Hey everyone, I hope you had a good weekend. In this newsletter, as always, a curated overview of interesting reads, events and jobs for the experimental mind (that’s…
Hey everyone, In this week’s newsletter 6 articles, with a couple diving into the ethical side of experimentation and data collection. Important insights. ps. for my daily writing…
Hey everyone, This is already week 2 of the new year. I hope you had a great start of 2022. I am challenging myself with a daily writing…
Happy New Year 🎆 I hope you had some time off to reflect on 2021, and make plans for 2022. I joined Rick Pastoor’s Year Plan Day and…
Hi everyone, This is newsletter number 122. In the last couple of years I have learned a lot about making a newsletter that people actually read. I’m thinking…
Hi everyone, First of all a warm welcome to the 7 new subscribers. This newsletter keeps growing because many of you forward it to others. Thank you. This…
Hi everyone, and a special welcome to the 5 new subscribers. As always I’ve handpicked the best experimentation content, events and job opportunities from around the world. Let’s…
Hey friends, and a warm welcome to the 23 new subscribers! Yesterday I went for a flash visit to the Conversion Hotel conference to give my talk on…
Hey friends, Welcome to a new week, and to a new Experimental Mind newsletter. In this edition I have 5 articles, 2 new events and 16 job opportunities…
Hey friends, Last week I started in my new role as Product Manager Experimentation at Vista. After well over decade at ING, I am really excited to start…
Hi friends, Last week me and my family spent some time in the German Black Forest area enjoying the autumn colours. But I also managed to read some…
Hey friends, First, I have some personal news: I will leave ING at the end of this month. After over a decade at this great company, this was…
Hey friends, In this Experimental Mind newsletter 5 articles, 18 job opportunities and 9 events. As always: everything is handpicked and in one easy digestible email, so you can focus…
Hey friends, In today’s Experimental Mind newsletter five articles, from Jeff Gothelf, Tom Kerwin, Jacob Singh, Ben Dressler and Experiment Nation. Plus … updated job opportunities and events. Everything is…
Hey friends, In today’s Experimental Mind newsletter three articles, from Netflix, Bhav Patel and Eric Weber. And of course the latest job opportunities and events. Everything in one easy digestible…
Hi, I have selected 5 articles for this week’s Experimental Mind newsletter. And also don’t forget to take a look at the new job opportunities and upcoming events. Enjoy. 📰 What…
Hi, in this week’s Experimental Mind newsletter 8 articles to read and 20 job opportunities to explore. Enjoy.
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Looking for some inspiration? Visit one of the following conferences: Habit DayLearn all about how to change your life using behavioral science.For: everyone interested in self-improvement with scienceWhen:…
I’ll be honest. Recently I was having some trouble with focusing on the right things. You might know it as procrastination. To combat this I am trying a…
Yesterday Amplitude launched their new product: Amplitude Experiment. Yet another vendor extending their offering in the space of ‘optimizing digital experiences’. I believe that in the end all…
Since regulation requires website owners to ask visitors for consent before placing any cookies (and other identifiers), surfing the web feels like playing this cookie consent game. This…
In this classic film weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) gets trapped in a small town in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney. After reporting about the yearly Groundhog Day festivities, he can’t…
Four simple things to check for misinformation: Check the news source, it may not be true. Check if the claim is supported by other media Check your bias,…
Last week I read in a report from one of the big strategic consultancy firms: “you should be doing multivariate testing”. This advice seems logical. Multivariate testing is…
This is for all parents working from home and also have to homeschool their children. How do you combine your own work, helping the children, while maintaining peace…
Werk jij ook al bijna 10 maanden voornamelijk vanuit huis? En is jouw werkplek nog niet optimaal? Misschien werk je aan de keukentafel en begin je last te krijgen…
Today’s front page of The New York Times contains no images, headlines or articles. It’s a long list of 1.000 names who lost their lives due to corona.…
This is an overview of articles that I read this week and shared via my weekly newsletter. It covers the best of analytics and experimentation related content. 1.…
This is an overview of articles that I read this week and shared via my weekly newsletter. It covers the best of analytics and experimentation related content. 1.…
Jake Albaugh wants to quit smoking and to help himself along the way, he has created a dashboard that lists the time passed since quitting. And also the…
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…
Happy 2019! I have been reading up on the new year resolutions phenomenon. We all know that everyone starts with new intentions, but a few weeks into the…
Recently I made my first painting. And I loved the process. It is an activity where you can completely immerse yourself in. And it is something where you…
3 reasons why I write this blog … to become a better writer: I believe that training my writing skills every day will eventually make me a better…
The 8 o’clock news is always 20 minutes long. Somehow the amount of news is independent of the quantity or impact of the events that happened that day. …
To know what is important to you at work, try to answer these questions from Seth Godin: What are you doing that’s difficult? What are you doing that people…
The field of analytics is changing rapidly. And for many analytics professionals, it is hard to keep up with all new developments. One of the best and easiest…
Yesterday I listened to the Masters of Scale podcast with Marc Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook. Highly recommended. Lots of great stuff around starting the company, growing it, hiring…
[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…
[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: [View the story…
A funny TED talk by Tim Urban on procrastination. Meet the Rational Decision-Maker, Instant Gratification Monkey and the Panic Monster. [ted id=2458]
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…
[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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
In February I´ve send 4 Behavioral Insights newsletters. The number of subscribers doubled, so it´s growing steady. Here are the facts and top clicked articles from the February issues.
Wednesday 4th of February I presented at the Marketing & Insights Event in Utrecht, The Netherlands. I talked about how you can improve the customer experience with the…
It’s been 4 weeks since my first Behavioral Insights newsletter went out. Time for some facts and an overview of the top links.
Today Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) released the results of its research on mobile phone share of activations per manufacturer. You can question the validity of the research, but for…
The answer is: somewhere between 4 and 6 million. This is a rough estimation (based on Google’s profile sitemaps) done by Edward Morbius. I have visualized how the 2.2 billion Google+…
It’s a strange sight, a group of people taking a photo of themselves. Dan Ariely, behavioral economist, shines some light on the selfie phenomenon:
The people of Juice Analytics have created this great 30 Days to Data Storytelling. It’s critical for analysts and presenters of data to share information in a way…
Take more photos Learn a new skill Connect with nearby photogs Save for gear (by selling your photos) Get in front of the camera Print more Brush up…
I just love the cartoons from Tom Fishburne. Spot on, as always: Data doesn’t have biases. It’s people who collect and select the data who bring bias to…
… and here are ‘5 New Year’s Resolutions That Might Actually Work‘ from Dan Ariely: Order an annual subscription to the Fruit Guy. Give a good friend the ability…
Eric Fischer made a map of 6+ billion public geotagged tweets. He open sourced the tools he used to manipulate the data: Making the most detailed tweet map ever.
Today I presented at the Dutch Webanalytics Conference. This was my slide deck (mostly in Dutch):
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