Switch by Chip and Dan Heath provides a simple framework with wide application. It took me about 10 hours to read. Chapters are very short and I found it useful to read a bit, reflect, read a bit more etc. 8 August 2023 I’ve seen this book recommended for undertaking …
Modernizing systems is hard work 26 July 2023 I highly recommend Kill it with Fire by Marianne Bellotti for data professionals building or inheriting a system. It’s just over 200 pages long and took me about 8 hours to read. Modernizing systems will become a key part of many data …
Real-time dashboards. Real-time data collection. Real-time alerts and reporting. If data can help us make better decisions, then does real-time data help us even more than data collected less frequently? The short answer: I think it only makes sense to collect it in real-time if you are able to act …
To get better at estimating lead times, you need to change how you provide your estimates. You need to identify the key risks and figure out how to test them early. Estimating how long it takes to deliver an analysis can be, and often is, very difficult to do. This …
01 June 2023 Earlier this year I applied to the R Consortium for a grant to upgrade the Big Book of R. Unfortunately my proposal wasn’t accepted, but I am really proud of how the proposal turned out. I’ve never written a proposal before and wasn’t really sure of how …
11 April 2023 UPDATE: OpenAI have added an option for site owners to disallow the company from scraping a website for training material. You can added a line to the site’s robot.text file. Current the only LLM implementer that has this option as far as I know. I think Large …
The R Consortium has opened a call for proposals seeking projects that improve the technical or social infrastructure of the R ecosystem. For a long time now I’ve wanted to make some upgrades to the Big Book of R which will enhance it’s usability, stability and improve the discovery of …
There’s many ways to volunteer your time and skills helping causes you care about or to give back to the data community. I’ve listed just a few here and will add more as I find them. MapSwipe – the easiest way to volunteer with zero skills or experience MapSwipe is …
I’ve analyzed some of the best examples of data storytelling I’ve ever seen. In this post, I’ll take you through my findings so you can start applying them right away. I’ve been following Hannah’s Ritchie‘s work for a few years and have been impressed at how well she communicates the …
13 January 2023 We’re nearing the end of a large upgrade to our data pipeline. It’s a big milestone for our team and certainly a career highlight for me. Of course it’s taken a lot longer than I’d hoped, but that’s the nature of doing new things that have a …
