Several months ago, I published an article which covered 3 simple ways to improve your RMarkdown. In this sequel article, I want to cover 3 more ways to improve your RMarkdown which deal with slightly more advanced techniques.
Companies that have invested in data and technology prior to the pandemic are now in a much better position, dominating the markets even more. Many businesses are understandably reluctant to loosen the purse strings in the current environment of uncertainty. While digital transformation is often viewed as a massive upfront investment measured by long-term results, well, it doesn’t need to be.
Every year, we at CompassRed reflect back, take account of where we are, and endeavor to predict out where we might be at the end of next year. As I sat down to work on this year’s reflection - I found my January 2020 letter not so inspiring given what’s happened in our society over the last 12 months. Our end of year wrap up and predictions are partly inspired by letters from leaders in industry such as Warren Buffet’s annual letter to shareholders , Larry Fink of Black Rock , Azeem Azhar’s predictions for 2030, and so many more.
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to effect every facet of our daily lives, the CompassRed team wanted to find a way to help. To make that happen, we launched the Delaware Data Innovation Lab (DDIL) with the help of CARES Act funding from New Castle County.
Since Google announced version 4 of Google Analytics (GA v4), I’ve only heard the positive side of what this means for everyday users. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of great new features that I hope to cover in a future post, but I wanted to take the opportunity to discuss the negatives that no one is really talking about. Here are three important watch-outs to know before upgrading to GA v4:
Like every small business owner, this year has been like no other. The challenges of maintaining partnerships, clients and work streams have been extraordinary. Meetings that would occur over coffees, dinners and lunches stopped completely and everything that was engrained in me about connecting with the outside world was completely thrown out the window. But the greatest challenge of the pandemic was about how to maintain the most important part of our business when no one physically shows up: our culture. Culture is one of our greatest assets a company has. I recall living through building a business during the dotcom bust of 2000 and the economic disaster of 2008. This of course is a year I’ll never forget.
CompassRed, that group of young at heart data science focused professionals, has jumped on board the Covid-Era embracement of cycling. With the Tour de France ending what seems to have been an extremely successful mid-pandemic event, it became clear to founding partner Patrick Callahan that it was time for CompassRed to take the next step…
Like many others, I was devastated when quarantine for COVID-19 postponed and cancelled many live performances. Many performing arts professionals are at a crossroads for performing live: will we embrace virtual events and permanently shift what it means to be a modern creative? Or will we “wait it out” until it’s safe to have large gatherings again? Additionally, what does this mean for people looking to learn a new musical instrument because they see themselves being on stage one day?
Last month I talked about the multiple ways of sharing RMarkdown analyses with your target audience. When you’re sharing your RMarkdown analysis, the most important aspect is the content itself, but formatting and aesthetic of the analysis is not far behind.
In this article, I am going to show you three simple things that can turn your analysis from a bland, flat file into a well organized, interactive document that people will want to read.
In this post, I will take you through my solution for creating a ‘Week of Year’ field that begins on Sunday in Google Data Studio (rather than the default, Monday). Hopefully the Data Studio team creates an out-of-the-box solution in the future, but, until that happens, follow the steps below.
Human Resource teams have diverse and critical areas to focus on. From hiring to managing salaries to talent retention to ensuring competitive benefits, one of the most important roles is serving as stewards of company culture. Monitoring the health and wellbeing of culture is critical to ensuring happy, productive, and engaged employees. The value of monitoring culture is amplified now that so many are working remotely and dealing with the new challenges to work-life balance.
CompassRed Ranks No. 899 on the 2020 Inc. 5000 With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 515 Percent
WILMINGTON, Del. — CompassRed, Delaware’s premier Data Analytics and Data Science firm, has been recognized as one of the nation’s fastest-growing companies by Inc. magazine.
CompassRed, founded in 2012, had experienced a 518% increase in revenues from 2017 to 2019, the three-year period measured by the magazine.
Inc. ranked CompassRed 899th among the 5,000 businesses recognized on its nationwide list. The firm ranked 24th among those listed from the Greater Philadelphia Region, and in the top 75 among the fastest-growing service companies in the nation. It had the fourth-fastest growth rate of the 13 Delaware companies listed. The magazine considers the list the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs.
As we enter the eighth month of pandemic mitigation measures across the globe, some countries continue to have a low number of daily infections and deaths, others are suffering from a second wave of cases, while some countries haven’t even finished with the first wave of COVID-19. To make sense of the data and find similarities between the different countries, we may use statistical tools at our disposal to quantify the similarities and see whether countries that have similar patterns in the case and death count also had similar responses to COVID-19.
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