filed in Travel on Dec.18, 2009
2009 has been another interesting year as a business intelligence consultant. The year was fairly balanced between XI R2 and XI 3.0/3.1. Definitely more XI R2 than I would prefer, but I also got to work on a really interesting Xcelsius 2008 dashboard project. I was also able to help several customers with installation, configuration, [...]
filed in Travel on Apr.18, 2009
I recently flew Airtran from the Dayton airport (DAY) out of sympathy to one of my clients. I was able to get a direct flight to Baltimore (BWI) for half as much as an equivalent Delta flight from Cincinnati (CVG). Although I’m sure my client will appreciate the lower price tag on their invoice, I [...]
filed in Travel on Dec.22, 2008
December has been a busy month, but I’ll be getting some much-needed downtime plus working from home before heading out to clients again in January. Christmas came early this year in the form of my Business Objects Certified Professional (BOCP) certificate for Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.0. I’m looking forward to framing it and hanging [...]
filed in Odds and Ends, Travel on Nov.05, 2008
Apologies to Devo. I couldn’t resist. As a LinkedIn user, I’ve been taking a casual look at their new applications, ala Facebook. One of them, TripIt, allows you to organize your travel and share with other LinkedIn users. Of course, you don’t need to be a LinkedIn user to use TripIt. TripIt allows you to [...]
David Taylor
Doug Lautzenheiser (BI Software)
Xcelsius XComponents
