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Tag sportscarddatabase
A hackathon is generally an event a small group collaborates together to build a product or prototype in a very short period. Some of the more popular sponsored examples (such...
Yesterday a friend IM’d me this question out of the blue with a really interesting question: When do you start investing in people and stop investing in software? Before I...
As I have mentioned in previous posts, understanding pricing and market values has been a passion of mine for over 20 years. With many problems I encounter (especially those related...
Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...
Tag ebay
What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...
I have been a huge fan of eBay since the moment I first found it (back in 1997 or so). It truly was the world changing marketplace because: It quickly...
Abstract: Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet. With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...
Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...
Tag value
The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...
A hackathon is generally an event a small group collaborates together to build a product or prototype in a very short period. Some of the more popular sponsored examples (such...
I think every person running a business needs to regularly ask themself the following question: Given our operating constraints, what is the best mix of products and/or services for us...
As I have mentioned in previous posts, understanding pricing and market values has been a passion of mine for over 20 years. With many problems I encounter (especially those related...
Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...
Tag demand
Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...
Tag analysis
I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...
The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...
Abstract: Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet. With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...
In 2004, Michael Lewis wrote this book called "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" detailing the focus of the Oakland A's (baseball team) on analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric approach...
A hackathon is generally an event a small group collaborates together to build a product or prototype in a very short period. Some of the more popular sponsored examples (such...
One of the reasons I love working in Manhattan is all the cool opportunities to learn and the networks of interesting people. Every Monday I receive an email from tech...
I think every person running a business needs to regularly ask themself the following question: Given our operating constraints, what is the best mix of products and/or services for us...
As I have mentioned in previous posts, understanding pricing and market values has been a passion of mine for over 20 years. With many problems I encounter (especially those related...
Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...
Tag career
Choosing a fulfilling career path is such a difficult task, and I see many people have no idea where to even start (including myself). I routinely find myself asking my friends...
Tag goals
I am a very big fan of the New England Patriots. In the early 1990's, they were terrible (going 1-15 twice in 3 years). Then Bill Parcells was hired as...
Choosing a fulfilling career path is such a difficult task, and I see many people have no idea where to even start (including myself). I routinely find myself asking my friends...
Tag objectives
I am a very big fan of the New England Patriots. In the early 1990's, they were terrible (going 1-15 twice in 3 years). Then Bill Parcells was hired as...
Choosing a fulfilling career path is such a difficult task, and I see many people have no idea where to even start (including myself). I routinely find myself asking my friends...
Tag planning
I am a very big fan of the New England Patriots. In the early 1990's, they were terrible (going 1-15 twice in 3 years). Then Bill Parcells was hired as...
Tag strategy
I enjoy reading the insights I can find from Ben Horowitz (he was founder/CEO of Opsware and nowadays is founder/partner at Andreessen-Horowitz which manages near $3B). I recently read one of his blog posts where he...
I had been lucky enough to get to work on a diverse variety of business models and approaches to solving problems over the past 20 years. For most of the...
I am quite fascinated how people/companies are able to innovate, make the most of their opportunities, and disrupt the established norms. It amazes me how some companies can tackle a...
Tag innovation
I am quite fascinated how people/companies are able to innovate, make the most of their opportunities, and disrupt the established norms. It amazes me how some companies can tackle a...
Tag competition
I am quite fascinated how people/companies are able to innovate, make the most of their opportunities, and disrupt the established norms. It amazes me how some companies can tackle a...
Tag blue ocean
I am quite fascinated how people/companies are able to innovate, make the most of their opportunities, and disrupt the established norms. It amazes me how some companies can tackle a...
Tag optimization
Since about 2016, I have introduced Snowflake at two of my day jobs (Rent the Runway and Luma Financial Technologies) and have witnessed the platform's considerable evolution. As with any...
I think every person running a business needs to regularly ask themself the following question: Given our operating constraints, what is the best mix of products and/or services for us...
Tag fail
In June 1999, I moved to New York City and took a job as a Site Manager working Agency.com. The job was to manage a team of front end coders...
I was watching the LiveStream from the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and I heard co-founder of Sun Microsystems and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla say the title of this post: My Willingness...
Tag success
In June 1999, I moved to New York City and took a job as a Site Manager working Agency.com. The job was to manage a team of front end coders...
I was watching the LiveStream from the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and I heard co-founder of Sun Microsystems and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla say the title of this post: My Willingness...
