John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 01/04/2025I forgot how unsufferable the internet can be on April 1st. 350
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 20/03/2025If I’m watching a webinar on a technology, it better be technologists talking not marketers or sales people. 120
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 16/01/2025Starting learn a bit about @databricks.bsky.social today! 380
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 23/12/2024The time of death I see often is the same moment the dashboard is published. 030
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 21/12/2024Each wheel is an Excel “database” and the frame is made up of a combination of VBA scripts and VLOOKUP. The gears are a decades old Access DB that no one understands. 040
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 09/12/2024Breathed new life into my parent’s old Acer laptop by wiping the hard drive and installing #Linux Mint. Runs great again!! #DataBS 1230
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 06/12/2024One problem with all of these complaints, and data work in general, is that their impact is incredibly hard to quantify. So we’re left with anecdotes and feelings and trying to make crucial decisions without solid information 010
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 04/12/2024Got that @scott.hanselman.com vibe going this year. Gotta love a great podcast with a massive backlog 000
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 04/12/2024What a brutal work week it's been (and it's only Tuesday). Losing so many amazing coworkers has been sad and my heart goes out to everyone who was impacted by the #layoffs at #Cargill. We're losing not only talented people but wonderful human beings that I respect and make me enjoy coming to work. 010
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 26/11/2024Finally got my #bird feeders up over the weekend and had my first visitors, a nuthatch and a pileated woodpecker! 010
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 24/11/2024Linux because I enjoy things being just little inconvenient at times 010
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 18/11/2024How many projects do you have going on simultaneously? What's a number that feels good and when does it get to be too much? #dataBS 000
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 15/11/2024Minutes to run the script, but hours to develop the script. 110
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 14/11/2024Watching a recording of @metabase.bsky.social’s Mapping webinar. Love seeing Alex Yarosh show cool map stuff while also advocating for only using maps when it adds to the ability to communicate. www.metabase.com/events/maps-...metabase.comMaps in Metabase: tips and tricksMetabase business intelligence, dashboards, and data visualization tools. Dig deeper into your data with open source, no SQL tools for data visualization. 000
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 14/11/2024Loving using Bluesky to look at everyone’s personal websites through their domain handle. #dataBS 140
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 14/11/2024Just updated the #DNS entries and #NGINX config for an app I host for hobby projects. #ChatGPT was able to walk me through all the changes. I found it great for step by step instructions and asking for clarity about my particular configuration! 001
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 11/11/2024Spending time learning has such a high ROI and, for me, is incredibly enjoyable. Managers of analytics teams need to encourage and make space for regular learning. The tools we use today are not going to last an entire career. 000
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 07/11/2024Bird watching, music, getting into DIY stuff now that we have a house, and doomscrolling. 000
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 05/11/2024Your Business Isn’t Impressed: Why they don’t care about your tech stack 010
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 05/11/2024Based on what I’ve seen it’s with un-verifiable anecdotes. 010
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 02/11/2024Anyone know of a Linux clone of ZoomIt from Windows sysinternals? 000
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 01/11/2024I’ve got my trick or treat data ready to visualize tomorrow! #dataBS #dataviz #halloween 030
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 31/10/2024You need to add 3 charts that aren’t insightful and at least 18 drop down filters. #dataBS 030
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 29/10/2024I bet well over 50% of business analytics can be done in Excel yet we chase the tools so much. 010
John Thompson @johnthompson.io · 29/10/2024One reason I’m not terribly worried about LLMs taking over for analysts is that the hardest part of doing analysis is forming the right question. 040
