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Articles that don’t fit neatly into a category. May not necessarily be as career-focused as some of my other material.

What’s Up, Doc?
What I'm Watching

What’s Up, Doc?

Dallas MarksApril 4, 2026April 4, 2026

What I’m Watching: What’s Up Doc (1972) with Ryan O’Neal and Barbra Streisand

I Love You Goodbye
What I’m listening to

I Love You Goodbye

Dallas MarksMarch 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Some words are sad to sing
Some leave me tongue-tied

Dave Rathbun’s World Famous Cookie Recipe
Odds and Ends

Dave Rathbun’s World Famous Cookie Recipe

Dallas MarksMarch 19, 2026March 20, 2026

My first encounter with Dave Rathbun was at the 2005 BusinessObjects Insight conference at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention…

Everything Xcelsius is For Sale
Dashboards, Odds and Ends

Everything Xcelsius is For Sale

Dallas MarksMarch 5, 2026March 9, 2026

I am in the process of giving my blog a spring cleaning. It’s kind of sad that technical blogs age…

a-ha – They’ve Got What it Takes
What I'm Watching, What I’m listening to

a-ha – They’ve Got What it Takes

Dallas MarksJanuary 26, 2026March 31, 2026

Ask a typical American on a street corner about the band a-ha and they’ll likely tell you that it’s an…

My Honest Review of Tron: Ares
What I'm Watching

My Honest Review of Tron: Ares

Dallas MarksOctober 17, 2025January 3, 2026

Tron: Ares, the third installment in Disney’s Tron franchise, was released last week on October 10, 2025. Disney’s promotional trailers…

Why Firefox is a Must-Watch 80’s Classic
What I'm Watching

Why Firefox is a Must-Watch 80’s Classic

Dallas MarksJuly 4, 2025January 3, 2026

As I indicated in my previous post, I’ve been scouring streaming channels for 80’s nostalgia, specifically Cold War nostalgia. I…

2010: The Year We Make Contact – A Closer Look
What I'm Watching

2010: The Year We Make Contact – A Closer Look

Dallas MarksJune 27, 2025January 3, 2026

I’ve been watching a lot of 1980’s movies lately – specifically “cold war” movies. Call it nostalgia. Recently, I re-watched…

X Marks the Dallas
Odds and Ends

X Marks the Dallas

Dallas MarksJune 22, 2025June 18, 2025

My life with Twitter.

BI 2025 I’m In Love
Odds and Ends

BI 2025 I’m In Love

Dallas MarksApril 11, 2025April 7, 2025

It’s SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 – I’m in love

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Dallas Marks

Dallas Marks

As a cloud and analytics practitioner, author, instructional designer, and trainer, I help organizations harness the power of analytics in the cloud, on-premise, or hybrid. I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting about analytics.

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