Tag dreams
Last year I was eating lunch at a local Asian restaurant, and I pulled out an awesome message in my fortune cookie. It said, “Your dream must be bigger that...
In June 1999, I moved to New York City and took a job as a Site Manager working Agency.com. The job was to manage a team of front end coders...
I was watching the LiveStream from the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and I heard co-founder of Sun Microsystems and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla say the title of this post: My Willingness...
Tag learning
In June 1999, I moved to New York City and took a job as a Site Manager working Agency.com. The job was to manage a team of front end coders...
I was watching the LiveStream from the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and I heard co-founder of Sun Microsystems and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla say the title of this post: My Willingness...
Tag probablility
One of the reasons I love working in Manhattan is all the cool opportunities to learn and the networks of interesting people. Every Monday I receive an email from tech...
Tag buy
I had been lucky enough to get to work on a diverse variety of business models and approaches to solving problems over the past 20 years. For most of the...
Tag build
I had been lucky enough to get to work on a diverse variety of business models and approaches to solving problems over the past 20 years. For most of the...
Tag culture
Yesterday a friend IM’d me this question out of the blue with a really interesting question: When do you start investing in people and stop investing in software? Before I...
I enjoy reading the insights I can find from Ben Horowitz (he was founder/CEO of Opsware and nowadays is founder/partner at Andreessen-Horowitz which manages near $3B). I recently read one of his blog posts where he...
Tag decision making
In 2004, Michael Lewis wrote this book called "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" detailing the focus of the Oakland A's (baseball team) on analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric approach...
I enjoy reading the insights I can find from Ben Horowitz (he was founder/CEO of Opsware and nowadays is founder/partner at Andreessen-Horowitz which manages near $3B). I recently read one of his blog posts where he...
Tag powershell
I had the need for several automated jobs to be able to exchange files securely with partners via the Secure FTP (SFTP). I chose powershell because the jobs: get executed on...
I know I haven't posted much code on this blog, but this snippet I found valuable. While I can certainly host my SMTP server, it would be so much easier...
Tag people
Yesterday a friend IM’d me this question out of the blue with a really interesting question: When do you start investing in people and stop investing in software? Before I...
Tag nba
My buddy Mike Dolan runs a very cool magazine targeted to professional athletes called Athletes Quaterly. Each issue is loaded with content/interviews about current and former pro athletes. Mike and...
Tag all star
My buddy Mike Dolan runs a very cool magazine targeted to professional athletes called Athletes Quaterly. Each issue is loaded with content/interviews about current and former pro athletes. Mike and...
Tag athletes quaterly
My buddy Mike Dolan runs a very cool magazine targeted to professional athletes called Athletes Quaterly. Each issue is loaded with content/interviews about current and former pro athletes. Mike and...
Tag data
A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...
In 2004, Michael Lewis wrote this book called "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" detailing the focus of the Oakland A's (baseball team) on analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric approach...
Tag startup
Living/working in the New York City area I get to meet quite a few people starting up their own ventures and I am intrigued by how the small, early companies...
Tag captial
Living/working in the New York City area I get to meet quite a few people starting up their own ventures and I am intrigued by how the small, early companies...
Tag investment
Living/working in the New York City area I get to meet quite a few people starting up their own ventures and I am intrigued by how the small, early companies...
Tag sportscollectors
I try to write post around the new year every year on the SportsCollectors.net blog reviewing what happened during the year for the community. I figured it may be fun...
Way back in 1998, I came up with the idea of creating a database for collectors to track when they mailed out a letter to athletes asking for an autograph....
Last week marked the 21st Anniversary from when I publicly launched SportsCollectors.net allowing collectors to join. It's been a pretty wild ride and I thought I would celebrate a little...
Last year I was eating lunch at a local Asian restaurant, and I pulled out an awesome message in my fortune cookie. It said, “Your dream must be bigger that...
In my 20's, I taught myself to code and I created what has become a fairly popular community for sports autograph collectors - SportsCollectors.Net. I have mentioned it a few...
I have been a huge fan of eBay since the moment I first found it (back in 1997 or so). It truly was the world changing marketplace because: It quickly...
Abstract: Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet. With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...
Living/working in the New York City area I get to meet quite a few people starting up their own ventures and I am intrigued by how the small, early companies...
Tag knn
The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...
Abstract: Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet. With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...
Tag cart
The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...
Abstract: Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet. With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...
Tag machine learning
The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...
