Gilligan on Data by Tim Wilson

I’ll admit right up front that this is the least value-add post on this blog to date. Part of me sincerely hopes that it holds that distinction indefinitely. But, I know me better than that, so no promises.
We all have them. Those moments where someone says something — in person, in an e-mail, in an [...]

I had an experience over the past week that, in hindsight, I really should have been able to avoid. The situation was basically this: several different people had made comments in passing about how we were probably “overcommunicating” to our database. “Overcommunication” being the tactful way to say “spamming.” In this case, I can actually [...]

For anyone who knows me or follows this blog, it will be no surprise that I can get a bit…er…animated when it comes to data visualization. Partly, this may be from my background in Art and Design. I got out of that world as quickly as possible, when I realized that I lacked the underlying [...]

It’s been a long, crazy week, and it’s only Tuesday. Geesh! But, I didn’t want to let things slide too long here, so this is just a quickie in case you haven’t seen Trendalyzer (um. yeah. you WANT to click on that link). It’s been around for a few years, and a co-worker actually sent [...]

I’ve been involved with United Way for the past seven or eight years in Austin and, now, in Columbus. One of the attractions to spending my volunteer energy with United Way is that they are very accountability-focussed. That means that, in their agency funding cycle, they require agencies that are requesting funding to specify measures [...]