Comments on: I’m Leaving my Day Time Job http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/ Effective Charts and Dashboards for Excel users Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stat arb http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-20911 stat arb Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:27:44 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-20911 Jorge, I I hope it's going well for you. As I'm looking into ggplot2 and a million other spiderings out of your blog, I'm reminded of an idea I had for a small business. Currently business hours are displayed with numbers that are hard to read as you drive by. Actually, hard to read until you get up close. A more Tufte-y implementation would be grey horizontal bars like TR 9|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||4 W 7||||||||||||||||||||||||11 2|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||6 etc. (I lack the creativity to answer what should happen with businesses that mix late-night and regular day hours, except to suggest that perhaps 24-hour notation would help.) Every brick-and-mortar business buys these signs at some point, a printer isn't hard to find, and you might be able to up-sell by bringing in a logo designer or typographer. Distribution would take some work, but the internet can only help you there. Just a thought! Jorge, I I hope it’s going well for you.

As I’m looking into ggplot2 and a million other spiderings out of your blog, I’m reminded of an idea I had for a small business.

Currently business hours are displayed with numbers that are hard to read as you drive by. Actually, hard to read until you get up close.

A more Tufte-y implementation would be grey horizontal bars like

TR 9|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||4
W 7||||||||||||||||||||||||11 2|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||6

etc.
(I lack the creativity to answer what should happen with businesses that mix late-night and regular day hours, except to suggest that perhaps 24-hour notation would help.)

Every brick-and-mortar business buys these signs at some point, a printer isn’t hard to find, and you might be able to up-sell by bringing in a logo designer or typographer. Distribution would take some work, but the internet can only help you there.

Just a thought!

]]> By: Alex Kerin http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-10268 Alex Kerin Wed, 12 May 2010 11:53:07 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-10268 Good job Jorge, I started Data Driven from a much softer start - no subscribers, and not known within the business, but then at the time I was responsible for our children, not bringing in the money to support the family. That's about to change as my wife joins the company - now we're talking serious. You are starting this from an excellent position, not that it isn't any less of a bold move. Good luck - I don't see why you won't make this a success. Good job Jorge, I started Data Driven from a much softer start – no subscribers, and not known within the business, but then at the time I was responsible for our children, not bringing in the money to support the family. That’s about to change as my wife joins the company – now we’re talking serious.

You are starting this from an excellent position, not that it isn’t any less of a bold move. Good luck – I don’t see why you won’t make this a success.

]]> By: Danièle http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-8614 Danièle Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:13:24 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-8614 That choice is a big step, but it is Yours! Your aspirations, your dreams, and your freedom will now govern your life, and all the achievements, the bumps and highs, and excitement will be Yours and can only spill over on those nearer to you. Lourenço will make the leap to discovery with glee and excitement seeing you running your life and living your dreams, making all the journeys exhilarating. I have no doubts that you will succeed in this enterprise, and all the next enterprises to come and that you will broaden even more your dreams and achievements... Great exciting times ahead! Danièle That choice is a big step, but it is Yours!
Your aspirations, your dreams, and your freedom will now govern your life, and all the achievements, the bumps and highs, and excitement will be Yours and can only spill over on those nearer to you.
Lourenço will make the leap to discovery with glee and excitement seeing you running your life and living your dreams, making all the journeys exhilarating.
I have no doubts that you will succeed in this enterprise, and all the next enterprises to come and that you will broaden even more your dreams and achievements…
Great exciting times ahead!
Danièle

]]> By: Jorge http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-8586 Jorge Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:06:41 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-8586 Jorge: Obrigado. Acabei de comprar um computador com ecrã mate (sem reflexo) exactamente para passar uns extenuantes dias de trabalho nas esplanadas aqui da costa... Jorge: Obrigado. Acabei de comprar um computador com ecrã mate (sem reflexo) exactamente para passar uns extenuantes dias de trabalho nas esplanadas aqui da costa…

]]> By: Jorge Caldeira http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-8398 Jorge Caldeira Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:55:02 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-8398 Olá Jorge! Antes de mais, os meus parabéns por está página fantástica. Fiquei extramemente contente por saber que um vizinho meu (Estou na Parede) domina ao melhor nível as matérias de dashboards, visualização gráfica, etc. Talvez um dia teremos a oportunidade de conversar um pouco aqui para os lados das nossas praias. Votos de succeso para esta nova aventura. Jorge Olá Jorge!
Antes de mais, os meus parabéns por está página fantástica. Fiquei extramemente contente por saber que um vizinho meu (Estou na Parede) domina ao melhor nível as matérias de dashboards, visualização gráfica, etc. Talvez um dia teremos a oportunidade de conversar um pouco aqui para os lados das nossas praias.
Votos de succeso para esta nova aventura.
Jorge

