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jackgolding

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About jackgolding

passionate about digital analytics my first name at my full name dot com

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    I tried this but lasted only a day using ChatGPT instead of Google

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    Comment #43578048

    Learning to Learn the coursera course is always recommended

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    Comment #38109403

    I haven't found a list like you've specified as it is an emerging field, however I would recommend aligning yourself with langchain which seems to be leading in the area. They have…

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    Comment #37895373

    This is the case with all neural nets/black box AI models and a lot are used in various industries.

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    Comment #36889387

    Basecamp is the best reading I've found on this. https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47...

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    Comment #36611841

    Great comment, I can fill in some of your references. The Essay you were referring to is the brilliant "The Gervais Principle" https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-pri…

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    Comment #36428326

    I've been working in Digital Analytics for 10 years as a freelancer for SMEs and implementations for billion dollar companies. I am very comfortable saying for 99% of websites ther…

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    Yep, one game I follow Hearthstone Battlegrounds has had a majority of funding for events slashed by Activision Blizzard. Very unfortunate for the professional players who are ince…

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    Comment #34348205

    Love these for finite state machines - one of my favourite topics at uni.

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    Comment #34256233

    I saw a life coach for 12 weeks and a therapist weekly for a year - similar cost. I found the therapy (gestalt/CBT) much more beneficial in general but like a muscle it needs to be…

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    Comment #34225700

    But about half of average Australian household assets are held in the value of the home, accounting for an average $A509,000 out of a total average household assets of $A1.1 millio…

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    Comment #34059779

    Finally finished the "Gervais Principle" essay, was real high quality.

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    Comment #33949874

    I did this during lockdown here's some comments. - It was not as fun or engaging as weightlifting. I agree with @gateorade about the progression too. - I have a background in weigh…

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    Comment #33603423

    There are a massive amount of people doing this with their ads or affiliate programs - I suggest looking at affiliate lab or authority hacker which are paid courses but have a lot …

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    Comment #33515401

    It is always a battle of strict taxonomy vs agility in my experience and in nearly every company I've worked for someone somewhere chose agility. And all it takes is one poorly tho…

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    Currently reading “never split the difference” and one of my takeaways has been for negotiations (or trust-building in general), people are anxious/frustrated about saying “no”, so…

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    Comment #28323905

    Sample size of 1 I've been using a blocker for the last week (do this a few times a year) and yes I can attribute it to social media, I will ebb and flow between being on social me…

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    I'm the digital analytics manager for a company that does multi-billion dollars in ecommerce. The real time analytics our ops team use doesn't use any of this behavioral informatio…

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    Comment #26869667

    Outbrain (content advertising), Media.net, Clickbank (affiliates), amazon affilaites, pubmatic These aren't flashy but they are alternatives.

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    Comment #26801737

    +1 for bandcamp, I promote a lot of indie music and its the most fair payment you'll receive (see here: https://medium.com/@gloom303/a-year-ago-i-released-an-ep-on-... ) Other dist…

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    Comment #26735611

    was thinking this too!

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    Comment #26735603

    Not really an answer to your question but this resource might help https://www.reforge.com/blog/crossing-the-canyon-product-man... - reforge courses are great (especially for netwo…

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    I agree, I've worked with universities who share content as private youtube videos, heck even businesses use "private links" accessible by anyone who has the link for spreadsheets …

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    Hi Hm I think you'd find the best commercial opportunities being an expert or trainer or Tableau or Power BI. I think you should talk to a few "Data Journalists" if you want to pro…

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    Comment #22855857

    Russel Brand's book and video course were great for me - wasn't particularly what I needed but really opened my eyes to some of the cognitive distortions I have. John Kim's books I…