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What Does an IT Manager Do?
I had a chance to catch up with my high school friend, who now works it IT. He’s been in tech for over 10 years, but originally has a BS in Economics, with a minor in CIS – this was … Continue reading
Free Online Public Data Sources: An Annotated Bibliography
Free Online Health Data Sources: An Annotated Bibliography By William Murakami-Brundage 1st edition, February 2012 There exists a shortage of usable data sets and public health data. Whether your interest is biomedical engineering, health informatics, data mining, or public health … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Libraries, Education, Information Technology, Resource-a-rama, The Cloud
Tagged Annotated bibliography, CaBIG, California, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS Data Compendium, data mining, Medicaid, Medicare, National Cancer Institute, Open data, United States
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What Does a Data Analyst Do?
What does a data analyst do? As a data analyst, someone typically handles data coming from or going into a data warehouse or business intelligence system. They compile the reports, verify the quality (integrity), and use the data to assist executive- … Continue reading
Posted in Careers And Work, Education, Information Technology
Tagged Big Data, Business intelligence, business intelligence system, Data analysis, data mining, Data warehouse, Data Warehousing, database application design, database management systems, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Oracle Database, query language sql, RapidMiner, relational database management, Relational database management system, relational database management systems, SQL
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Academic Experiences in Computer Information Systems: Associate vs. Graduate Education
I had the chance to catch up with my brother-in-law over the weekend, and cross-compare notes about our educational paths. I am finishing my Masters in Information Systems (MSIS), and he is half of the way through his Associates in … Continue reading
Posted in Careers And Work, Education, Information Technology
Tagged Associates, collecting unemployment benefits, Commonwealth of Independent States, Community college, computer information systems, Doctor of Philosophy, Drexel, Drexel University, E-learning, Education, educational paths, employment dept, GPA, Grade (education), Information systems, local community college, Masters, mlt program, MSIS, Oregon, Portland Community College, United States
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Visualizing World Bank Indicators: Research Poster
At this point, I kind of forget where my research is going, and also where it has been. Anyways, I will send this out on the Internetz for anyone whom is interested. It is the corresponding presentation to the KML … Continue reading
Leveling Up in IT
What is the difference between a junior and senior position? One pat answer is $20,000. If you are going into IT, a huge question is probably ‘how do I get to the top of my field?’ Well, IT has a few unique characteristics that make it … Continue reading
Transitioning Careers into the Technical Realm
When I was in high school, I intended to be a .com boomster, and ride the digital era into that $1m jackpot. After I graduated from the illustrious Churchill High School, I went to community college and studied for a … Continue reading
Digital Libraries, Content, and Structure
Digital libraries are a major element in the formation of the Internet. For those of you whom don’t remember, originally the Internet just had these index pages full of links, with little rhyme or reason to them – this was … Continue reading
Health Information Technology and IT Security
Attached is a presentation I created for one of my graduate-level networking classes. The content of the Powerpoint is more the focus of this post than the commentary. It should be obvious that Internet security is the hot topic of … Continue reading
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Don’t Get Lazy, and Learn for Life
I am enrolled in Drexel‘s MSIS, and have only a few classes to go. Currently, I’m finishing up my pre-req courses to finish the Masters of Science in Information Systems (MSIS). Before this, I completed my MSLIS (MS Library and … Continue reading →