Alex Whittles

Microsoft Data Platform MVP. Principal consultant at Purple Frog Systems, a U.K. Data Analytics Consultancy. Pilot and F1 nut. Views are my own. (He/Him)

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

I'm giving X/Twitter a break and will be hanging out over on BlueSky if anyone wants me.
Find me at @PurpleFrogAlex.bsky.social

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

@MladenPrajdic @AnthropicAI @claudeai That would be funny if they weren't impacting my business by not being able to pay for their API tokens!!! 🤬🤬🤬

They clearly don't want customers. Damn frustrating. I'll be rewriting my app to use OpenAI this weekend

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

Does no-one at @AnthropicAI @claudeai care about customers?
2 weeks with NO RESPONSE from anyone in customer support or sales.

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

@claudeai @AnthropicAI Come on Anthropic - your Claude tech support is atrocious. I've been waiting TWO WEEKS for a reply to a payment problem.
I'm trying to give you money, who can I speak to?

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

@claudeai @AnthropicAI Come on Anthropic - your Claude tech support is atrocious. I've been waiting TWO WEEKS for a reply to a payment problem.
I'm trying to give you money, who can I speak to?

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

@TripIt Please please please let me edit the time zone of TripIt activities - the auto time zone gets it wrong so often.
Love the app so much, but this is a constant frustration.
Thank you! 🙏

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

Standing room only for my talk on #DataGovernance at #FabConference25

Exciting day when we launched our new AI enhanced automated documentation capability in @PBISentinel !
The Confluence plugin seems incredibly popular!

Pop by our stand for a demo and to find out more!

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

After an amazing 10 years of working with an incredible team, I'm now stepping down from the SQLBits Committee
https://t.co/GzNILq8t7U
#SQLFamily #SQLBits @SQLBits

[Power BI Sentinel @PBISentinel]

It’s buzzing at #Fabcon Las Vegas today!👋

Come and check out the Power BI Sentinel booth for a live demo—see how we can take your Microsoft Fabric & Power BI governance, auditing and DR to the next level!⬆️🔥

#PowerBI #Fabcon2025 @MSFabricconf

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

@MladenPrajdic Last night a dozen of us had beers in the Element hotel, another group went into Bellview. Tend to be lots of smaller groups each doing their thing, rather than big groups

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

Got to Seattle for another awesome MVP Summit. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and new.
If anyone's staying at the Element/Aloft Redmond, come say hi in the bar!
#mvpbuzz

[Power BI Sentinel @PBISentinel]

Alex’s session on Real World Tips for Data Governance in #PowerBI & #MicrosoftFabric at @Gartner_inc was a huge success. ⭐️

Thank you to all those who came along, we hope you found it extremely valuable. #DataGovernance🛡️ #GartnerDA

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

@fodiographer @CroftyF1 It wouldn't have happened the other way around, as George doesn't play dirty like Max does. Finally Max is getting called out for it - about time

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

@RodJKidd @PBISentinel @PASSDataSummit @DataLuthier @nicharsh Did Nick get your coffee order wrong this morning Rodders?! 🤣

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

@VirginAtlantic Over an hour waiting on hold on your Gold member's hotline is not a great way to look after your gold members!

And is anyone working on fixing your broken portal?

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

@VirginAtlantic Do you have anyone staffing your support phone line?

And is anyone working on fixing your web portal? Can't book new flight, can't change existing flight, can't select seats - whole thing seems down

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

Great crowd today at Shrewbury Town Football Club for the Shropshire Digital Summit.
Lots of fun showing off how Microsoft Copilot and other GenAI tools can help small to medium businesses

[Alex Whittles @PurpleFrogAlex]

What an amazing session, showing what you can do with streaming data in Fabric. Top work @jamesdales !

[Purple Frog Data🐸 @PurpleFrogSys]

Great to hear from @jamesdales at @FabFestConf today, speaking about
Realtime Streaming Data with #MicrosoftFabric #fabfest2024

[FabFest | Microsoft Fabric & AI Conference🤖 @FabFestConf]

Amazing start to our day with @PurpleFrogAlex ! 🤩

He is speaking on the subject of ‘Understanding Fabric’ 💥

[FabFest | Microsoft Fabric & AI Conference🤖 @FabFestConf]

🎉Exciting news! @PurpleFrogAlex is speaking at #FabFest to give an in-depth understanding of #MicrosoftFabric!💻Whether you're new or experienced, this engaging session is a must! 💥

🎟️Don't miss out—grab your FREE tickets now: https://t.co/wwXHMAXDpu

#FabFest2024 #Innovation