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Ben Jones is the founder and CEO of Data Literacy, LLC, a training and education company that's on a mission to help people learn the language of data. Ben also teaches data visualization at the University of Washington, he's the author of Avoiding Data Pitfalls (Wiley, 2019) and Communicating Data With Tableau (O'Reilly 2014) and he writes about data topics at his blog DataRemixed.com.

May 2023

Now Available for Pre-Order: Working with Data Professionals

By |2023-05-25T05:55:24-07:00May 24th, 2023|Announcements|

Now Available for Pre-Order: "Working with Data Professionals (even if you aren't one!)" Here at Data Literacy, we're about to launch our first course in what will become a series aimed at empowering leaders to make a difference with data. The course is called "Working with Data Professionals (Even if You Aren't [...]

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Trying Out Code Interpreter for ChatGPT

By |2023-05-08T16:15:04-07:00May 1st, 2023|Helpful Explainers, Tutorials, Videos|

Trying out Code Interpreter for ChatGPT Today I had the chance to experiment with an early alpha release of the Code Interpreter plugin for ChatGPT by OpenAI. Code Interpreter is "an experimental model that can use Python, and that handles uploads and downloads. You can find information about this plugin here, and [...]

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March 2023

ChatGPT + Wolfram: A First Look

By |2023-04-19T16:48:08-07:00March 29th, 2023|Tutorials|

ChatGPT + Wolfram: A First Look It seems the marriage of statistical AI (LLMs such as OpenAI's ChatGPT) and symbolic AI (rules-based programming languages such as Wolfram Language) is poised to revolutionize how we perform some of the tasks of data analysis and data visualization, as well as how we go about [...]

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NOW AVAILABLE – ChatGPT Basics: Foundations & Getting Started

By |2023-03-22T15:51:08-07:00March 22nd, 2023|Announcements|

NOW AVAILABLE - ChatGPT Basics: Foundations & Getting Started Hello, dataphiles and dataphobes alike! Here at Data Literacy, we've become convinced over the past few months that, going forward, in order to effectively speak the language of data, all of us will need to be aware of the basic concepts of artificial [...]

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Introducing Our Newest Team Member, Alli Torban!

By |2023-02-28T13:18:51-07:00March 1st, 2023|Announcements|

Introducing Our Newest Team Member, Alli Torban! Today I have the honor and pleasure of announcing that we have just hired award-winning Information Designer Alli Torban! Alli joins our team as our Sr. Data Literacy Advocate. In that role, she’ll be responsible for creating engaging instructional content, leading public and private training [...]

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February 2023

A Chat with the Creator of the Information Graphic Visionaries Series

By |2023-02-23T17:42:16-07:00February 23rd, 2023|Thought Leadership, Videos|

A Chat with the Creator of the Information Graphic Visionaries Series Listen along as Data Literacy CEO Ben Jones chats with expert data storyteller RJ Andrews of Info We Trust about Information Graphic Visionaries, RJ's brand new 3-book series showcasing the work of spectacular pioneers in data visualization. Get your copy of [...]

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January 2023

Asking Worthwhile Questions of Your Data

By |2023-01-11T17:32:15-07:00January 11th, 2023|Helpful Explainers|

Asking Worthwhile Questions of Your Data Written by Ben Jones In order to become skilled at using data, there's one attribute we all need to develop, no matter what industry we're working in, and no matter what data tool we're working with: We need to learn how to ask worthwhile [...]

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October 2022

NEW BOOK: “Read, Write, Think Data” is Now Available

By |2022-10-23T16:00:24-07:00October 23rd, 2022|Announcements|

NEW BOOK: "Read, Write, Think Data" is Now Available in Paperback & eBook! Our latest book, Read, Write, Think Data, is now available for purchase in both paperback and ebook formats! You can get your copy of the paperback by ordering it on Amazon, and you can get access to the ebook [...]

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March 2022

The Data Literacy Movement: Founded by Women, Led by Women

By |2022-03-08T13:23:03-07:00March 8th, 2022|Resources, Thought Leadership|

The Data Literacy Movement: Founded by Women, Led by Women Happy International Women's Day 2022! I'm so incredibly proud to be a part of the Data Literacy movement, whose purpose is to help people everywhere speak the language of data. Did you know? This movement was FOUNDED by women and is currently being LED [...]

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February 2022

Now Available: Our Origin Story in “The Introspective Entrepreneur”

By |2022-06-21T10:07:01-07:00February 15th, 2022|Announcements|

Now Available: Our Origin Story in "The Introspective Entrepreneur" Almost four years ago, I was sitting at my desk at work in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, and I made the decision to go for it: I logged into my GoDaddy account and I purchased this domain, dataliteracy.com. The [...]

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