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August 1, 2006
Asking follow-up questions to a guy who died in 1870...
We all love the work by Charles Minard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Minard) who produced the wonderful image of Napoleon's infamous 1812 march on Moscow. http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/minard
Now, as great as it is - capturing perhaps 6 dimensions in a high signal/noise ratio - have you ever wanted to ask a follow-up question to a static graph like this? Like "how much food was left in Moscow when Napoleon arrived"? Or "how many soldiers did the Russians have?"
If you think about it - isn't that what we're forced to do every day in business? It's a bit like speaking to a guy who died in 1870. Please wait for 2 weeks while we update the OLAP cube...
Shouldn't the world in 2006 be a bit more interactive and dynamic?
Posted by at August 1, 2006 4:00 PM
