Author: Noob
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Week 13: 2014-05-03
What a dud this past week was… It started out with family being in town, but then I had to jet to NYC for a conference that we organize to help out with some of the startup demos, and to meet some of the clients. Neither happened. Content of the conference was good, but just…
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Week 12: 2014-04-26
Week 12… This was yet another particular tough week. People are trying to take people from my team, which is leading to a lot of chaos. Words of the week: Stability is key: We need more stability, people are leaving, but all we’re doing is moving people around and not creating stability. Takeovers suck: It’s…
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Week 11: 2014-04-19
Week 11…. Started out with gorgeous weather followed by freezing snow/ice. It’s spring, but also this week was the 1-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. So it all revolves around persevering through adversity. Words of the week: Road Map: It feels like all I’m talking about these days is writing up roadmaps for programs…
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New Tool:
Sankey Diagrams in RFinally, the answer to many of my challenges! Overnight it went from github to CRAN! mages’ blog: Sankey diagrams with googleVis. It’s awesome, you should try it out!
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Week 10: 2014-04-12
First 2-ble digit week! The news is good. I’m now on a number of new efforts and there’s some real interesting upswing potential with them. Some administrative (staff attrition study), some client facing, and some new business development. This is more my type of stuff… Words of the week: Politics: The politics continue to be…
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Week 9: 2014-04-05
Last Sunday I went to TEDxSomerville 2014. Super inspirational! Was able to use some of the insights immediately afterwards. Also it was next to see Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville. Words of the week: TEDxSomerville: Very inspirational! A couple of my highlights: Matthew Dicks on “saying yes”, Amanda Palmer and her extremely humanizing talk about connecting…