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It's Ok To Be Tired
"The only thing that's stressful about being an entrepreneur is every single second of every single day" - Gary Vaynerchuk While I am not...
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Aug 24, 20222 min read
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The Case for Pivoting
Proponents for specialization are everywhere today, it would seem. From LinkedIn to Indeed to Monster, hiring sites and social media...
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Jul 28, 20222 min read
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The Switch() Function in Microsoft Power BI
For those new to programming, an IF-THEN statement is a function that executes a specific code segment if when a certain condition is...
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Jul 27, 20222 min read
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The Correlation Matrix: My favorite macro system view in Power BI
I'll give a crash course in statistics as a preamble to todays post. In the field of statistics, there is a term called a correlation...
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Jul 24, 20222 min read
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Imposter Syndrome 2.0: Flipping the Script
I have been training for my first ultra-marathon since January of 2022. I was bit by the running bug after listening to the book Can't...
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Jul 23, 20222 min read
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Easy Column Filtering in Power BI with the CALCULATE() DAX Function
Anyone who has created a report for another user that includes page or visual level filters has run into the snag of the filter being...
timothyjwhite20
Jul 17, 20222 min read
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Captain Brett Crozier (USN): Empathic Leadership Personified
Countless books on leadership theory have been written throughout history. Many of these vignettes focus on leadership under fire or...
timothyjwhite20
Jul 16, 20223 min read
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Microsoft Power BI, Sparklines and Performance Scorecards
For many who have attempted a performance scorecard in Microsoft Power BI, the experience can be frustrating, to put it mildly. Unlike a...
timothyjwhite20
Jul 10, 20222 min read
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Imposter Syndrome: An Underrated Asset
“Fail often, Fail better, Fail forward” Imposter Syndrome has been described by the American Psychological Association as pervasive...
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Jul 5, 20223 min read
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Oil Analysis, SQL, and Power BI
Oil analysis is a critical tool in machine reliability. It allows the analyst to diagnose current health and rough location on a...
timothyjwhite20
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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The Continuing Fallout of The Great Resignation
Caveat: I am not an economist, and I do not work in Human Resources. This is one persons take using a slew of statistics and Inferring a...
timothyjwhite20
Jul 2, 20222 min read
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Pick Your Pain
I ran my first marathon October 24th, 2021; I plan on running my first ultra-marathon September 2nd, 2022; my wife and I welcomed our...
timothyjwhite20
Jun 23, 20222 min read
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Using Power BI as a Single Source of Truth
Caveat: the term "single source of truth" has been hijacked by salespeople, consultants, and sales engineers in every industry that...
timothyjwhite20
Jun 22, 20222 min read
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Buzzword Trigger Warning: Applied Machine Learning
"Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age." - Earnest Hemingway Machine learning has become a favorite term of...
timothyjwhite20
Jun 19, 20222 min read
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Proving Carbon Reduction and Improved Fuel Efficiency Using Power BI
Regardless of personal opinion about global warming being man-made or part of a larger climate shift, it's fair to say that cleaner...
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Jun 16, 20222 min read
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Minimum Viable Product
Doesn't look like a lot, right? I've been called many names in my life, some of them not blog appropriate, but one of favorites is...
timothyjwhite20
Jun 11, 20222 min read
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Data Production That Makes The Difference
“A professional is an amateur who never quit.” -Richard Bach This quote is on my homepage and defines my experience in the world of...
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Jun 10, 20222 min read
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Sifting Fact from Fiction
12 million. Without context, it means nothing. Numbers are only as significant as the units they represent. In this case, 12 million...
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Jun 6, 20222 min read
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