measure plate discipline to assess batters and pitchers. A batter with plate discipline swings at strikes and takes all else. A strike is a pitch that passes through the strike…

All at sea, exploring the data dictionary — Data toolmakers and the larger data community have long been reclaiming water terms to refer to products, services, actions, and concepts. There is a wealth of discussion about whether data is more like oil or water. Most recently data has been likened to electricity. …

As long as there is something to strive for — Following the tradition from the last two years, I picked out 20 of my favorite songs from 2020. Before I get into the songs, I wanted to share some interesting links from friends in music. DJ Keybo I love this original mix by DJ Keybo. He describes it as, “Hip Hop &…

Let me be your DJ — Following the tradition from last year, I picked out 20 songs from 2019. Before we get into that, here are a few interesting links. My friend Q—a great source of musical inspiration—has put together best-of-2019 playlists. Surely you’ll find some treasures you missed. There is also an amazing 2019 compilation…