A "Bart" just wants protection from the "Marges" and "Homers"

One of the pleas in Mark Madsen's fascinating keynote at the TDWI conference in Las Vegas was to let the "Barts" work. The Barts are, of course, the Bart Simpsons among us, the sometimes nerdy rebels who actually come up with interesting analyses and other useful things.

When the lights went up, a "Bart" was right nearby me at the big round table. Though…