Learning & Building in Data Science Sharing my journey as I pave my own path through the world of data science
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My name is Joleen, I’m a data scientist and writer and I use this blog to share my passion for data science and statistics.
Blog Every week, I post new articles on data science, statistics and business intelligence. Here are my latest articles.

4 Ways I Stay Productive While Working From Home
I have a definite love-hate relationship with productivity. To me, being productive means that I am actively working towards my goals and dreams. However, productivity is not something I can objectively obtain every day. Instead, it ebbs and flows based on so many factors such as diet, sleep, sickness, weather, connection, conflict, my own internal […]

4 Strategies I Use to Self-Study Technical Textbooks
Reading a textbook for self-study is very different to school or university. Back when I was in school, I read the textbook for the sole purpose of doing well on a test and it didn’t really matter if I couldn’t apply the concepts I was learning about. However, I have come to realise that this […]

My Data Science Self-Study Curriculum
Welcome to the next 6 months of my data science learning journey! After being heavily inspired by Daniel Bourke’s AI masters curriculum, I have created my own learning curriculum that I will be following for the next 6 months. Will this be a challenge for me? Yes. Will the content be difficult and hard to […]

Are Business Intelligence Tools Still Worth It?
Business Intelligence forms the back-bone of decision making in an ever-growing number of organisations in the world today. More than ever, organisations need to be able to make fast decisions to changes in the market. Unfortunately, many businesses do not have a system that allows them to obtain the insights they need to do this. […]