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What Is The Difference Between Data Quality and Data Integrity?
One of an organization’s most valuable assets is data, but it must be reliable and usable. Otherwise, it’s only in the way.

Bob Deakin
Aug 27, 20242 min read


Remembering Mike Spooner: The Californian from Massachusetts
By Bob Deakin There was only one Mike Spooner: The Californian from Massachusetts. If you met Mike, you would think he just hopped off a...

Bob Deakin
Aug 23, 20245 min read


What Happens When Your Data Lacks Integrity?
By Bob Deakin Part I in the Data Integrity Series The Harvard Business School defines data integrity as “the accuracy, completeness, and...

Bob Deakin
Aug 19, 20243 min read


John and Jane Greene Created a Legacy With the Kent GTD
Such was the credo of the Good Times Dispatch throughout the 30-year reign of John and Jane Greene.

Bob Deakin
Aug 15, 202412 min read


Dr. Valerie LaVerne Thomas Reflects on a Lifetime of Technological Inspiration to Young Women
Scientist and inventor Dr. Valerie LaVerne Thomas has contributed a lifetime of technological inspiration to young women.

Bob Deakin
Aug 12, 20244 min read


Results Driven Detail Oriented Self Starting Team Player
I am the results driven detail oriented self starting team player that you're looking for

Bob Deakin
Jul 23, 20242 min read


10th President John Tyler’s Grandson Still Alive 180 Years After Term Ended
By Bob Deakin Harrison Ruffin Tyler has lived a long and prosperous life. A chemical engineer and preservationist, he co-founded...

Bob Deakin
Jun 27, 20243 min read


The Future of Retail Analytics for the Enterprise
The SBA Office of Advocacy classifies a large business as one with more than 250 employees and $1 billion in gross receipts.

Bob Deakin
Jun 24, 20243 min read


Whether You Are an SMB or SME, Usable Analytics are SOP
By Bob Deakin Retail Analytics Series Part III: The Midsize Business Whether your retail business is classified as small or midsize, SMB...

Bob Deakin
Jun 17, 20243 min read


Retail Analytics: Big Data for Small Business
For the small business, it’s on your marketing person or team to monitor the crystal ball into your customer’s world.

Bob Deakin
Jun 11, 20243 min read


Retail Analytics: The Crystal Ball Into Your Customer’s World
Retail analytics: the crystal ball into your customer’s world. Not a secret or the sexiest topic; this subset of data science is the gateway

Bob Deakin
Jun 4, 20243 min read


Soda Jerk Wanted
I can’t believe my eyes. It’s the ad for the job I’ve been waiting a lifetime for: SODA JERK WANTED.

Bob Deakin
May 9, 20245 min read


The User Experience or the Ad Revenue? Give Me a Reason to Disable My Ad Blocker
Give me a good reason to disable my ad blocker. Not using an ad blocker is akin to putting “Kick Me” on the back of your shirt.

Bob Deakin
Mar 26, 20243 min read


Would You Paddle Board from The Bahamas to Florida?
Trisha Mitchell of Orlando will paddle board from the Bahamas to Florida to support cystic fibrosis.

Bob Deakin
Mar 22, 20243 min read


The User Experience or the Ad Revenue? How Many Ads Are Too Many?
How many ads are too many? Developers too often push the limits. They use short-term metrics rather than long-term results.

Bob Deakin
Mar 19, 20243 min read


The User Experience or the Ad Revenue? Why Should You Have to Choose?
What's more important, the user experience or the ad revenue? Why should you have to choose?

Bob Deakin
Mar 12, 20243 min read


The User Experience or the Ad Revenue? You Make the Choice
Each website publisher asked themselves long ago: What’s more important, the user experience or the ad revenue? You make the choice.

Bob Deakin
Mar 5, 20243 min read


“Baby Come Back” by That Band From the 70s
More than the song I remember the name of the band. Calling themselves Player I figure they wanted to be known as having all the right moves

Bob Deakin
Mar 1, 20244 min read


The Atlanta Rhythm Section Featuring Stevie Nicks
I recently heard about the freakish trick of playing back “Imaginary Lover” by the Atlanta Rhythm Section (1978) at a higher speed to sound.

Bob Deakin
Feb 16, 20243 min read


When Can We Call Passwords a Thing of the Past?
When can we call passwords a thing of the past? Not soon enough. Password managers are still recommended by most security sources.

Bob Deakin
Jan 31, 20243 min read
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