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Birthplace of Aviation, Victim of its Own Success
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Birthplace of Aviation, Victim of its Own Success

Dallas MarksApril 18, 2009

I recently flew Airtran from the Dayton airport (DAY) out of sympathy to one of my clients. I was able…

Announcing TripIt for iPhone
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Announcing TripIt for iPhone

Dallas MarksApril 14, 2009April 28, 2017

Here’s another reason for me to justify an iPhone purchase – TripIt for the iPhone. I’ve blogged about TripIt previously…

Putting Twitter’s World to Use
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Putting Twitter’s World to Use

Dallas MarksApril 14, 2009April 28, 2017

There was an interesting piece in yesterday’s New York Times about “Finding Utility in the Jumble of Tweeted Thoughts”. By…

A sad short walk in the Jurassic Park
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A sad short walk in the Jurassic Park

Dallas MarksApril 2, 2009

Yesterday (April fools day) was a sad day as SGI (formerly Silicon Graphics) was acquired for a mere $25 million…

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Trip It, Trip It Good

Dallas MarksNovember 5, 2008July 20, 2017

I’m a huge fan of TripIt.

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Apple’s Hot Ticket: New Laptops Next Week – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com

Dallas MarksOctober 10, 2008

Hmmm… Will there be an $800 Apple laptop under my Christmas tree this year? Apple’s Hot Ticket: New Laptops Next…

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Fifty Years of Computing at the University of Cincinnati

Dallas MarksSeptember 22, 2008July 20, 2017

50 years of computing at my alma mater.

Unexpected Hazards of Working from Home
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Unexpected Hazards of Working from Home

Dallas MarksSeptember 16, 2008July 20, 2017

Hurricane Ike visits Ohio

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Let’s Rock?

Dallas MarksSeptember 13, 2008

This week, Apple held its annual iPod launch event. The big news was the new iPod nano, in nine eye-popping…

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Pete Collett completes Atlantic Solo Challenge

Dallas MarksFebruary 17, 2008July 20, 2017

Pete Collett’s solo Atlantic challenge

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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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