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Human Poetry in Motion.

Art is for everyone.

Captured this series of stills while on a couch at MoMA. Loving the movement and diversity of the people landscape!

#NYC #peoplewatching

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Dot Collectors and Dot Connectors - OCDQ Blog - Obsessive-Compulsive Data Quality by Jim Harris

I think most data management professionals are dot collectors since it often seems like they spend a lot of their time, money, and attention on collecting (and profiling, modeling, cleansing, transforming, matching, and otherwise managing) data dots.

But since data’s value comes from data’s usefulness, merely collecting data dots doesn’t mean anything if you cannot connect those dots into meaningful patterns that enable your organization to take action or otherwise support your business activities.

So I think most business intelligence professionals are dot connectors since it often seems like they spend a lot of their time, money, and attention on connecting (and querying, aggregating, reporting, visualizing, and otherwise analyzing) data dots.

via ocdqblog.com

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Landed at the login page of Twitter today (one of the rare moments when I'm not on a third party platform) and decided it looks uncannily like an older version of the Facebook login page from the placement of the various elements to the world map in the background.

Imitation, is the best form of flattery, I suppose. Just one of those random afternoon musings.

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Apple Fresh

When an iconic brand has a new launch, one just gets curious and does a pilgrimage just to get a glimpse.

Mad crowds at the 5th Ave Apple store which kind of contrasts nicely with the minimalistic store design.

View from across the street:

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Looks the same but apparently with better technology, so. This design doesn't really speak to me so hopefully next round it changes. I was watching this kid (he must have been about 10) check his Facebook account at the store. At least, I hope that was his account! Hilarity usually ensues when people forget to log off their social networks on public terminals. On a random note, everything in this post was created on an Apple. It's my camera, Photoshop, writer, everything! It's tragical I'm in NYC without a compact camera because I -thought- an iPhone would suffice. The cold has made any photo ops without gloves mostly difficult and I am pleased to report that you can really use your nose to unlock/operate the iPhone as was suggested to me. Laughing fits kind of affect the results though. Because race and gender issues are more salient here, I also suppose this would work better if one had a sharper nose. Just sayin'. :)