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There is at least one IS2 employee here who isn’t really religious but still sees Lent as a great way to cut out excess in his life. This year, it seems to be red meat (we’ll see how long that lasts). Though many of us here would be hard pressed to give up bacon for …

We like to harp on data errors by humans, but sometimes the opposite is true too. Here are 6 human errors by Star Trek‘s Data. 6. Succumbing to Emotions This is about as human an error as it gets. In episode “Brothers,” Data got a hardware upgrade [Ed. note: downgrade?] from Dr. Soong in the form of …

Danica McKellar’s third and most advanced book in her “Math Doesn’t Suck” series, “Hot X: Algebra Exposed!” just arrived at our office. Why? Well it’s never a bad idea to brush up on basic algebra, but also, a casual survey of the math nerds here revealed McKellar to be our favorite celebrity (it also helps …

You’ve spent the last hour staring down a mountain of data so overwhelming you don’t even know where to start. This sound familiar? Sounds like a classic case of data overload and if you don’t watch out it’ll turn you to stone (not literally…well maybe literally) and prevent you from gaining the benefit the data otherwise …

Having a system that can collect your data and offer extremely powerful reports in just a few clicks is great. But if checking these reports is not a part of your routine, then you are not using your data to its full potential. The solution: daily emailed reports.

Google released their Correlate tool last week. Just for kicks I put in “ATS” to see what searches correlated tightly with Applicant Tracking Systems. I was astounded by the result…

Saying no to a client is hard! Some clients are easy: they know what they want, they require minimum interactions to close, everything is fast and efficient. With others, however, business is not as smooth. Your team spends much more time on them, you assign more people to them, and every dollar of revenue feels …