This looks great! I spent a few months earlier this year learning and implementing D3 and while a little bit of a learning curve to pick up, it made sense once you got into the flow of things. Looking at this and amazed with how simple it could have been to use as a starting point if there was no need for customization. Great addition to the growing JS solutions for data needs. Another step and tool towards a JS suite of tools for data analysis!
Really interesting idea. As someone who has been in a data analyst role for roughly 9 years and frustrated by the lack of effort others have to learn SQL or even a BI tool for reporting needs it sounds like an interesting idea. Would be interested in learning more about how you are tackling the issue. Career background is Marketing & Analytics, but I have been doing development work for 6+ (NodeJS,Postgresql,Python) Any preferred method to connect?
Seems you understand the pain point. There have been numerous people who have asked for help learning SQL, and they never see it through. On the other side of the problem, analysts at companies are not there for simple SQL queries, it’s an inefficient use of time as opposed to in-depth analysis.
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Understand Your Sleep was a fun weekend project to improve my understanding of my Fitbit sleep data. I haven't found much utility in how it is displayed today and decided to build a free sleep analysis tool that visualizes Fitbit sleep data to help you understand your sleep. In just three clicks you have a free analysis of your sleep patterns.
I have been following a hybrid quadrant method for my meeting notes recently and have really enjoyed the process. The quadrant method has gained some popularity as the method that Bill Gates used to use for his meetings. Your paper is split into four areas, notes, questions, to-dos, assignments. This visual categorization has allowed me to cut down on time looking for information from a meeting and has streamlined my thought process. In addition to this quadrant, I have a topic of the meeting, talking points if it is a meeting I am running and then a next steps section that acts as a one line summary of the topic for the next meeting if it is a recurring one
To-do's for other attendees of the meeting. This is for awareness of actions others are taking after the meeting so I have a full understanding of who is doing what.
Echoing what many have mentioned in this thread. Read your employment agreement for mentions of Intellectual Property, inventors clause, etc. I work full-time and I am launching a side business, but I have a licensing agreement in place with my employer that clearly states my ownership of my businesses IP in exchange for a free license of the product. There is a lot of grey area in employment agreements. Even if there isn't anything that is clearly stated (from your understanding) that would cause issues, it is up to debate in the court of law. The best plan of action is to speak with a lawyer. It took me six months and multiple revisions to my licensing agreement before it was signed, but I can now sleep better at night and launch my business!
There is the saying that the best way to learn is by teaching others and I have found this to be completely true with my own blogging. Teaching topics that you recently learned helps to solidify your understanding of the information because it requires additional research and considerations that would have never been made if you were satisfied with what you had learned and decided to move on.