]]> By: Liu http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-7862 Liu Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:03:17 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-7862 Jorge, I read this post again, it is a shock to me, you follow your heart, Congratulations ! as you say, I cant find happiness from my job too, but I do like the feeling when I help people aroud me and people that I dont recobnize via my blog. my blog hzve 4k subscribers now, , you set up a model for me, I hope can learn more and help more people. I am looking forward to hear and learn more from you . (maybe some syntax mistakes, sorry for I cant express myself freely) Jorge, I read this post again, it is a shock to me, you follow your heart, Congratulations !
as you say, I cant find happiness from my job too, but I do like the feeling when I help people aroud me and people that I dont recobnize via my blog. my blog hzve 4k subscribers now, , you set up a model for me, I hope can learn more and help more people.
I am looking forward to hear and learn more from you .
(maybe some syntax mistakes, sorry for I cant express myself freely)

]]> By: jerome cukier http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-7723 jerome cukier Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:37:19 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-7723 Jorge, best of luck with what you are doing. in my career, I took twice a leap into the unknown, leaving well-paid jobs in a tough economy. I was also downsized once. This was scary, and a financial shock. but I'm a much happier person now and find my work much more fulfilling today. IMO, 2010 is going to be year 0 of data visualization. Visual analytics, like Excel 10 years ago, will no longer be confined to "experts" and "analysts" but will permeate all functions of the corporation. The powerful technology, abundance of tools and the massive data wanting to be decrypted will drive companies to become more visual. But they need guidance. There's circa 500m of excel users. How many know what they are doing? 50k? that's where you come in. indeed you have a mission! again best of luck with that. I hope we'll have an opportunity to meet in the future. Jorge, best of luck with what you are doing.
in my career, I took twice a leap into the unknown, leaving well-paid jobs in a tough economy. I was also downsized once. This was scary, and a financial shock. but I’m a much happier person now and find my work much more fulfilling today.
IMO, 2010 is going to be year 0 of data visualization. Visual analytics, like Excel 10 years ago, will no longer be confined to “experts” and “analysts” but will permeate all functions of the corporation. The powerful technology, abundance of tools and the massive data wanting to be decrypted will drive companies to become more visual. But they need guidance.
There’s circa 500m of excel users. How many know what they are doing? 50k? that’s where you come in. indeed you have a mission! again best of luck with that.
I hope we’ll have an opportunity to meet in the future.

]]> By: Chandoo http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-7694 Chandoo Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:42:33 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-7694 Congratulations Jorge. I really appreciate you for doing this. A bold but sensible move. As a person in the same boat (I might write the same post in another month or so... ;) ) I can understand the kind of emotions and thoughts you go thru. Your work has been a motivation for many of us. I wish you more success and freedom. Congratulations Jorge. I really appreciate you for doing this. A bold but sensible move. As a person in the same boat (I might write the same post in another month or so… ;) ) I can understand the kind of emotions and thoughts you go thru. Your work has been a motivation for many of us. I wish you more success and freedom.

]]> By: Jorge http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-7682 Jorge Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:56:29 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-7682 Thanks everyone! Yes, it's a scary step, and I'm sure there is an emotional roller coaster ahead. But a slow death at the hands of the corporate routine is even scarier. If I can save people's time and money; if I can help them making better decisions; if I can share my passion for data visualization and learn from people who know more than I do; if that can pay a better school for the kids... well, what more can a guy ask for? (A couple of cold beers at the beach, perhaps? Well, that's a ten minute walk from home...) Thanks everyone! Yes, it’s a scary step, and I’m sure there is an emotional roller coaster ahead. But a slow death at the hands of the corporate routine is even scarier.

If I can save people’s time and money; if I can help them making better decisions; if I can share my passion for data visualization and learn from people who know more than I do; if that can pay a better school for the kids… well, what more can a guy ask for?

(A couple of cold beers at the beach, perhaps? Well, that’s a ten minute walk from home…)

]]> By: John Munoz http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/im-leaving-my-day-time-job/#comment-7662 John Munoz Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:42:49 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1847#comment-7662 Hi Jorge, There is a vast market out there for visual story tellers like yourself. There are a billion important stories locked away in data bases throughout the world. Companies are wising up to the value of tapping into those stories and are finally recognizing how critical an aspect that info viz is to understanding the data. I recently started my own consulting biz. I find the dashboard aspect of what I do to speak the loudest to clients and potential clients. I think the dashboard aspect sells well because it's so visual. It only takes a few clients to make a great living. And you'll love your new found freedom (so will your twins!). A guy with your skills and following will be consulting in no time at all. Best Wishes, John C. Munoz Hi Jorge,

There is a vast market out there for visual story tellers like yourself.

There are a billion important stories locked away in data bases throughout the world. Companies are wising up to the value of tapping into those stories and are finally recognizing how critical an aspect that info viz is to understanding the data.

I recently started my own consulting biz. I find the dashboard aspect of what I do to speak the loudest to clients and potential clients. I think the dashboard aspect sells well because it’s so visual. It only takes a few clients to make a great living. And you’ll love your new found freedom (so will your twins!).

A guy with your skills and following will be consulting in no time at all.

Best Wishes,

John C. Munoz

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