Oct 29, 2024

Rob Collie records his final episode from the cozy, sound-dampened basement studio where over 170 Raw Data conversations have taken place. With moving boxes waiting to be loaded onto a truck bound for Seattle, Rob reflects on his unexpected 15-year journey in the Midwest—an adventure filled with personal challenges,...

Oct 22, 2024

In this episode, Rob Collie and Justin break down life lessons learned from a simple tool: the Green Biscuit puck. It’s a perfect example of how resilience sometimes beats prevention—because you can’t avoid every bump in the road, but you can adapt and keep moving forward. That same idea applies to AI and Power...

Oct 15, 2024

This week Rob shares his disdain for CFL light bulbs, but it's not necessarily about light bulbs here!  It's more of an analogy as to why the status quo weighs absolutely nothing.  Something better and disruptive came along, and now it's everywhere. We barely even remember the transition, because the new "light bulb" is...

Oct 8, 2024

In this episode, Rob Collie and Justin Mannhardt step onto the data gridiron to test if AI can tackle the complexities of fantasy football data. Rob starts with a Power Query puzzle, full of messy stats, player names, and tricky injury codes—solving it manually in over 30 steps. But can ChatGPT, with Justin’s...

Oct 1, 2024

Have you noticed the phrase "Dashboards Are Dead" popping up on LinkedIn? It's catchy, provocative, and designed to grab your attention. But is there any truth to it, or is it just another clickbait strategy?

In this episode, Rob Collie dives into the psychology behind these viral statements and why they get under...