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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 21/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: In our closing session, @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social 's name winds up in some … unexpected places. All because he spent some of his spare time working on a data project, and conversing with people online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIIT...

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DataBS 2025 - 12 - David Hood - Lunchtime project to cabinet briefing

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 21/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: Who _are_ we, as data practitioners? What is it we actually _do_ ? @davidasboth.com hosts our late-night philosophy session, to explore the changing role of the data scientist in a world of AI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCR1...

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DataBS 2025 - 11 - David Asboth - The Data Science Ship of Theseus

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 19/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: When your job is all numbers and data, it's easy to lose sight of higher-order business concerns. Sometimes you need to dig deeper into stakeholder requests to get them what they actually need. Caleb Bowie shares his playbook: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N71X...

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DataBS 2025 - 10 - Caleb Bowie - Found in Translation: Building Metrics Stakeholders Need, Not Want

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 18/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: It's tough enough to draw information from raw data. Even tougher when the very questions you're trying to answer are not clear. Gabrielle Yang shares her process on moving from hazy business requests to meaningful insight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDb7...

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DataBS 2025 -09- Gabrielle Yang - Bringing Ambiguity to Impact, guide for leading through complexity

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 18/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: For ~15 years companies have been very excited about data. Which is good! Until they heap a bunch of formatted-for-humans PDFs on your desk and expect you to work your magic. As @fctry2.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8k...

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DataBS 2025 - 08 - Joshua Noble - The Unreasonable Expectations of "Data"

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 16/10/2025

Bonus – @gecky.me later offered this as an addendum to her talk:

The "girl grinning as house burns" meme, with the text: "If prod burns, prod burns."

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 16/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: Has anyone tried to convince you that they're having a data emergency? They're probably not. According to @gecky.me data emergencies don't exist … except when they do: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxSh...

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DataVS 2025 - 07 - Amanda Alvarez - There are no data emergencies

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 15/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: Your CEO _really_ thinks genAI is amazing, in spite of the headlines about AI mishaps. What's the deal? And what can you do about it? As @qethanm.bsky.social explains, it's all about sizing up the risk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9pG...

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DataBS 2025 - 06 - Q McCallum - (Not Quite) Instant Awesomeness: corporate genAI adoption gone wrong

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 14/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: It's good to speed things up, right? Not always! Data engineer Paul Rosenzweig sped up some processes, only to realize that the added speed came at a cost. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbLV...

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DataBS 2025 - 05 - Paul Rosenzweig - How I Made dbt Builds 6x Faster (Then Rolled It Back)

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 13/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: Reuters graphics journalist Prasanta Kumar Dutta shares his experience building Covid trackers in the early days of the pandemic. You know, when data sources were perfectly clean and available and ready for analysis. Right? Right? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI2d...

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DataBS 2025 - 04 - Prasanta Kumar Dutta - From Chaos to Clarity: Data Journalism in the COVID era

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 12/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: That market research data looks good at first, but you sense that something's … off. Way off. From technical matters to cultural differences to people moving the goal posts … Ramona Daniel explains it all: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSA6...

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DataBS 2025 - 03 - Ramona Daniel - 10 Red Flags Say Your Multi-Market Research Data Went Sideways

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 11/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: How can data tell you when a customer will cancel their service? Are you taking the hard route in figuring this out? And what does this have to do with butter? In other words ... Matthew Brandt talks about churn prediction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9DB...

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DataBS 2025 - 02 - Matthew Brandt -Churn Prediction: We thought it was hard but it was easy

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 10/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: Have you ever had to juggle 13k geospatial images of about 1GB apiece, dealing with coordinate systems and cleaning out watermarks? Krishna ( thechaoticneuron ) did, and he was kind enough to share his experience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyFA...

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DataBS 2025 - 01 Krishna - Tailoring satellite images

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 09/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: @randyau.com opened the live event by exploring how Data Behind the Scenes came about, reminding us that we can all find joy and make space. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCI...

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DataBS 2025 -- Randy Au - Opening remarks -- Making space is important

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 08/10/2025

For the second #DataBS Conf preshow talk, Anindita Pattanayak (Enfold Proactive Health Trust) shared the team's journey to scrape, clean, and analyze court data: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbl7...

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Scraping, Cleaning, and Embracing the Mess: Lessons from analysing court data in India -2025 PreShow

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 07/10/2025

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks: Two talks actually took place _before_ the live event, as part of our preshow. In the first one, Krysta Chauncey, Ph.D. described collecting UX data for autonomous vehicles. There was a bit of a magic act involved: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qel...

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Wizard without the Curtain, Krysta Chauncey, Ph.D. -- DataBS 2025 Pre-show

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 06/10/2025

The videos from the #DataBS Conference have made it to YouTube! Over the coming days, we'll highlight sessisons from the event -- one post per talk. You can also sneak ahead by going straight to the YouTube playlist, here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Data Behind the Scenes 2025 - YouTube

Data Behind the Scenes is a data conference by data practitioners, for data practitioners. We come together to share stories and experiences about the the me...

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 24/09/2025

Aaaaand that's a wrap! Thanks everyone for joining. If you weren't able to attend today, no worries. We'll post here when the videos have made it to YouTube.

