Jake quits smoking
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…
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…
[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):