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Category: Odds and Ends

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

Benjamin Joseph Marks
Odds and Ends

Benjamin Joseph Marks

Dallas MarksJanuary 17, 2010April 24, 2017

Please welcome Benjamin Joseph Marks, who entered the world at 11:23 PM on Friday, January 15, 2010.  He weighed 7…

Tron: Legacy
What I'm Watching

Tron: Legacy

Dallas MarksJuly 28, 2009February 28, 2026

A sequel to the ground-breaking Tron is finally on its way.

Odds and Ends

My very own iPhone – almost

Dallas MarksJuly 26, 2009

My Palm Treo 680 died a slow, painful death. I still have a conspiracy theory that mobile phone companies jack…

Maybe I should become an iPhone developer instead?
Mobile BI, Odds and Ends

Maybe I should become an iPhone developer instead?

Dallas MarksJune 1, 2009February 21, 2026

Fame and fortune can become yours if you develop the right iPhone application.

Birthplace of Aviation, Victim of its Own Success
Odds and Ends

Birthplace of Aviation, Victim of its Own Success

Dallas MarksApril 18, 2009February 19, 2026

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
Business Intelligence, Odds and Ends

Putting Twitter’s World to Use

Dallas MarksApril 14, 2009March 4, 2026

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
Business Intelligence, Odds and Ends

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…

Trip It, Trip It Good
Odds and Ends

Trip It, Trip It Good

Dallas MarksNovember 5, 2008February 28, 2026

I’m a huge fan of TripIt.

Odds and Ends

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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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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