Johann Van Tonder

@jvt

20 years in ecommerce, now CEO of a CRO agency. Probably doing analysis in R or building stuff with AI. Or walking on the beach. Yeah, probably that.

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Every obstacle is a test. It's you showing yourself -> A. if you are the person to give up, or B. if you are the person who overcomes. What you believe about yourself, will determine everything else. Work to overcome, Always.

Dr. Julie Gurner x.com

Inspo and Motivation

"It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it." - Roger Ebert applies to every creative project

Content

Writing is a critical skill — perhaps the most important — of all the skills required to analyze data. The only way to get better at writing is to write, ideally every day.

Rohan Alexander, Telling Stories with Data

data science and

"There’s really no replacement for spending time with these things, working towards a deeper mental model of the things they are good at and the things they are likely to mess up. Combining with domain knowledge of the thing you are working on is key too, especially as that can help protect you against them making things up!"
- Simon Willison, attem

Generative AI

There are two types of driven people. Those who want to get it done. And those who want to get it right. All people who want to get it right want to get it done. Almost nobody who wants to get it done wants to get it right.

Evan LaPointe x.com

Quotes and Slow Productivity

Kruschke began his (2015, p. 1) text with “This book explains how to actually do Bayesian data analysis, by real people (like you), for realistic data (like yours).

1 What’s in This Book (Read This First!) | Doing Bayesian Data Analysis in brms and the tidyverse

Quotes

“The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner.”

Naval

Quotes

Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident.

Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time.

Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard.

On Writing Well, William Zinsser

Writing

Wise words from Kevin Kelly’s annual letter: “Despite our political situation, I am more optimistic than ever before. That's because I intentionally choose to be more optimistic each year. Optimism is a choice, not a personality trait.

I am aiming to be as optimistic as I possibly can because a big dose of optimism is required to make better things

Eliot Peper • The Thursday Murder Club

Quotes and Motivation