Archive - Datadoodle / Stories at Work / by Ted Cuzzillo

Software developer, sailor, engineer: Scott Davis’s 'Surf the Seesaw' probes life’s strange waves

Once an analytics innovator, Davis returns from a five-year sabbatical with thoughtful essays on balance, beauty, and life's meaning

Feb 2 •

February 2023

"Springboard" stories prompt data consumers to put themselves in the story

After all, springboard story structure made home bakers jump into cake mix

Feb 16, 2023 •

Odd siblings: Fairy tales, cake mixes, and "springboard" business stories

Your audience wants something to do, flat characters to inhabit, or cake mixes that let them add eggs

Feb 15, 2023 •

Found: the George Santos of data management

Five incorrect statements in two sentences

Feb 9, 2023 •

January 2023

What can you do about the danger of data stories?

Here's a clue: All data comes with stories

Jan 12, 2023 •

How some data analysts may outrun AI

A scenario for analysts who dream

Jan 4, 2023 •

December 2022

Replay: How to analyze unfamiliar data: circle, dive, and riff

Dan Murray's first rule: Don't pre-think.

Dec 8, 2022 •

November 2022

Tiny votes, big drama: Tales of power, politics, and intrigue in Richmond's city council race

An inept clique, two contestants, and a spec of data

Nov 11, 2022 •

Writing resumes for tech pros in 2022

Jennifer Hay, IT resume specialist, on tech-resume strategies that work

Nov 4, 2022 •

October 2022

The 14th century Danse Macabre was a data story

And they did it without Powerpoint

Oct 24, 2022 •

Mind the gap: New tech races ahead of old tech at our peril

It’s rooted in behavior and finance more than in tech

Oct 13, 2022 •

Expensive neglect: New tech on top of old tech without reconciling the two

Longtime educator and programmer Dave Wells on technical debt from deferred compatibility (10:10)

Oct 5, 2022 •

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