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What I learned from Lightning McQueen about being an SAP Mentor
Career, What I'm Watching

What I learned from Lightning McQueen about being an SAP Mentor

Dallas MarksJune 27, 2017October 17, 2017

Sometimes inspiration comes from an unlikely source. Last week, it came when I took my 7-year-old son to see Cars…

How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson
Book Review, User Groups & Conferences, What I'm Watching

How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson

Dallas MarksAugust 27, 2015July 21, 2017

A engrossing account of how glass, cold, sound, clean, time, and light have shaped our modern world.

Jobs – a movie review
What I'm Watching

Jobs – a movie review

Dallas MarksAugust 19, 2013July 21, 2017

My review of Jobs, the movie

Choosing Dashboard Fonts
Dashboards, What I'm Watching

Choosing Dashboard Fonts

Dallas MarksJanuary 22, 2013July 21, 2017

Although there are thousands of different fonts available, only a handful are truly timeless.

Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
What I'm Watching

Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview

Dallas MarksDecember 21, 2012July 21, 2017

Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview is now on Netflix

You can’t expect to make something beautiful the first time
Data Visualization, What I'm Watching

You can’t expect to make something beautiful the first time

Dallas MarksDecember 12, 2012July 21, 2017

“Your first projects are gonna suck, and that’s okay”

The Grid
Business Intelligence, What I'm Watching

The Grid

Dallas MarksAugust 5, 2011July 21, 2017

The biodigital jazz of “human form into digital space” is, obviously, science fiction. However, we willingly allow smartphones and VPN’s to pull us into The Grid all of the time.

The Miracle
Business Intelligence, What I'm Watching

The Miracle

Dallas MarksJune 13, 2011July 21, 2017

Part three in a series of business intelligence insights from Tron: Legacy, now available on Blu Ray and DVD.

I Fight For the Users!
Business Intelligence, What I'm Watching

I Fight For the Users!

Dallas MarksApril 5, 2011July 21, 2017

Do you fight for your users?

Greetings, Programs!
Business Intelligence, What I'm Watching

Greetings, Programs!

Dallas MarksApril 4, 2011July 21, 2017

Tron: Legacy and Tron: The Original Classic on Blu Ray.

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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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