Analytics. Experimentation. Visualization. Insights.
Listening to podcasts has gently become a new habit for me. It is the perfect medium to fill “in-between times” like commutes, exercising, cleaning or ironing. I use an app called Overcast to listen to my podcasts.
Here are my favourite podcasts: Continue reading “My favourite podcasts”
[DUTCH] Afgelopen donderdag (2 februari presenteerde ik (samen met mijn collega Timothy Dieduksman) bij het Marketing Insights Event in Utrecht. 123 deelnemers namen wij mee in wat een Data Analist kan doen om meer impact te maken. Bij ING zoeken we trouwens nog meer van deze impactvolle Data Analisten!
De presentatie werd gewaardeerd met een 7,9 en vind je hier:
[DUTCH] Afgelopen woensdag (12 oktober presenteerde ik (samen met mijn collega Timothy Dieduksman) bij het Digital Analytics Congres in Utrecht.
Mijn presentatie vind je hier:
Teletekst remains very popular in The Netherlands. In other countries (like Great Britain and Belgium) the local Ceefax initiatives have been shutdown. The succes of the Dutch Teletext app can be explained by the fact that the NOS (Dutch Broadcasting Company) released this app in the early days of smartphones.
And here are my three reasons why Teletekst still is my favorite app to follow the news:
As long Teletekst exists, I will be using it.
[DUTCH] Afgelopen woensdag (9 maart) presenteerde ik bij het ContentCafé in Utrecht. Het ging die avond over het meten van het effect van content (marketing).
Mijn presentatie vind je hier:
Tuesday 9th of February I presented at Digital Data Tips Tuesday in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I talked about how you can improve the customer experience with the use of analytics.
You can see the presentation here:
If you read this blog, you probably believe in building websites based on evidence, not false beliefs. If so, then you should read UX Myths – the brainchild of UX designers Zoltán Gócza and Zoltán Kollin.
This is what they say about UX Myths:
Our goal is to provide evidence in user experience design that can help stakeholders move away from design decisions that are based merely on beliefs and personal opinions. But you should still do your own research, check how your design performs.
We’ve collected a lot of research data, as well as facts, quotes and articles from well-known designers and web experts in order to debunk the common web design misconception.
Here are my personal favorite myths:
Read them all at uxmyths.com or download this pdf, print it and put them on the wall (a Behance project).
First of all, I wish you all the best in 2016!
If you haven’t made any New Year resolutions yet, here is some advice from Dan Ariely: setup your priorities.
… I get a lot of requests for all kinds of time-consuming activities very day. In general I try to be helpful, but there are only 24 hours of the day and I already don’t sleep much. So, in reality every time I say yes to something I also say no to other things – and my sad realization is that my process for saying yes and no does not lead to a plate of activities that fits with my priorities. So, in 2016 I am going to try and figure out what my priorities are, and then direct my time in a consistent way with my priorities. …
Dan Ariely
So, what are your priorities this year?
[photo credits: Colin Knowles]
Friday 29th of May I presented at the Webtrekk User Conference in Berlin, Germany. I talked about how you can improve the customer experience with the use of analytics.
I started my presentation with proving the German prejudice of Dutch people driving with caravans is just wrong!
You can see the presentation here: