So you’re putting together a spreadsheet? You’ve already taken the first step toward organizing your information is a much more useful way that simple text documents. But spreadsheets are much more useful than giving you… Read More »First 5 things to do when creating a spreadsheet
When search engines first made their mark on the Internet, there was a large barrier to entry for website producers. The knowledge for building a web site and the cost associated were substantial, creating a… Read More »A disciplined approach to tags, categories and keywords for better user experience
When an intern over the summer suggested that he could analyze Bureau of Labor Statistics data by Congressional district, we got excited about industry insights as a percentage of the workforce. In this interactive project,… Read More »Industry representation in Congress
As an experiment in mapping, I found Census shape files for the upper and lower legislative boundaries in all 50 states and combined them into one U.S. map. Then, using FiscalNote data, I was able… Read More »Map: State legislature control
While doing an assessment of FiscalNote’s web technology needs, I discovered a company called BuiltWith, which gathers data on website technology – basically exactly what I needed. The site monitors the internet’s top 2 million… Read More »Web technology assessment: Newspapers vs SaaS
At ONA 14 I gave a presentation on using Highcharts for non-developers and novice developers. In order to make the presentation a little more engaging I developed an online poll which plotted the results in… Read More »Highcharts presentation