Data Visualisation for Drunks Paid Members Public
Two months ago, I wrote an article [https://qstar.ai/data-visualisation-no-tools-required/] reflecting on how data visualisation is not primarily about creating charts, but should instead focus on effective communication through visual means. Today, I want to share one of my favourite principles for designing impactful visualisations: eliminate complexity. Or as
How Long Will Human in the Loop Decision Making Remain Responsible? Paid Members Public
Fatal autonomous vehicle crashes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_self-driving_car_fatalities] have consistently made front-page news. Journalists have mused whether we have become too complacent [https://insideevs.com/news/338543/test-shows-why-a-tesla-on-autopilot-might-crash-into-parked-car/] in accepting the capabilities of automated systems, or if our obsession with Artificial Intelligence has lead
The One Where Friends’ Least Popular Character Ended Up with the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century Paid Members Public
Although I did not watch the American sitcom Friends [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/] when it originally aired, I have since worked my way through its ten seasons over the course of two years. What is interesting is that while in some ways the show has not aged well
Data Quality: You Are What You Eat Paid Members Public
While for decades debates have raged about healthy eating and the diets supposed to enable this, over the last few years we have seen interest spike due to social media platforms such as Instagram [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/27/new-wellness-bloggers-food-drink-hadley-freeman] . Wellness gurus and celebrity nutritionists exhort us
Teenagers: Data is the Career For You Paid Members Public
My friend Graeme McDermott [https://www.linkedin.com/in/graememcdermott/], Chief Data Officer at Addison Lee, suggested I write an article explaining why data makes for a great career. Given that data is one of the most exciting areas to work in, I am more than happy to oblige. Currently
Everything is New and Different. Is It? Paid Members Public
Many articles on digital, analytics, and AI tend to follow a familiar pattern, in opening with a paragraph describing how the world as we know it is evolving. We read that these changes are happening at an increasing scale and are therefore introducing new complexities into our lives and organisations
When Familiarity Fails Us Paid Members Public
Sunday night, flying back to London from Hong Kong, I read a piece in the New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/business/boeing-737-max-crash.html] on the development of the Boeing 737 MAX, the model that was involved in the recent Ethiopian Airlines crash. What made this
Bad Questions and Sad Analysts Paid Members Public
If there is one thing analysts dread hearing, it is “can you quickly pull some numbers on vague metric?” often followed by “it would be great if you can stick it in a chart showing how this is increasing.” Sometimes this will even lead to a request for a dashboard.