Kurt Cagle is the former contributing editor for Data Science Central. Kurt is a published author with more than twenty books to his credit, and has been working as a technology editor for years, writing for Forbes, O'Reilly Media, IDC and others. He has also been a consulting information architect and ontologist with more than twenty years experience working with Fortune 100 companies and US and European agencies, and is a frequent speaker at conferences on data technologies.
The Importance of Dimensional Modeling When I was in high school, I had a superb chemistry teacher, something I, unfortunately, failed to appreciate until long… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 16 Nov 2021: The Importance of Dimensional Modeling
In the DSC November 2 editorial, I posed a question I’ve wondered about for a while. Why is it so hard to create a shared-reality… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 9 November 2021: Standardizing the Metaverse
Why Are Metaverses So Hard To Build? Facebook has been in the news lately, possibly tied into attempting to change the narrative after October’s disastrous… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 2 November 2021
When the Power Goes Out Seattle has a reputation for being rainy, though it’s actually drier than many other places that don’t have that reputation.… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 26 October 2021
1. THE DISAPPEARING DATA SCIENTIST BY KURT CAGLE MANAGING EDITOR DATA SCIENCE CENTRAL 2. THESIS: THE DATA SCIENTIST IS GOING AWAY. INSTEAD, DATA LITERACY IS BECOMING… Read More »The Disappearing Data Scientist
The Art of Model Making When I was in the seventh grade, our teacher took us on a field trip to see an architect as… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 19 October 2021
Announcements Build statistical and analytical expertise as well as the management and leadership skills necessary to implement high-level, data-driven decisions in Northwesterns Online MS in… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 12 October 2021
Facebook, Social Media, and Jumping Sharks The problem, as far as most people could tell, originated with Facebook’s need to upgrade the domain name servers… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 05 October 2021
This particular article is a discussion about a recommendation to a given standard, that of SPARQL 1.1. None of this has been implemented yet, and… Read More »Adding RDF Lists and Sequences To Sparql
Announcements The growth of self-service BI is driving organizations to create data literacy programs to ensure that business users have the data knowledge and skills… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 28 September 2021
