Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogMusic in A Virtual World: How musical events, communities, and learning have moved online this yearLike many others, I was devastated when quarantine for COVID-19 postponed and cancelled many live performances. Many performing arts…Sep 23, 2020Sep 23, 2020
Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogOur Favorite R Shiny UI SkinsAt CompassRed, we primarily work in R for client projects. Whether it’s creating models, custom data viz, or something in between, a…Jul 29, 2020Jul 29, 2020
Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogSelf-Care AnalyticsWhat Google Trends tell us about how we’re taking care of ourselves in a time of isolation.Apr 10, 2020Apr 10, 2020
Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogHeatmapping in Data Studio Using Custom Viz (Part 2)When I first learned about the team here at CompassRed, the article below from Data Analytics Team Lead Patrick Strickler stood out…Feb 28, 20206Feb 28, 20206
Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogNormalized Engagement: A Google Data Studio Social Competitor ReportRecently, a client tasked CompassRed with creating a social listening report to compare their Facebook and Twitter engagement to their…Feb 10, 2020Feb 10, 2020
Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogGoogle Analytics Dashboards in R ShinyIf you’re doing any Google Analytics dashboard work, chances are you’re using Google’s Data Studio dashboard product. It’s an easy to use…Jan 17, 20201Jan 17, 20201
Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogMakeover Monday: Scratching the Surface of Community Visualizations in Google Data StudioIf you’re familiar with Google’s dashboarding tool Data Studio, you know the types of visualizations and styling that come with it.Dec 3, 2019Dec 3, 2019
Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogMy First BarCamp Philly ExperienceLast Saturday was my first BarCamp experience and wow was it great! I love the unconference format where there is no pre-determined…Oct 28, 2019Oct 28, 2019
Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogEnrich Your Data: Build Your Own Dataset Through Web Scraping and Other SourcesYou can easily increase the business value of your existing dataset by gathering information from the web, here are a few examples.Sep 17, 2019Sep 17, 2019
Ben KatesinCompassRed Data BlogMakeover Monday: Visualizing the Emoji Mashup Twitter BotWith over 200,000 followers, these mashups are just waiting for analysisAug 13, 2019Aug 13, 2019
