Jim Sterne

Sterne tucks his tongue firmly in cheek and lets loose on an industry only Dilbert could love. With a mix of wry humor and sarcasm it puts the pun in pundit.

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Business Requirements: Negotiated settlement between what business needs & what the system will ever do
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[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

A bit is a bit and that's all of it
It's either on or it's off
It's there or it's bare
It's on or it's gone
Less simply isn't enough

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Big Data
Giga, tera, peta, exa, zetta, yotta, yadda, yadda
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The Devil's Data Dictionary got quoted! https://t.co/GvOP9T3eWf https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C

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Bias: Common sense https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C #bigdata
#analytics #machinelearning #measure #datascience

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Benchmark: The other guy's baseline

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#measure #datascience

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Baseline: Boundary below which lies contempt, with pH
greater than 7 + no treble https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C #analytics
#measure #datascience

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Balanced Scorecard: More than a Dashboard; less than a
Report; for shaming and blaming https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C #bigdata #analytics
#measure

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Average: Obscuring interesting/valuable via homogenization
https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C Alt: On average, Switzerland is flat

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Assumption: The part that's always wrong https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C
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[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

#ArtificialIntelligence: Fourth cocktail. https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C
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[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Analysis Paralysis: Thursday. The Devil's Data Dictionary https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C
#bigdata #analytics #machinelearning #measure #datascience

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

API: Collecting more data than rational, faster than
sensible for reasons more aspirational than comprehensible https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Analytics: Same as Analysis, but garnished with red pepper
rings, microgreens and chicory https://t.co/CIvyK8IFUa #bigdata #analytics

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Analysis: When a calculation requires more than ten fingers. The Devil's Data Dictionary https://t.co/CIvyK8IFUa #analytics #measure

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Algorithm: Regularly recurring remarks from former U.S.
VP who invented the Internet. The Devil's Data Dictionary
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[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

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[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Wisdom: Argument that convinces others you had solid
reasons for rash decision https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C #bigdata #analytics
#datascience

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Waitabase: Batch processing https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C #bigdata
#analytics #machinelearning #measure #datascience

[Jim Sterne @devilsdata]

Visualization: Creating the most alluring if unrealistic portrait possible with available model. AKA Photoshop https://t.co/CIvyK8r52C