Data stories

While we often share our highlight reel with you, sometimes we also share about the challenges of accomplishing a specific task or lessons we learned in working on a project.  For example, last year we tackled a big project that brought together data from different...

Last summer, we introduced students at the Detroit International Academy for Young Women  to user testing, a fast-growing facet of software development, and then guided them through a user test of D3’s products page. After the user test, students were invited to the...

One common mistake we see when interpreting data is the comparison of two different data points without considering the context the data was collected or is being presented in. For more information about data context, check out our previous post A Guide to Conscious...

In June 2019, the D3 family grew a little bigger when I welcomed my first child, Esther, into the world. While the transition to parenthood is unpredictable, D3’s support ensured that my eventual transition back to the workplace has been a positive experience. I took...

The Opportunity Youth Research Project attempted to collect data from different organizations across Detroit who work with Opportunity Youth  (OY) and use it to understand where OY are located. OY are typically defined as young adults 16-24 years old who are neither...