Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Provisioning an Azure Event Hub to capture real time streaming data
Provisioning an Azure Event Hub to capture real time streaming data is fairy easy once you have an Azure account. Event Hubs can be used to capture data from many different sources including databases or IoT devices. As we look at building a CDC streaming ETL, let’s take a look at the basics of Event…
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Visual Studio Dev Essentials to download and install SQL Server Developer Edition
With the Microsoft BizSpark program now gone, so is the easy way to download and install SQL Server to your local machine for development purposes. Let’s take a look at using Visual Studio Dev Essentials to download and install SQL Server Developer Edition on your local machine for data development.
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Streaming ETL using CDC and Azure Event Hub. A Modern Data Architecture.
In Modern Data architecture, As Data Warehouses have gotten bigger and faster, and as big data technology has allowed us to store vast amounts of data it is still strange to me that most data warehouse refresh processes found in the wild are still some form of batch processing. Even Hive queries against massive Hadoop…
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Book Review – Millionaire Success Habits By Dean Graziosi
I will admit when my dad handed me the book Millionaire Success Habits By Dean Graziosi, I had dismissed it pretty quickly and rolled my eyes at the book. I’ve always had a slight aversion to the idea of Life Coaches similar to the author or Tony Robbins. I never really felt that the idea…
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Configure basic SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) and Set up Firewall Rules
Learn how to Configure basic SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) and Set up Firewall Rules so you can access SSRS remotely. Side Note: Want to learn SQL or Python for free. In less then 10 minutes a day and less than an hour total? Signup for my free classes delivered daily right to your email…
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Consulting Key Phrases
Have you ever wondered what some of those Consulting Key Phrases like RFP, MSA, or SOW really mean? Well here is a quick break down. 50-thousand-foot view The 50-thousand-foot view of an item or process is when you take a step back and only look at the high-level aspects of it. Many people will get…
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Review; Bose Quite Comforts Noise Cancelling Headphones
I got to finally review and test my Bose Quite Comforts Noise Cancelling Headphones on an international flight. I’ve been able to wear them in and around the office as well as a home and a few domestic flights but what I really wanted to get a gauge on was how they held up on…
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Mindful Manager; Give me my crayons back! Why being creative outside work may help us at work.
When we enter kindergarten, we are given crayons and pencils and colorful paper and we are told to create. We are encouraged to imagine and experiment. By the time we enter high school, creative writing in English class is usually all that is left from mandatory art classes. By college, if you are not majoring…
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Silicon Valley’s war on Zen, Mindfulness and your Sanity; A reflection
Silicon Valley’s war on Zen, Mindfulness and your Sanity; A reflection The Battle between a constantly distracted life and mindful focus is raging on in our heads and most of are either losing the battle or unaware we are fighting for the wrong side. As I write this article, it is two hours into a…
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Book Review – Deep Work by Cal Newport. Improving Focus and Flow
Late last year a close mentor of mine recommended I read Deep Work by Cal Newport. As we ate lunch and I was complaining about feeling like I was always working yet not feeling like I was accomplishing anything or achieving flow. Even though I was always on top of my deliverables, there was an…
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