Author: nytm
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2014-06B: From Around The Web: 5 Next Steps For Data Visualization | Blog
Not sure this is new news (see article at bottom of this post), but good to see it being articulated. I would say the trends outlined below are already happening. There is, however still a gap between the three dimensions of data visualization production: The tools with many templates (Excel/Tableau) are not very creative, The…
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2014-06A: From Around The Web: The backlash against big data, continued – O’Reilly Radar
A good articulation of the issue with “big data”. Data is here (and has been for a while), but we have to be careful about the false assumption of what more data can do. One thing that Mike tangentially touches on, but is worth highlighting is that we have to continue to be careful to…
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2014-05: Atomic Design
This is a throw back from a few years ago, but read a news clipping this morning that reminded me of, so I wanted to get it out there. When I was in my previous role, I used to use the concept of “products and by-products” for the work that we did. The product is…
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2014-04: The [insert name of well known disruptor] of [insert industry or vertical]
I guess this can go under the more things change, the more they are the same… In the late days of the first wave of internet start ups there was a proliferation of companies whose tag line became the above. In short the X of Y. These companies were often ridiculed as they were simply…
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2014-01: There are bold moves, and there are strategic moves
I had a very interesting conversation with a colleague of mine about how we would think about the various directions that a particular project could go. The conversation stemmed from a rather brutal conversation with a senior leader of our organization. We discussed with him and other leaders a project that we had been working…