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Apr
26
Why Analytics Engineering is Here to Stay
While the title Analytics Engineer is relatively new, the role has always existed in one way shape or form. This is why I believe it’s here to stay.
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Dec
13
How to Calculate Monthly Active Users (MAU) with SQL
Calculate MAU using simple SQL
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Aug
26
Celebrate Your Data Analysts - Before It's Too Late
Data analysts are quitting their jobs in masse because they feel they have no impact. What can you do to change things before it's too late?
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Apr
17
[Cognitive Musings #1] - Monthly-ish Update
Hello friends, colleagues and followers and welcome to the very first edition of my "digital postcard" called Cognitive Musings. You
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Apr
17
Words That Change Minds
We think we see an objective reality and we think we're right but in reality most of what you perceive is quite subjective. The cool part? You can shape it with just words!
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Mar
19

How I Learned Data Science in 90 Days
I first encountered data science (aka data mining, machine leaning, artificial intelligence, etc) back in 2014. I was a newly
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Mar
18

Learning Strategy from First Principles - A Review of Wardley Maps
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the word strategy? If you’re like most
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Mar
18

The Data Executive Playbook: How to use Wardley Maps to Determine Strategy in Modern Organizations
This blog post is an exploration of strategic play inside an organization viewed through the lens of a hypothetical data
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Mar
18

Understanding the Data Landscape and Strategic Play Through Wardley Mapping
A Wardley map is a form of mapping invented by Simon Wardley (@swardley) that helps you understand business strategy. Simon
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Mar
18

On Happiness
Perhaps it's not a coincidence that the times I've felt happiest at work were times when I was in a
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