Nudges, Ideas and a sprinkle of career advice
This is where you’ll read from me. It’s a mix of nudges that encourage you to take the next bold step, ideas that help you make a change and advice so you can avoid the mistakes I made along the way.
From my keyboard to you. No ChatGPT involved, just a bunch of honest writing, usually done in the morning hours before the world wakes up.
I hope you enjoy it and I’d love to hear from you, so feel free to comment on these posts.
#MakeoverMonday | Week 38 | 2019: Positive Impact Events – SDG Commitments by the Events Industry
This week #MakeoverMonday is collaborating once again with the team of the SDG Action Campaign ahead of the Global Goals week during the UN General Assembly.
Makeover Monday | Week 37 | 2019: James Patterson Book Checkouts in Seattle
There is a dataset we’ve had in our backlog for months and I’m excited that Andy decided to use it for this week. It’s about book checkouts at the Seattle Public Library, particularly those of work by James Patterson.
Makeover Monday | Week 36 | 2019: Fall is the favourite season for most Americans
September 1st is the first day of autumn, meteorologically speaking. So I picked a dataset about how Americans feel about the different seasons.The original viz and data comes from YouGov.
Makeover Monday | Week 35 | 2019: PCs to Become the Smallest Gaming Platform in 2018
For week 35 Andy picked a dataset about gaming and the shift from PCs and consoles to mobile.
Makeover Monday | Week 34 | 2019: Americans touch their smartphones 2,617 times a day
I recently finished the book Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. It’s brilliant and I highly recommend it.So this week we’re looking at cellphone use by American teens and their parents.
Makeover Monday | Week 33 | 2019: A bird’s-eye view of clinical trials
This week we’re looking at a viz and data collected by Spencer Philips Hey, who brought together years worth of data about clinical trials and all their published details.
MakeoverMonday | Week 32 | 2019: Britain’s record coal-free run
By now we all know that the environment and how we treat it is something we can’t ignore any longer and we seriously need to change what we’re doing if we want our children and grand children to have a livable planet.
#MakeoverMonday | Week 31 | 2019: STD Infection Rates in America
This week’s #MakeoverMonday takes us to one of Andy’s very first vizzes and one of the first vizzes published on Tableau Public (he published 8 vizzes the day the platform went live). We’re looking at STD infection rates in America.
Makeover Monday | Week 30 | 2019: Arsenal’s 2018/19 Season
This week’s #MakeoverMonday will be Andy’s 800th Tableau Public viz, so I decided to surprise him by picking a dataset about Arsenal, his favorite club.I’ve been working with lots of football data in the last 6 months, some of it public, but most of it proprietary. So I’m excited to build a viz with this data as well.
MakeoverMonday | Week 29 | 2019: Share of Americans not having Sex
For week 29, Andy picked a topic that is likely to cause a few people to blush. It's always interesting to observe what people's comments are or how reluctant they become to participate when topics are a bit more controversial or - heaven forbid - involved things like...
Makeover Monday | Week 28| 2019: International Protection in the EU+
This week we’re looking at asylum applications from outside the EU by people seeking protection in EU countries.The original viz was published by the European Asylum Support Office based on Eurostat data.
Makeover Monday | Week 27 | 2019: Deaths in Game of Thrones
Somewhere in the middle of season 6 I stopped watching Game of Thrones and I never actually went back to it. I have to say I don’t miss it but I do understand why people are hooked to the series.This week for Makeover Monday we’re looking at deaths in GOT and there are MANY of them.