Data Behind the Scenes Conference
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Real stories of data work from the folks in the trenches.
Wednesday, 2025-09-24
https://databsconf.com/
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Wednesday, 2025-09-24
https://databsconf.com/
header: Voyage Pro on Unsplash
avi: vectorsmarket15 on Flaticon
posts: @qethanm.bsky.social
That's a wrap! Thanks for following this thread of #DataBS Conference talks.
You can also watch the full playlist on our YouTube channel:
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You can also watch the full playlist on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Data Behind the Scenes 2025 - YouTube
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October 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
That's a wrap! Thanks for following this thread of #DataBS Conference talks.
You can also watch the full playlist on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
You can also watch the full playlist on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 12 - David Hood - Lunchtime project to cabinet briefing
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 11 - David Asboth - The Data Science Ship of Theseus
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 10 - Caleb Bowie - Found in Translation: Building Metrics Stakeholders Need, Not Want
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 -09- Gabrielle Yang - Bringing Ambiguity to Impact, guide for leading through complexity
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 08 - Joshua Noble - The Unreasonable Expectations of "Data"
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October 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataVS 2025 - 07 - Amanda Alvarez - There are no data emergencies
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 06 - Q McCallum - (Not Quite) Instant Awesomeness: corporate genAI adoption gone wrong
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 05 - Paul Rosenzweig - How I Made dbt Builds 6x Faster (Then Rolled It Back)
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 04 - Prasanta Kumar Dutta - From Chaos to Clarity: Data Journalism in the COVID era
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 03 - Ramona Daniel - 10 Red Flags Say Your Multi-Market Research Data Went Sideways
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 02 - Matthew Brandt -Churn Prediction: We thought it was hard but it was easy
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
DataBS 2025 - 01 Krishna - Tailoring satellite images
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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...
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...
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...
@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...
DataBS 2025 -- Randy Au - Opening remarks -- Making space is important
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October 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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...
@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...
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbl7...
Scraping, Cleaning, and Embracing the Mess: Lessons from analysing court data in India -2025 PreShow
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October 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbl7...
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...
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...
Wizard without the Curtain, Krysta Chauncey, Ph.D. -- DataBS 2025 Pre-show
YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes
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October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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...
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...
Okay, time for Block 3 of the #DataBS conference. This block is about getting insights from data, or at least convincing other people that there's meaning in there somewhere.
Next up: Turning Ambiguity Into Impact
Next up: Turning Ambiguity Into Impact
September 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Block 2 of the #DataBS conference starting now! But also, one of the speakers had to withdraw because a new employer banned them from giving any talks, even if unrelated to their work. Booo. Who does that? 😒
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Two more talks -- AI (un)awesomeness and data (not)emergencies -- and now we're on to a quick break.
September 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Two more talks -- AI (un)awesomeness and data (not)emergencies -- and now we're on to a quick break.