Human Resource Management for MBA and Business Masters by Iain Henderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars The book Human Resource Management for MBA and Business Masters students offered an excellent introduction to the study of HRM, and I thoroughly recommend it as a way of cutting through the MBA material on HRM. If you … Continue reading Book Review: Human Resource Management for MBA and Business Masters
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People by Aditya Y. Bhargava My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've just finished reading the Manning book called Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People This is a very readable book, with great diagrams and a very visual style. I … Continue reading Book Review: Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People
Don't you think that the amount of Big Data technologies in Azure is very confusing? I've distilled some information from the official Microsoft Azure blog so it's easier to read.
Perhaps a better subtitle might be: 'Start with Why: how Great leaders inspire others to focus' and succeed. Great leaders and organizations are good at seeing what most people can't see, which is the mindset of having a longer-term vision. Starting with clear focus and *why* is a great start, and presumably shows that you … Continue reading Business Book Review: Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Fast by Gordon Tredgold My rating: 5 of 5 stars Review here http://www.datarelish.com/blog/2017/5... View all my reviews
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Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder by Rudy Rucker My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this book years ago, and it has stayed with me. I was lucky enough to find a copy for 50p in a bookshop close to the University of Glasgow, and it's stayed with me for about twenty years. It's … Continue reading Review: Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder
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How does Collective Intelligence manifest itself in the SQL Server community? In case you are wondering, Collective intelligence is intelligence that emerges from the group, and shows itself in the collaboration and competition of many individuals. The way I look at it, this can be easily translated to the SQL Community which is a lively … Continue reading Collective Intelligence in the SQL Community
I try to apply the principle of Intelligent Laziness to make life as straightforward as possible. It's hard to find meaning and clarity in a world that guarantees neither, and the Absurd perspective means that I do not stop trying in any case. Please note that I'm not associated with GoDaddy in any way, and I'll … Continue reading Intelligent Laziness: Connecting to a GoDaddy SQL Server using SSIS and Tableau
Porting and deploying SSIS 2008 packages as part of the software development life cycle can be a tricky process! Applying the principles of 'Intelligent Laziness', here are some thoughts around the best package configuration method to use which results in the minimum work with the maximum long-term results! There are two main issues regarding porting packages from development through to the … Continue reading SSIS and Intelligent Laziness: SQL Server Package Configurations
Further to my earlier theme of Intelligent Laziness, here is some key advice before setting out on the journey of creating Analysis Services cubes. Hopefully this advice will help you to 'Work Smart' rather than 'Work Hard'! Take the users along with you on the journeyIf the end users don't understand the cube, then they … Continue reading Intelligent Laziness in Analysis Services 2008: Working Smart rather than Working Harder!