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 24/09/2025

Check it out: @alanau.bsky.social is following the conf in some threads Thread 1:

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 24/09/2025

Two more talks -- AI (un)awesomeness and data (not)emergencies -- and now we're on to a quick break.

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 24/09/2025

Wow! Satellite images, churn prediction, market research, data journalism, and dbt ... And that was just the first block of talks. Stick around for more!

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Randy Au @randyau.com · 24/09/2025

One awesome talk done, second one is on the wayyyyy!

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 24/09/2025

T-minus 30 minutes till Data Behind the Scenes!

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Amanda Alvarez @gecky.me · 22/09/2025

In about 44 hours, I'll be wrapping up my @databsconf.com talk. Full conference schedule is at databsconf.com/schedule/ and (free!) tickets are available at ti.to/databsconf/d...

screenshot of the title page of my Data BS Conf talk
black text on a mint green background reads:
There Are No Data Emergencies*

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David Asboth @davidasboth.com · 22/09/2025

Hello data people, register for a whole day of interesting data talks at DataBS Conf. It's on Wednesday! I'm on at 4pm ET (9PM BST) talking about a failed data science project, the role of AI in our future, and some amateur philosophy. All in ~20 minutes. Tell your friends! #dataBS #datasky

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Q McCallum @qethanm.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Just twenty-four hours till my talk on why genAI is an instant-awesome switch for your business.* ( * == Or ... maybe not? You'll have to be there to find out.) There's still time to get your ticket! It's an online event, so you can watch it from home with your favorite mug of tea.

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 23/09/2025

Just 24 hours* till go time! You can still get your tickets and watch #DataBS Conf live tomorrow, 24 September: DataBSConf.com * == more like 23.5 but, y'know ... rounding

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 21/09/2025

Updated link! Thanks again for the sharp eyes. bsky.app/profile/data...

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I should probably put together my presentation this weekend. My talk motivation is based on that feeling you get when you discover you have been talked about by name in cabinet briefing papers, and what went on (from my perspective) for that to have happened.

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Amanda Alvarez @gecky.me · 18/09/2025

Join us for @databsconf.com next Wednesday — and check out these pre-show talks while you wait! #dataBS

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 13/09/2025

Almost there! We're finalizing the #dataBS Conf schedule and will post it in another day or so. In the meantime, you can grab your ticket and see who's speaking: DataBSConf.com

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 28/08/2025

Just four weeks till #dataBS Conference! Wednesday, 24 September. We'll unveil the list of speakers soon. In the meantime: have you snagged your ticket? databsconf.com

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Randy Au @randyau.com · 15/08/2025

OK! I just sent out the #dataBS conference acceptance emails out to 14 people! I still have to pick out a selection of interesting proposals to invite to make pre-recorded talks, so if you didn't hear anything yet there is still a chance! Those will go out in a couple of days

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 14/08/2025

We're still working on the program (lots of amazing submissions), but registration is now open! You'll find the link and other info on our website: databsconf.com

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Randy Au @randyau.com · 02/08/2025

Now that the #dataBS conference speaker submission form has formally closed, the volunteer team has the uneviable job of having to go through the list of 36 talks and somehow stack ranking them

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 01/08/2025

Aaaand that's it! Our call for speakers has closed. Huge thanks to everyone who submitted talk ideas. And now .... the wait. (Follow us here on Bluesky for updates.)

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 31/07/2025

We've reached the final countdown: the #dataBS Conference call for speakers closes today! You have just a few hours left to share your story about what _really_ happens in data work: databsconf.com

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 28/07/2025

We're in the home stretch, everyone! Just a couple more days to submit your talk proposal:

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 26/07/2025

The #dataBS call for speakers closes 31 July. That's just a few days away! This is your chance to share your story about that creaky-yet-mission-critical data pipeline ... or your company's "AI" that's really three linear regressions in a trenchcoat ... Sign up here: bit.ly/dataBSconf-cfs

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Data Behind the Scenes Conf - Call for Speakers

What This Conference Is About "Data, Behind the Scenes" is a (free) online-only, single track conference centered on the real stories of data work from the folks in the trenches. We’re not here for th...

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 19/07/2025

The weekend is here! Perfect time to submit your #dataBS talk. We want your lessons-learned stories from data work, everything from "my data pipeline: the unsung hero" to "how we got that AI system working" to "what we learned when it fell over." Details and sign-up: bit.ly/dataBSconf-cfs

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 16/07/2025

Just two weeks left to submit your talk! (and/or or to convince your colleagues to submit theirs) Come for the talks, stay for the commiseration and catharsis. We grow as an industry when we learn (and scream) together.

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 13/07/2025

Having a quiet Sunday? Perfect time to plan your Data Behind the Scenes talk. Knee-deep in a failed ETL job? Perfect time to plan your Data Behind the Scenes talk. Just convinced your team to replace that buggy genAI heap with simple software? Perfect time to plan your ...

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 10/07/2025

Updates from the #dataBS (Data Behind the Scenes) Conference: new: we have a Bluesky presence 👋 (this account) new: we have a website 💻 (databsconf.com) still going: our call for speakers 🎤 (bit.ly/dataBSconf-cfs) Sign up to tell us _your_ story of data from the trenches.

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