I often find myself getting data out of one system or another (or multiple systems, and then combining them) as “daily” data — a series of metrics by day for a sequence of days. Sometimes, I work with that data at a daily level, but, often, I want to roll …
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Over the past few years, I’ve been asked many times for advice on how to “get into digital analytics.” Without fail, these requests come from people who have gotten just enough of a taste of the field that they’re pondering a redirection of their career. After having written a long-ish …
I’m a fan of Stephen Few; pretty much, always have been, and, pretty much, always will be. When developing dashboards, reports, and analysis results, it’s not uncommon at all for me to consciously consider some Few-oriented data visualization principles. One of those principles is “maximize the data-pixel ratio,” which is …