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January 22, 2004

What me worry

Today was one of those days when I realized I ain't always so smart and I can't analyze data to save my life. Not sure how much I should talk about work on my blog but let's just say I met with some smarty pants mathematicians who had my brain hurting by the end of the meeting. Most conversations I have don't use the words like "null, mode, parameters, median, range, binning and average." Occasions like this make me wish I had paid more attention in 10th grade, but really up until today I've never had occasion to think about those words. I hope I can make their charts look pretty (and more functional would be ideal!). I did learn that data can be misinterpreted pretty easily and you need a doctorate to discern information.

On a more positive note, the whole encounter reminded me of my freelance days where I had to learn about so many different industries so I could best serve the company's graphic needs. While freelancing I had the opportunity to learn about gyroplanes (and their ability to use car fuel), business music, the bridal industry (anyone want to know "what is bone china?") and creating interfaces for operating systems. Fun stuff.

Posted by jana at January 22, 2004 7:45 PM

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