web01.fireside.fm Fri, 08 May 2026 18:31:43 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ctrl-alt-expletive - Episodes Tagged with “Big Data” https://www.ctrl-alt-expletive.com/tags/big%20data Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Join us for a laid back catch up on what's going on in the world of software, enterprise business, news for software and tech, and miscellaneous bureaucracy. en episodic Weekly catch up with Michael, Mark, and mates, about software, business, news, and brews Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy Join us for a laid back catch up on what's going on in the world of software, enterprise business, news for software and tech, and miscellaneous bureaucracy. yes technology,news,software,cloud,data,infrastructure,careers Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy mark.mccracken@ctrl-alt-expletive.com Episode 8: Data Lakehouse and Data Mesh, with James Balloch https://www.ctrl-alt-expletive.com/8 71612303-80de-4a71-a13d-2afdc345a26b Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy 8 Data Lakehouse and Data Mesh, with James Balloch full Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy We've got James Balloch on, talking about BigData, his first interview and job change after more than a decade at one company, his amazing commute, and all the interesting news. 1:36:13 yes <ul> <li>What does James do?</li> <li>Is Sky a big company?</li> <li>What's your favourite file format to read from?</li> <li>Favourite format of book to digest?</li> <li>East London vs. West London</li> <li>What even is Burns Night?</li> <li>Deep fried battered scottish things</li> </ul> <p>James is dropping tables like it's hot... in the first week</p> <h2>Big Topic</h2> <p>Data. Big Data. HUGE Data.</p> <p>What's it like to leave after more than 10 years at one company? Why the change? Why not sooner?</p> <h2>News</h2> <ol> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g32yxpdz0o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram hides search results for Democrats</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkjjkjy4p8o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">UK digital driving licences</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75zwyeq3v9o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BT scraps EV charging scheme, having only installed... one.</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye3qw7gv7o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Gotta be over 18 to watch porn in the UK from July</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/google_deepmind_ai_drugs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">AI drugs are on the way</a> "Eventually you could imagine personalized medicine where it's optimized, maybe overnight, by an AI system for your personal metabolism" </li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/s/DeV5QrX7UL" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Is Melania Trump's autobiography written using ChatGPT?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/free_our_feeds_decentralized_social_media/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hulk Smash Muck and Zuck</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgnz8rw1xgo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830,000</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-excel-world-championship-is-real-and-it-just-crowned-the-king-of-spreadsheets/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Excel World Championships with 7.5 hour live stream</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qww8xdvnwo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Working from home is “not proper work”, according to Lord Rose, of M&amp;S and Asda</a></li> </ol> <h2>Recommendations</h2> <h3>Movies</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17279496/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Civil War</a></li> </ul> <h3>Music</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/issue-2/1745318732" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Middlenight Men - Issue 2</a>, rock</li> <li> <a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/justice/259751732" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Justice - Cross</a>, electronic dance</li> </ul> <h3>TV</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33301469/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mr. McMahon</a> wrestling, on Netflix</li> <li> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24053860/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Day of the Jackal</a> on Sky/NowTV</li> <li> <a href="https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Severance season 2</a>, Apple TV</li> <li> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0db9b2t/the-traitors" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Traitors is finishing this weekend</a>, BBC iPlayer</li> </ul> <h3>Podcasts</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-entertainment/id1718287198" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The rest is Entertainment</a></li> <li> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/here-comes-the-guillotine/id1729090748" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Here comes the guilotine, by Frankie Boyle</a> Special Guest: James Balloch.</li> </ul> Big Data,Interviews,Data Mesh,Data LakeHouse,BigQuery
  • What does James do?
  • Is Sky a big company?
  • What's your favourite file format to read from?
  • Favourite format of book to digest?
  • East London vs. West London
  • What even is Burns Night?
  • Deep fried battered scottish things

    • James is dropping tables like it's hot... in the first week

    Big Topic

    Data. Big Data. HUGE Data.

    What's it like to leave after more than 10 years at one company? Why the change? Why not sooner?

    News

    1. Instagram hides search results for Democrats
    2. UK digital driving licences
    3. BT scraps EV charging scheme, having only installed... one.
    4. Gotta be over 18 to watch porn in the UK from July
    5. AI drugs are on the way "Eventually you could imagine personalized medicine where it's optimized, maybe overnight, by an AI system for your personal metabolism"
    6. Is Melania Trump's autobiography written using ChatGPT?
    7. Hulk Smash Muck and Zuck
    8. AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830,000
    9. Excel World Championships with 7.5 hour live stream
    10. Working from home is “not proper work”, according to Lord Rose, of M&S and Asda

    Recommendations

    Movies

    Music

    TV

    Podcasts

    Special Guest: James Balloch.

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  • What does James do?
  • Is Sky a big company?
  • What's your favourite file format to read from?
  • Favourite format of book to digest?
  • East London vs. West London
  • What even is Burns Night?
  • Deep fried battered scottish things

    • James is dropping tables like it's hot... in the first week

    Big Topic

    Data. Big Data. HUGE Data.

    What's it like to leave after more than 10 years at one company? Why the change? Why not sooner?

    News

    1. Instagram hides search results for Democrats
    2. UK digital driving licences
    3. BT scraps EV charging scheme, having only installed... one.
    4. Gotta be over 18 to watch porn in the UK from July
    5. AI drugs are on the way "Eventually you could imagine personalized medicine where it's optimized, maybe overnight, by an AI system for your personal metabolism"
    6. Is Melania Trump's autobiography written using ChatGPT?
    7. Hulk Smash Muck and Zuck
    8. AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830,000
    9. Excel World Championships with 7.5 hour live stream
    10. Working from home is “not proper work”, according to Lord Rose, of M&S and Asda

    Recommendations

    Movies

    Music

    TV

    Podcasts

    Special Guest: James Balloch.

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