Here's the ChatGPT prompt that reduced my meal-planning time by 90% “I enjoy cooking, and I love meal planning!” —me, 10 years ago In this season of life, I’m always surprised by how quickly another meal comes. Everyone’s hungry? Again?! I used to enjoy watching cooking shows and scrolling through recipe blogs [...]
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 [...]
Interview with an Expert: 5 Key Cybersecurity Insights for Businesses Alli Torban interviews Caleb Mattingly At Data Literacy, we take our customers' data security seriously and have worked with cybersecurity firm Secure Cloud Innovations for over a year. Their expertise impressed us so much that we had to interview co-founder Caleb Mattingly. [...]
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 [...]
Spatial Data is Messy - How to Make Peace with It Written by Sarah Battersby Spatial data is just like all of your other data - it’s messy. But decoding the problems can be a bit trickier since spatial data isn’t often a normal string or number that you can inspect [...]
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 [...]
What You Need to Know About Body Mass Index Written by Michael Hunter, MD, and originally published on 27 September, 2021 in BeingWell. THERE IS NO “PERFECT WEIGHT” that applies to all of us. Body Mass Index (BMI) measures how healthy your weight is, based on your height. BMI has become a standard [...]
Patient and PersuasiveHow Florence Nightingale conveyed data insights to allWritten by RJ Andrews of Info We TrustNote: Register now to join a free webinar conversation between RJ and Data Literacy CEO Ben Jones on 23 Feb, 2023 at 10:00am PST. When it comes to data storytelling, Florence Nightingale is known for her [...]
Do These 3 Classic Data Paradoxes Fool You? A Review of the Book "Innumeracy" by John Allen Paulos "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos was first published in 1988, but its argument and anecdotes have stood the test of time. First off, what is innumeracy? Simply speaking, [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Data is Useless on its Own Welcome back to our comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective charts, grasp [...]