11:25 AM Eastern Time – Text from Stephanie Evergreen Full house for your session. Is your co-presenter still coming? Ugh!!! I totally cancelled that a long time ago with AEA. So Crystal isn’t coming? Right. Is there a projector? Maybe you can feed me in. 5 minutes notice, no preparation… So I originally planned to […]
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Cartoon Q&A: Anna Kirkland Smith on Challenges for Women in the Data Industry
Today’s Q&A is with Anna Kirkland Smith founder of the Data Scientista Society located here in the research triangle, NC. I only asked Anna one question, but her response definitely inspired a couple new cartoons. Plus I think many of you will be able to relate. What do you think is the biggest challenge for […]
Cartoon Q&A: Shelbi Fanning of Cloud Giants on Modern Marketing Challenges
So I’m kicking off a new series of cartoon Q&As. Basically I ask a few questions to practicing researchers, marketers, evaluators, designers, and communicators, then cartoon illustrate their answers. This week’s Q&A is with Shelbi Fanning who is the marketing manager at Cloud Giants, a Salesforce consultancy headquartered here in Durham, NC. How do you […]
Your ugly old confusing website is not your biggest problem.
So since I started as a freelance designer I have designed quite a few websites. But let me tell you a secret. Ready? Most people don’t need new websites. I don’t care how ugly, malfunctioning, confusing, or old the website, it’s probably not the thing that is going to make or break your business. If […]
Pixel Math, Charts, and Adobe XD
So on Wednesday of this week I held a webinar. The topic of the day was on using tools like Sketch and Adobe XD to design data visualization. As with most things I present that are new I end up getting the following question. Okay, you sold me, how do I start? I gave my […]
Hiring Guide: Data Experience Designer
Organizational data strategy needs a redesign for companies to extract the most value from their data infrastructure. Through this series of blog posts I plan to describe in detail, conceptual positions designed to meet contemporary organizational needs. For this first post, I describe the role of a data experience designer. Position goal: Increase the value […]