Data



Design Thinking: Designers are the new MBAs

"Designers can be better business strategists than MBAs?" So far 69% or around 2/3rds say yes on 126 votes. Here's the Poll. Whether this is a self-selection answer (i.e. designers self-select, and have more incentive to vote as they have more to gain) -- it is interesting.


To the (Azure SQL) Cloud

The Cloud has been the next big thing for some time. Globally the Cloud has entered the ‘adolescent’ phase as an innovation. In San Francisco Bay Area and other tech hubs in India, the Cloud is now entering the mainstream as a concept.


Australian polling data what does it mean?

As is often said in politics, the only poll that counts is the one on election day. Certainly, the data from long time polling shows a massive variability to poll day results. Poll data is obtained via survey of voting intentions. This uses a sub-set of voters



Is an extra decimal place more accurate?

The perception is that the more numerals data has, the more accurate. This perception is in GDP, unemployment rates, economic and other data. Yet it's not strictly true.


Comparing Food Nutrition Label Data

One aspect of buying food these days is reading labels. At least for me. I find I am often checking any processed food before purchasing. Both the ingredient list, and the side nutrition panel. Doing this for awhile, brings up 2 interesting data points you may not know...