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Easy to sale ain’t Easy to build

Easy to sale software: has a nice UI (neat logo, neat look and feel) is easy to set up quickly and to demo (has a lot of “by default” options so you don’t need to tweak everything to start with) … Continue reading

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Humanity is just a big statistical database

In the past 2 years, we have seen some applications emerging with ideas and concepts coming from Business Intelligence but for individuals. They are applications which provide analytical functions about some specific area of individual’s life, as personal finance analysis … Continue reading

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Stuff Warehousing (step #1: Detecting the need)

My job in the Business Intelligence field often involves dealing with data warehouses, which are big databases organized to suit reporting and data analysis needs, it is an organised place to store data. Just like a closet is an organized … Continue reading

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Where do I go?

Just random thoughts coming across my mind as I was daydreaming about various software solutions… One preoccupation I had was: how to make something useful, purposeful and valuable? Well, I realized it was a tough question, To escape the resulting … Continue reading

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SNCF vending machines (try to) run windows

Location: Poissy (Paris Area) Date: 2008-01-23 That’s why these train tickets vending machines are soooo slow when they are not down !!! Now I understand…

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