Data stories
BlogInformation from the field that we find particularly relevant, engaging, or just plain interesting.
Context is Key: Making Coronavirus Data More Actionable
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 to...
Bring Your Baby to Work: D3’s Culture of Work/Life Balance
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...
Understanding Data During a Pandemic
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....
Our Data-Driven Response to COVID-19
It’s no question that these are unprecedented times that we are facing here in Detroit. Our city is ahead of the other counties in Southeast Michigan in terms of most positive Coronavirus tests in Michigan. Many businesses have transitioned to all remote work or have...
Transparency About Challenges Strengthens Our Data Community
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...
Elevating Youth Voice Through User Testing
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...
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