Ben Jones
@benrjones.bsky.social
CEO of dataliteracy.com, author of nine books on data and AI including Avoiding Data Pitfalls and AI Literacy Fundamentals
Wow… from “A Gentleman in Moscow” by @amortowles.bsky.social, written in 2016.
April 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Wow… from “A Gentleman in Moscow” by @amortowles.bsky.social, written in 2016.
Yes, I used the Atlantic author look-up app, too, and yes, I can see a number of my own books in LibGen. But mostly I just want to be this version of Ben Jones.
March 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Yes, I used the Atlantic author look-up app, too, and yes, I can see a number of my own books in LibGen. But mostly I just want to be this version of Ben Jones.
Also, if we compare the drop in relative search interest in dataviz to the rising interest in the full phrase “data visualization,” we see the topic itself has been on the rise.
March 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Also, if we compare the drop in relative search interest in dataviz to the rising interest in the full phrase “data visualization,” we see the topic itself has been on the rise.
This model of the development of one aspect of masculinity (“the warrior”) from boy (bottom pyramid) to man (top) is interesting in light of current events. The pinnacle represents balanced, healthy masculinity; bottom left is over-indexing in an unhealthy way / bottom right is under-indexing.
March 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This model of the development of one aspect of masculinity (“the warrior”) from boy (bottom pyramid) to man (top) is interesting in light of current events. The pinnacle represents balanced, healthy masculinity; bottom left is over-indexing in an unhealthy way / bottom right is under-indexing.
I hate to evoke a commonly butchered book, but this is 1 Samuel 8:10-18, the part where the prophet Samuel warns the Israelites about what the king they’re asking for will take from them. Spoiler alert: they ignore this warning.
February 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I hate to evoke a commonly butchered book, but this is 1 Samuel 8:10-18, the part where the prophet Samuel warns the Israelites about what the king they’re asking for will take from them. Spoiler alert: they ignore this warning.
And I’d say that since that same time, the work of @jburnmurdoch.ft.com has had as large an influence — on both the field and the world — as any other’s.
February 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
And I’d say that since that same time, the work of @jburnmurdoch.ft.com has had as large an influence — on both the field and the world — as any other’s.
Five years ago today (almost exactly), it occurred to me that the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard may have been the most widely used dashboard in human history.
February 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Five years ago today (almost exactly), it occurred to me that the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard may have been the most widely used dashboard in human history.
Mt. Si in Winter, by Alex Trapp
Recently I saw this painting in an art gallery in Snoqualmie of the place I hiked to the top of the day after my dad died almost a decade ago. Now it welcomes me when I walk in my front door.
Recently I saw this painting in an art gallery in Snoqualmie of the place I hiked to the top of the day after my dad died almost a decade ago. Now it welcomes me when I walk in my front door.
February 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Mt. Si in Winter, by Alex Trapp
Recently I saw this painting in an art gallery in Snoqualmie of the place I hiked to the top of the day after my dad died almost a decade ago. Now it welcomes me when I walk in my front door.
Recently I saw this painting in an art gallery in Snoqualmie of the place I hiked to the top of the day after my dad died almost a decade ago. Now it welcomes me when I walk in my front door.
Here’s a hummingbird sitting on a palm tree
February 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Here’s a hummingbird sitting on a palm tree
Enjoy the weekend! I hope you get some downtime, like Winston getting one of his many naps today.
February 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Enjoy the weekend! I hope you get some downtime, like Winston getting one of his many naps today.
In other news, America the beautiful.
February 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In other news, America the beautiful.
This was first published in French in 1962. In our lifetime, it has never been more true than today.
Everyone should read ‘Propaganda’ by Jacques Ellul. But they won’t, and madness will run its course in our day, too.
We aren’t more evolved than our ancestors. We just told ourselves that story.
Everyone should read ‘Propaganda’ by Jacques Ellul. But they won’t, and madness will run its course in our day, too.
We aren’t more evolved than our ancestors. We just told ourselves that story.
February 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This was first published in French in 1962. In our lifetime, it has never been more true than today.
Everyone should read ‘Propaganda’ by Jacques Ellul. But they won’t, and madness will run its course in our day, too.
We aren’t more evolved than our ancestors. We just told ourselves that story.
Everyone should read ‘Propaganda’ by Jacques Ellul. But they won’t, and madness will run its course in our day, too.
We aren’t more evolved than our ancestors. We just told ourselves that story.
And yet a chart with a dual axis is one of the most widely used in the world of finance. Quite effective in this scenario, I’d say. I pretty much never “hate” on any chart type in general.
January 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
And yet a chart with a dual axis is one of the most widely used in the world of finance. Quite effective in this scenario, I’d say. I pretty much never “hate” on any chart type in general.
Always fun to see a little duct tape being applied to the wing of the airplane…
January 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Always fun to see a little duct tape being applied to the wing of the airplane…
I’ve been thinking about this a lot.
January 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’ve been thinking about this a lot.
Growing up in Southern California, we got used to wildfires, but it was always just the lone homes up in the hills that were at risk. It did not enter my mind that it could get this bad.
January 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Growing up in Southern California, we got used to wildfires, but it was always just the lone homes up in the hills that were at risk. It did not enter my mind that it could get this bad.
There's a rogue Jelly Belly gumball machine squatting in my car trunk. Three months now. Nobody knows how it got there - not me, not my wife, not a single person we know. At this point, we're just respectfully letting it do its thing.
December 31, 2024 at 9:26 PM
There's a rogue Jelly Belly gumball machine squatting in my car trunk. Three months now. Nobody knows how it got there - not me, not my wife, not a single person we know. At this point, we're just respectfully letting it do its thing.
Tough share: this is one of the reasons I stepped away from a digital community that started using a form of the word “family” to describe itself. Being close to the center of it, and employed by the company that benefitted from it, I found the use of the term to be nauseating, so I had to bow out.
December 29, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Tough share: this is one of the reasons I stepped away from a digital community that started using a form of the word “family” to describe itself. Being close to the center of it, and employed by the company that benefitted from it, I found the use of the term to be nauseating, so I had to bow out.
Black Pumas, chronicles of a diamond
December 26, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Black Pumas, chronicles of a diamond
With all the discord and polarization in the world, I’m just glad there’s broad consensus about the best Christmas movie of all time.
December 24, 2024 at 4:04 AM
With all the discord and polarization in the world, I’m just glad there’s broad consensus about the best Christmas movie of all time.
Xfinity outage map, aka US population map:
December 9, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Xfinity outage map, aka US population map:
Frank, it was so cool, Zoe and I played a few games, and a while later, I turn around and she’s hard at work!
December 1, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Frank, it was so cool, Zoe and I played a few games, and a while later, I turn around and she’s hard at work!
Currently reading: ‘The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence’ by @floridi.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Currently reading: ‘The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence’ by @floridi.bsky.social
My 9yr old niece, Zoe, is taking her Tic Tac Toe strategy very seriously. ❌🅾️🧐
December 1, 2024 at 6:15 PM
My 9yr old niece, Zoe, is taking her Tic Tac Toe strategy very seriously. ❌🅾️🧐