Abstract: Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet. With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...
Tag prediction
The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...
Abstract: Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet. With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...
Tag auction
I have been a huge fan of eBay since the moment I first found it (back in 1997 or so). It truly was the world changing marketplace because: It quickly...
Abstract: Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet. With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...
Tag module
I had the need for several automated jobs to be able to exchange files securely with partners via the Secure FTP (SFTP). I chose powershell because the jobs: get executed on...
Tag sftp
I had the need for several automated jobs to be able to exchange files securely with partners via the Secure FTP (SFTP). I chose powershell because the jobs: get executed on...
Tag winscp
I had the need for several automated jobs to be able to exchange files securely with partners via the Secure FTP (SFTP). I chose powershell because the jobs: get executed on...
Tag weightwatchers
We're big fans of internet grocer FreshDirect in my household. When we lived in Brooklyn and now in North Jersey, we place a delivery order about once a week. While...
When I have tried to track the food I am eating as part of a diet, entering the key nutrition elements was not always convenient. Since I haven't seen a...
Tag ocr
When I have tried to track the food I am eating as part of a diet, entering the key nutrition elements was not always convenient. Since I haven't seen a...
Tag nutrition
When I have tried to track the food I am eating as part of a diet, entering the key nutrition elements was not always convenient. Since I haven't seen a...
Tag tesseract
When I have tried to track the food I am eating as part of a diet, entering the key nutrition elements was not always convenient. Since I haven't seen a...
Tag chrome
We're big fans of internet grocer FreshDirect in my household. When we lived in Brooklyn and now in North Jersey, we place a delivery order about once a week. While...
Tag extension
We're big fans of internet grocer FreshDirect in my household. When we lived in Brooklyn and now in North Jersey, we place a delivery order about once a week. While...
Tag javascript
We're big fans of internet grocer FreshDirect in my household. When we lived in Brooklyn and now in North Jersey, we place a delivery order about once a week. While...
Tag blogengine
This blog runs using the open source BlogEngine.net platform using ASP.Net 4.0. So far I have been pretty happy with the features provided overall, as it was pretty straight forward to set...
Tag facebook
This blog runs using the open source BlogEngine.net platform using ASP.Net 4.0. So far I have been pretty happy with the features provided overall, as it was pretty straight forward to set...
This blog runs using the open source BlogEngine.net platform using ASP.Net 4.0. So far I have been pretty happy with the features provided overall, as it was pretty straight forward to set...
Tag baseball
I am a huge baseball fan, and I am especially excited that my Boston Red Sox won the 2013 World Series. Part of my love for the game and math...
Tag stats
I am a huge baseball fan, and I am especially excited that my Boston Red Sox won the 2013 World Series. Part of my love for the game and math...
Tag baseball cards
I have been a huge fan of eBay since the moment I first found it (back in 1997 or so). It truly was the world changing marketplace because: It quickly...
Tag code
Last September I was preparing for my fantasy football league and I found this really cool web app that suggested the optimal draft recommendations based on the rules of your league. I...
Tag shiny
Last September I was preparing for my fantasy football league and I found this really cool web app that suggested the optimal draft recommendations based on the rules of your league. I...
Tag subscripiton
The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...
Tag jenkins
I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...
Tag jruby
I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...
Tag plugins
I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...
Tag vagrant
I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...
Tag continuous deployment
I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...
Tag json
Lately my team has spent a bunch of time migrating our data warehouse from Vertica to Snowflake. While Snowflake has excellent support for analytic functions, Vertica has some functions that...
Snowflake is a really interesting new data warehouse built on top of AWS. I like their architecture because they had the interesting idea to separate data storage (backed by small...
Tag snowflake
Since about 2016, I have introduced Snowflake at two of my day jobs (Rent the Runway and Luma Financial Technologies) and have witnessed the platform's considerable evolution. As with any...
I have been working with Snowflake since 2016 when I proposed and chose to bring it into Rent the Runway to replace our very painful on premise Vertica implementation (yes...
In August, I spoke at the Snowflake analytics tour on the topic "Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights". I was also asked to provide an account of...
Lately my team has spent a bunch of time migrating our data warehouse from Vertica to Snowflake. While Snowflake has excellent support for analytic functions, Vertica has some functions that...
Snowflake is a really interesting new data warehouse built on top of AWS. I like their architecture because they had the interesting idea to separate data storage (backed by small...
