PHIL SIMON
Knowing how one contemporary tool, programming language, or framework works makes it easier to pick up new ones.
Category: Data
“In God we trust. All others must bring data.”
—W. Edwards Deming
Category: Data
Who’s Won the Most Majors? An Interactive Dataviz
With the US Open going on, why not play with some golf data?
Visualizing Men’s Grand Slam Winners
Playing with data and discovering insights have never been easier.
Sprucing Up Python Scripts With Data Visualization
It doesn’t take that much effort to visualize user-generated data.
Is your organization embracing interactive dataviz tools?
Powerful new applications allow for greater insights and help overcome the IT-business divide.
Business Intelligence: The Tools Change but the Concepts Don’t
Thoughts on new applications and old ideas.
Three Books That I Recommend to My Analytics Students
Thoughts on ways to expand their thinking about using data in their careers.
The Beauty of Structured Data
When it comes to survey design, Stephen Covey is absolutely right.
What College Professors Can Learn From Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act
His Netflix show takes a unique and informative approach that should make instructors reconsider their methods.
Teaching Highlights From 2018
A look back on two things that made me smile this past year.