Margaret Chu leads us into and through the world of Data Warehousing with a writing style unique to "IT primers."
This book was fun to read. Blissful Data informs and entertains. The examples and the book's illustrations facilitate the readers' education in all aspects of projects involving large amounts of data.
For me, it's indeed rare for such a valuable learning experience to be so enjoyable!

I really enjoyed reading Blissful Data on one of my recent business trip. The first thing that struck me was the distinctive coaching style of the author. By not coming across as teaching, preaching, or mothering, I found it easy to "listen" and take the author's friendly advice to heart. As I got into the book, I discovered the author's wit and talent in illustrating difficult technology concepts using everyday life examples. By the time I finished the book, it became clear that the book has comprehensively covered technology, human factors, project disciplines, and everything else necessary for successful implementations of enterprise data warehouses. It is an easy read, flows well, and expertly organized. I was able to finish it in a couple of hours to get all the salient points, and I know where to go back and easily find the details if I needed to.