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DataPoint Teaching Kids About Data and Code

By Frank La Vigne | 08/02/2018

Yesterday, I had the chance to speak to a group of high school students from around the world who enrolled in a data and coding focused summer program at Georgetown University. It was a great experience and underscores the need to teach kids the importance of data as well as coding.

Amanda Lange on Games, Data, and Scanning Brainwaves

By Frank La Vigne | 12/12/2017

In this episode, Frank and Andy chat with Amanda Lange, technology evangelist at Microsoft, games journalist, and data aficionado. Links Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics Notable Quotes Frank is working on a Wintellect on Azure Gov ([1:30]) Amanda’s site…

Frank and Andy Go Fishing in the Data Stream of Consciousness

By Data Driven Team | 10/11/2017

Frank and Andy ponder the meaning of data in the Data Age, treadmill desks, health data, and re-tooling your skills for AI and Machine Learning. Links: Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics Notable Quotes Frank is working out ([0:45]) Book: Brain…

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

By Frank La Vigne | 09/13/2017

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.

DataPoint Christmas in July or How Data Helps Charities

By Frank La Vigne | 07/31/2017

While Frank is playing with robots in Pittsburgh, Andy is packing boxes for “Christmas in July.” There, he reflects on how data is helping charities better help people. Mentioned in this *DataPoint*: Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child, The Honduras Project, Prison Fellowship.