Link to video of 2019 Year in Review
January
- Launched the Datacated Weekly challenge – closeto 300 posts
- Started the Online Book Club – LinkedIn Group – over1,500 members
- Story by Data became a Community Partner withODSC
February
- Vacation to Dominican Republic
- Joined the IADSS Advisory Board
- First ultra-marathon (50k trail run) with mybrother Steve
- Saw STOMP with Peter
- Went indoor sky-diving with Margarita
- Started beta-testing LinkedIn Live – went livewith JT Kostman, Debbie Berebichez, Ben Lorica
March
- Climb to the Top NYC – 30 Rockefeller (66flights) then ran 7.3 miles to run a 5K at Fort Washington
- Took a survival skills class in the mountains tolearn about tracking
- Explored the catacombs by candlelight at theBasilica of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral with my mom & saw the show Shen Yunwith my mom
- Went indoor rock climbing
- Flew an airplane – took a lesson with my brotherSteve
April
- Ran the Queens Half Marathon
- Attended Reg Tech Data Conference from DataCoalition
- Spartan Beast – 13+ miles with 30+ obstacles
May
- Attended ODSC East – MC’d the key note sessions& held a book signing for The Disruptors: Data Science Leaders and Journeyto Data Scientist
- Spoke at my daughter’s Pre-K Career Fair event,about data visualization
- Ran my first 50 mile run (all of it took placein Central Park) – started at 4am with Kurt
- Visited One World Observatory Center withMargarita
June
- Color Run (5K) with my mom
- Spartan Sprint (3 mi + 15 obstacles)
- Peter and I celebrated our 10 year marriageanniversary
- Attended the AI Debate at NYU
- Attended ODSC Immersive AI session in NY
July
- Spartan Super (10 mi + 20 obstacles)
- Earned the Spartan Trifecta
- Ran 36.2 miles across 4 NYC boroughs (visiting10 of the most popular NYC Parks)
- Spoke at Demystifying Data Science (Metis) –Qualities of an Exceptional Data Science Team
Aug
- Went to see Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Temptationswith my mom
- Facilitated a 2-day Python training for a bank
- Ran the Manhattan perimeter – 35 miles (startedat 5am)
- Went kayaking on Delaware River (7 miles) withPeter
- Achieved the 9+1 status for guaranteed entry toNYC Marathon in 2020
- Incorporated Story by Data as a C corp!
Sept
- Ran the Dirty Dozen (50k) run in Forest Park, NY
- Started the Story by Data Freelancers Community
- Taught a class (over 80 students) data visualizationwith Tableau (for a bank)
- Ran 28 miles – The Warriors Ultra Run – thatstarted at 1am in the Bronx (near a cemetery) all the way down to Coney Islandbeach; went for a swim right after
- Attended O’Reilly Media Strata Data Conference
- Visited the Statue of Liberty with Margarita
- Identified 6 volunteers to help with Story byData initiatives (Humans of Data Science, Datacated Weekly, etc.)
October
- Re-deigned the Story by Data website
- Joined my daughter’s School Leadership Team
- Ran the Marine Corp Marathon in Washington D.C.with Steve and Kurt- it rained almost the whole time
- Attended ODSC West (San Francisco)
- Ran the Golden Gate Bridge
November
- Went on a 2-day book retreat with Kristen towrite the Mothers of Data Science book
- Spoke at DATAx conference in NYC – DataVisualization with Tableau workshop -with Peter as facilitator
- Launched the We Run Marathons website – missionto run a marathon in each of the 50 states of America – with Steve and Kurt
- Attended the Qlik Data Revolution Tour with Jordan– made some progress on the Data Literacy for Kids book
- Submitted a video for taking part in AmericanNinja Warrior (ANW) Season 12
December
- Ran the NYC Big Apple half marathon – with a 12lb vest
- Designed and published the 2020 DATAcatedcalendar
- Signed up for Matt’s Business Science University– learning R
- Was selected as LinkedIn’s Top Voice for DataScience & Analytics – for the second year in a row!
- Attended the Future Festival in NYC from TendHunter
- Published 20 Data Trends for 2020 article on Storyby Data
- Completed the 1,000 miles running challenge for2019; the last 100 miles involved carrying a 12 lb weighted vest on my back