Tag window fucntions
Lately my team has spent a bunch of time migrating our data warehouse from Vertica to Snowflake. While Snowflake has excellent support for analytic functions, Vertica has some functions that...
Tag sports
I try to write post around the new year every year on the SportsCollectors.net blog reviewing what happened during the year for the community. I figured it may be fun...
In my 20's, I taught myself to code and I created what has become a fairly popular community for sports autograph collectors - SportsCollectors.Net. I have mentioned it a few...
Tag vertica
In August, I spoke at the Snowflake analytics tour on the topic "Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights". I was also asked to provide an account of...
Tag data warehosue
This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:
In August, I spoke at the Snowflake analytics tour on the topic "Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights". I was also asked to provide an account of...
Tag rent the runway
In August, I spoke at the Snowflake analytics tour on the topic "Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights". I was also asked to provide an account of...
Tag data engineering
Please Note: If you are new to Singer, you may want to check out my last post Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items. It provides a high level...
What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...
This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:
I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...
Since about 2016, I have introduced Snowflake at two of my day jobs (Rent the Runway and Luma Financial Technologies) and have witnessed the platform's considerable evolution. As with any...
I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...
I have been working with Snowflake since 2016 when I proposed and chose to bring it into Rent the Runway to replace our very painful on premise Vertica implementation (yes...
I have lately been playing with some commercial BI & Dashboard tools. There is a certainly quite broad range when it comes to features, price, scalability, administration capabilities, how they...
Tag superset
A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...
I have lately been playing with some commercial BI & Dashboard tools. There is a certainly quite broad range when it comes to features, price, scalability, administration capabilities, how they...
Tag data visualization
I have lately been playing with some commercial BI & Dashboard tools. There is a certainly quite broad range when it comes to features, price, scalability, administration capabilities, how they...
Tag open source
Please Note: If you are new to Singer, you may want to check out my last post Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items. It provides a high level...
What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...
This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:
A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...
I have lately been playing with some commercial BI & Dashboard tools. There is a certainly quite broad range when it comes to features, price, scalability, administration capabilities, how they...
Tag silly
Below is the ridiculous retirement email to members of my day job's fantasy league. Hope y'all enjoy. To my friends and fellow competitors, This is a tough thing for me...
Below is the ridiculous retirement email to members of my day job's fantasy league. Hope y'all enjoy. To my friends and fellow competitors, This is a tough thing for me...
Tag fear
Last year I was eating lunch at a local Asian restaurant, and I pulled out an awesome message in my fortune cookie. It said, “Your dream must be bigger that...
Tag passion project
Last year I was eating lunch at a local Asian restaurant, and I pulled out an awesome message in my fortune cookie. It said, “Your dream must be bigger that...
A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...
Tag framework
A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...
Tag dbt
This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:
A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...
Tag debezium
A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...
Tag great expectations
A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...
Tag python
Please Note: If you are new to Singer, you may want to check out my last post Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items. It provides a high level...
What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...
I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...
If you have been reading this blog, you'll know I collect sports cards. It's fun to share what I have with other collectors (by posting scans on sportscollectors.net, facebook, etc.)....
Tag scans
If you have been reading this blog, you'll know I collect sports cards. It's fun to share what I have with other collectors (by posting scans on sportscollectors.net, facebook, etc.)....
Tag automation
If you have been reading this blog, you'll know I collect sports cards. It's fun to share what I have with other collectors (by posting scans on sportscollectors.net, facebook, etc.)....
I have been working with Snowflake since 2016 when I proposed and chose to bring it into Rent the Runway to replace our very painful on premise Vertica implementation (yes...
Tag orchestration
I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...
Tag dagster
I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...
Tag singer
Please Note: If you are new to Singer, you may want to check out my last post Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items. It provides a high level...
What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...
I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...
Tag meltano
I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...
Tag workflow
I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...
Tag costs
Since about 2016, I have introduced Snowflake at two of my day jobs (Rent the Runway and Luma Financial Technologies) and have witnessed the platform's considerable evolution. As with any...
Tag subscription
I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...
Tag marketing
I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...
Tag attribution
I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...
Tag hackathon
This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:
Tag duckdb
This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:
Tag airbyte
This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:
This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:
Tag collectz
I try to write post around the new year every year on the SportsCollectors.net blog reviewing what happened during the year for the community. I figured it may be fun...
Tag family
I try to write post around the new year every year on the SportsCollectors.net blog reviewing what happened during the year for the community. I figured it may be fun...
