I wonder if it is somewhat inevitable that while researching how to do better competitor analysis, I would find my way into the world of marketing tools? I’ve been specifically looking at ecommerce sites and wondering how I would go about measuring competitors. The common metrics that turn up are to do with how often people Read More
The No-TV Challenge!
I want to challenge everyone reading this to go without TV, specifically scheduled programming, for as long as possible! I haven’t had a TV in my house for 2 years now and these have been the most productive years of my life so far. Like any regular bad habit, once you break the TV habit, you Read More
What Certifications Are Worth Sharing?
As I was hoping yesterday, I have today completed the BPMN course and it turns out that Udemy certificates just ping straight into your inbox when you finish the final video (in this course anyway!). With that question answered, I started wondering about certifications and which ones are going to add the most value to my Read More
BPMN 2.0 And Cawemo
Yesterday I talked about the Udemy course I began to learn how to use BPMN to produce workflow diagrams. Since I have the time off work, I have much more free time than I really know what to do with, which means I have powered through that course a bit and am almost through with it. Read More
Udemy On Sale (Again)
The learning site, Udemy, is never far from some sort of sales promotion. Every time I want to learn a course on there, if they aren’t on sale at the time I just put the course into my cart and wait a few days or weeks, it’s usually on sale by the time I go back. Read More
Switching Off To Remain Switched On
One of the hardest things to do when you’ve been productive for a long time is to take a proper break. In this case, I don’t mean the things we do for a break, such as watching shows on Netflix, playing video games, going out or even reading. I mean a real break of doing nothing. Read More
How To Figure Out If You’re On The Right Path
Today I decided to do a bit more research on what a Data Analyst really needs to have in their toolbelt in terms of skills, knowledge and experience. Browsing the courses on Udacity or Pluralsight, you could let yourself think that just finishing off the courses they recommend would get you there, but you can’t be Read More
You Suck At Excel
For a while last year I had the ambition to be the Lazy Excel Guy. I started up a website and made some posts, including videos, created a Facebook page and prepared demo workbooks and macros to share with other people. My own approach to Excel help was time-saving tricks and tools that helped an Excel Read More
Trying To Build Better Routines
I’ve been posting to this blog almost every day for just over a couple of months now and I’m happy about that. I ditched the tracking and the prompts and I stopped holding myself up to difficult targets, such as word quotas, so I’ve really enjoyed the experience. However, lately I am finding it less and Read More
Escape The Rat Race Using Cashflow
I’ve written before about this great book, Rich Dad Poor Dad, but forgot to mention one of the tools I discovered from this book that has really helped me understand how we should be using money to gain financial independence. This is of course the board game, Cashflow, which you can purchase physically from many online Read More