This past week has been an inter­esting one. I’m at a client for the third year now. This is the first time that’s happened, which makes sense since I just began the third year of work after gradu­ating. Some reflec­tions on the milestone: The first year I was green. I had about a week of […]

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I’m a huge fan of visual­izing things. Things like data. Data is fun, sure, but not as fun as a data visual­ization. Pictures are worth a thousand words, and pretty pictures have gotta be worth at least 1,001. What’s helping me visualize data these days? Mind maps. That’s because there are two really cool web apps that […]

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Before accoun­tants can get down to the business of providing service to clients, we have to issue what’s known in the biz as an “engagement letter.” Contrary to what I’d initially thought, this doesn’t tie me down to any one person for the rest of my life, for better or worse, in good times and bad. […]

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