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My streaming recommendations. I’m mostly a documentary junkie, but you’ll find some other genres in here, too.

The Last Man on the Moon
What I'm Watching

The Last Man on the Moon

Dallas MarksOctober 27, 2017April 26, 2018

Gene Cernan lived an extraordinary life that’s captured in a beautiful documentary.

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo
What I'm Watching

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo

Dallas MarksSeptember 1, 2017April 19, 2026

One small step for your remote control, but one giant leap for your Netflix queue.

Silicon Cowboys
What I'm Watching

Silicon Cowboys

Dallas MarksJuly 12, 2017December 18, 2025

Compaq may no longer be in business but their impact is still felt in today’s PC marketplace.

What I learned from Lightning McQueen about being an SAP Mentor
Career Development, 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, 2015April 18, 2026

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, 2013March 1, 2026

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, 2012February 28, 2026

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, 2012February 24, 2026

“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.

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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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