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2026
Ten Thousand Files, Two Thousand That MatteredAn agent goes live. Adoption is immediate, which is what everyone wanted. Within weeks the team has uploaded ten thousand documents into it.MEMORY
The Data Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not WantOn data governance, meaning in use, hammers, towers, and why you cannot govern people you have never talked to.MEANING
If We Can't Agree on "Customer," How Can We Ever Govern Data?We all love to talk about data governance. The frameworks. The policies. The dashboards with fifty shades of data quality.MEANING
Starting the AI Journey: From First Wave to Business-Ready AIYou do not reach 1,000 without doing 1.GOVERNANCE
ATLAN'S Great Data Debate: DATA, Dashboards, AI, and the Fragility of MeaningAI does not hesitate. It does not say, "That depends." It simply responds.MEANING
Lessons from the DAMA ESPAÑA × Gaia-X Hub España webinar on data spacesMEANING
2025
Data Are Not UniversalSome time ago, someone told me something that didn’t sound particularly profound at first:MEANING
Strada Maestra: Lessons from an Italian CurveRaw data doesn't scream; it whispers.MEANING
“Knowing the Ingredients Isn’t Enough” – The Scientific Method According to a Hibiscus MargaritaOne summer in Mallorca, while staying at a friend’s place in Port d’Andratx, I volunteered to make the welcome cocktail. “Let me take care of it — I’ll do Margaritas!”CURIOSITY
To My Friends in Tech: A Letter of AdmirationThere’s a saying that hits hard on days like today: “I could not walk a mile in any of their shoes... by this point, any of their muddy boots.”MEANING