Dashboard week: how to survive

Dashboard week: how to survive

by | Nov 3, 2023 | Emma Wishart

This blog is written for fellow Data Schoolers who are currently undergoing training. It is my advice regarding dashboard week.   Tip 1: Block out the “noise” This is not my general advice for training, but when it comes to dashboard week, my first...
Dashboard Week: Day 3

Dashboard Week: Day 3

by | Nov 3, 2023 | Emma Wishart

Hello and welcome to day 3 of Dashboard Week!   After we got our presentations for yesterday’s dashboards out of the way in the morning, we got cracking on our next project. The data for today is related to Star Trek.   Rather than being given a flat...
Dashboard week: Day 2

Dashboard week: Day 2

by | Aug 2, 2023 | Emma Wishart

Day two of Dashboard week and today we are looking at computer chips! As always, the first step is exploring the data. I know CPU and GPU, but for the rest of the data, a lot of the information is quite foreign to me. So, step one is researching what each column means...
Dashboard Week: Day 1

Dashboard Week: Day 1

by | Jul 31, 2023 | Emma Wishart

Hello and welcome to dashboard week! This is a week that is done toward the end of training for every Data School cohort. The week is designed as a bit of a pressure cooker situation, encouraging us to time-box and use all the skills we have learnt over the course of...
Data Basics: Data Types

Data Basics: Data Types

by | Jul 22, 2023 | Emma Wishart

When working with data, it is important to understand the different data types and how to store and use them. This blog post is written for a data novice and will cover some of the basic data types, their uses and sizes.   Bytes: A byte is a unit of data that is...