TL;DR: The State of Ohio is offering FREE MONEY for workforce development in fields including data analytics. Learn more about the program and how to apply here. If you spend any time in Ohio it …
Learning guide: Introduction to Python, half-day workshop
In 2011, Marc Andreesen claimed that software is eating the world. With hindsight, we can be more specific: Python is eating the world. The open source language is more popular than ever and sees …
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Learning guide: Introduction to Tableau, half-day workshop
Data analytics isn't just about crunching numbers and hacking data pipelines. It's about telling stories and, as Rod Stewart tells us, every picture tells a story. So, data visualization goes …
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Learning guide: SQL for Excel users, half-day workshop
I like to call SQL the cool old uncle of analytics because, no matter what you are trying to do with your data, SQL has probably done it before. For as impressive as the new Microsoft stack is, …
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Teaching coding: what is pair programming?
Some say that learning is a team effort, and pair programming makes that an explicit part of learning how to code. Here's how it works, the pros and cons. How it works There are no rubrics or …
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Learning guide: Introduction to the Tidyverse, one-day workshop
To an outsider, some R packages sound too cheeky to be very valuable. Take, for example, the tidyverse. What on earth does that groaner of a portmanteau do? By the end of this workshop, you'll know …
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