LinkedIn has a page that shows the people who most recently followed you. At first, it shows just 20 people. But as you scroll, it keeps fetching the rest. I’d love to get the full list on a spreadsheet. I’m curious about: What kind of people follow me? Which of them has the most followers? Who are my earliest followers? But first, I need to scrape this list. Normally, I’d spend a day writing a program. But I tried a different approach yesterday. ...
The #HarryPotter Screen Time video featured a bar chart race made in PowerPoint. Many of you asked how I made it. Here’s a step-by-step tutorial. https://youtu.be/E1SeoUV8awI (BTW, there are just 9 people on LinkedIn who match “bar chart race” and #powerpoint. This is for you, friends!) Gramener converted this feature into a product, SlideSense.ai. But more on that later 🙂 The original video is at https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6801138072068214784/ LinkedIn
I spent 10 hours this week mining for diamonds. I found just 8! I badly need Fortune III on my pickaxe. But today, my biggest worry is sorted out. Diamond is back in usual quantities in Minecraft 1.17! https://www.windowscentral.com/minecraft-bedrock-edition-1-17-2-hotfix LinkedIn
I had a lovely interaction with Kaushik Das at Star TV. The goosebump moment for me was when he said, “… my boss called me the next day, and said that I’ve been playing with it since you showed it to me. And yeah, this is amazing! Why didn’t we do this before? Thanks, Star TV Network & Gramener teams, for your night-outs, weekends, and relentless energy – and building a TV Rating #analytics platform you can be proud of. ...
I’m running a #webinar for #developers & #designers on Thu 17 Jun. It’s on creating data-driven infographics – without much code. This is based on new open-source #webcomponents Gramener is releasing - which makes it easy to map SVG attributes to data. It’ll be a light, fun workshop where YOU will build something. You can register at https://info.gramener.com/creating-data-driven-infographics-with-web-components Note: Webinar recording it at https://youtu.be/Np50SvvX8UY LinkedIn
Could you spare a minute & share your COVID-19 vaccination cost, please? LinkedIn