by d3wpadmin | Apr 27, 2020 | Stephanie Quesnelle
There are many uncertainties around the data related to coronavirus in the world. As we pointed out in an earlier blog, the state’s reporting originally had almost 30% of deaths listed as “race unknown”. This didn’t stop local and national news outlets from running...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 23, 2020 | Stephanie Quesnelle
Normalizing data, or setting the data up to make it easier to read and compare, can help ensure that comparisons of these raw numbers won’t favor highly populated communities like New York City or Detroit, or leave out lower populations altogether. One great way...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 15, 2020 | Stephanie Quesnelle
I wrote a while ago about D3’s flexible family leave policy and how it helped me transition back into a full time work schedule. Well, spoiler alert, coming back as a full time employee doesn’t mean I stopped being a mom with different schedule needs than I had...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 8, 2020 | Stephanie Quesnelle
Are you tired of the phrases “exponential growth”, “unprecedented” and “flatten the curve”? I sure am. We’re being inundated daily with data and news reports with bold claims about how many people carry the infection, death rates, potential cures, and so much more....
by d3wpadmin | Mar 10, 2020 | Stephanie Quesnelle
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...
by d3wpadmin | Feb 17, 2020 | Stephanie Quesnelle
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...
