Frank La Vigne, Author at DataDriven

Special It’s 5PM. Do you know where your data is?

Fresh on the heels of ClearDB deleting his entire blog – every post, every comment, everything – Frank reflects on what went wrong, how not to do customer service, and the cloud’s vulnerability to bureaucratic SNAFUs.

Julie Smith on Escape Rooms, Percussive Maintenance, and Data Science

In this episode, Frank and Andy talk with Julie Smith, a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Datawarehousing Architect and half of the Data Chix bloggers. Show notes coming soon, we’re still blaming the eclipse.

DataPoint Data and Disasters

On the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Frank reflects on his personal experience and the impact of data analytics in the wake of disasters: both natural and unnatural. Links Frank’s personal account of 9/11 Pictures from NYC that day Titanic: Machine Learning from Disaster Visualizing Hurricane Sandy with NHC data

Kent Bradshaw on the Microsoft Data Science Professional Certification

In this episode, Frank and Andy talk with Kent Bradshaw, who recently completed the Microsoft Professional Data Science Certification. They chat about the program and about what could be a great Visual Studio Add-in for golf.

The Data Adventure Has Just Begun

In this episode, Frank and Andy reflect on the ethical, legal, and scientific implications of creating AI chat bots based on deceased loved ones. They then ponder what sorts of things can be done with this type of technology, from marketing to political campaigns, and what a certain billionaire social network founder with a treasure…