Thoughts and Ideas
3 Reasons for Implementing Sustainability Goals
Implementing sustainability goals can be beneficial for your business in three ways. Firstly, it increases innovation and collaboration by delivering innovative solutions to global issues such as climate change, water and food crises, poverty, conflict, and inequality. Secondly, working towards a sustainable business model can enhance how customers perceive your company and products or services. Lastly, sustainable practices can enable risk management by mitigating environmental, social, and governance risks, making life easier for you and your business. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide powerful goals for improving our world by laying out where we must go and how to get there. All companies, regardless of their industry or size, can contribute to SDG.
Demons in the Data: A US “Scary Dream” Search Analysis
Analyzing Google Trends for the search term “Scary Dreams” by month from 2009 -2023, it is unsurprising that October had the highest search number.
100 Days to the New Year: Jump Start Your Goals One Day at a Time
In 100 days, it is Jan 1st; start now to make your goal.
Genderly - Gender Inclusive Palette
Usage
Helpful in showing data with a gender-inclusive grouping
Nichelle Nichols (a.k.a Lt. Nyota Uhura )
Star Trek and Star Wars fans can agree that Nichelle Nichols in the role of Lt. Nyota Uhura impacted history. However, many people do not realize that Ms. Nichols continued to impact history and space exploration even when Star Trek ended. She volunteered from 1977 - 2015 with NASA to both promote its programs and help recruit diverse astronauts.
MkDocs - Step By Step
MkDocs is an easy-to-use static HTML site generator that enables the creation of Project Documentation for end users quickly. In addition, it is easy to customize the project documentation and the look and feel of the site. I create a Bits & Bytes Quick Note To Self on how to set up and use MkDocs.
Project Design: Help Files Template
Creating amazing user documentation for a Project is critical to the project's success. With good user documentation, a tool becomes easier to use, increases the chance of mass adaption and citation, reduces the support burden for the developer, creates raving fans, and increases the professional feel of the project. All these benefits can lead to increase funding and opportunities for the developers and happy users.
Secret To Success In 8 Words
Creating a mission statement for a company, project, website, team, or yourself using this specific format can increase your success. It provides a key tool to "measure the right thing" and "measure it well." In addition, it is simple to create and easy to use.
Tips To Prevent Holes During Self Study
The internet has thousands of posts on learning Data Science (DS), but rarely do you find any on how to fill in the holes. I am sharing my approach with those that are interested
Silence of our Friends
"In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies but the silence of our FRIENDS." said Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. . Using the Do No Harm Checklist can help ensure your Data Visualizations and Analysis are friends to all.
Update: Resources (R / Health & Science)
Updated: R / Science & Health
The Resource Page was updated this weekend. First, in the R section, numerous links were added to the tools and training subsection. In the Science and Health section, several links from the Ocean Health Index are now included.
Easy Way of Creating a Passion Project
Whether you are creating your 100th portfolio project or your first, I recommend doing a specific type of passion project. This type of passion project combines what you love with where you want to work. It makes you more employable than selecting a random project. Here's how to do it.
IronOcean Palette
Usage
Used in Ocean and Marine Viz
Highlighting Positive and Negative Results
Never Married Is on the Rise
There is a rise of both men and women who have never married over time in every age group. As people age, the number of people who have never married decreases but the percentage of unwedded in 2016 is still higher than in 2006
Twilight Coast Palette
Usage
Maximum Green Blue (#41B7C4) is used in single color viz, with supporting colors selected to make the blue pop pop.
Useful for beach, shore, or ocean viz
Who Can Reduce The Plastic Crisis?
The top 20 producers in 2019 of single-use plastic items make 50 % of all items globally. The top 100 producers account for 90 % of the products produced. Single-use Plastic (SUP) is 98 % manufactured from fossil fuels and accounts for 1/3 of the plastic made. This use of virgin plastic means more pollution in the environment, less recycling, and more waste. A small group of people can change the world better if they move away from single-use plastics to produce their products.
Nurses' Salaries - Best and Worst in US
Like the cost of living, nursing median salaries are different in different states. The national median salary average is $74,313, according to the Registered Nursing Labor Stats (1998-2020). Eleven states have a higher than average nursing salary, while thirteen states below the average wage for Nurses. Twenty-six state the salaries are within +/- 10 % of the national average.
