Now
Thanks to Derek Sivers for the concept, and to my friend Dan Reardon for the push.
Work - I'm a data analyst for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Since March, I have been providing full-stack analytical support for CHOP's COVID response; data collection/ingestion, curating an analytical data layer, and analysis and self-serve BI for end-users. Watch me and my colleagues break down the first several weeks at Chicago Lurie's Analytics Conference here.
(TL;DW? slides here) - Working with clinicians to build cohorts, metrics, and reporting to apply process improvement principles to patient care and hospital operations.
- Redesigning and rebuilding enterprise Harm Prevention Program infrastructure (with dbt!) to enable analyst and stakeholder self-service, while building trust in the data we use to keep patients safe.
Play
- Building bulletproof ankles as I rehab my way back to (better!) running. Thoughts (and some geeking out) on running here.
- Getting very familiar with my kettlebells and pull-up bar, while I wait for City Fitness to reopen.
Reading
- 51 books into my goal of 30 books this year. Thanks, lockdown.
- Recently finished: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Gimpel The Fool and Other Stories. Marjane Satrapi, The Complete Persepolis. Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go.
- Up Next: Roddy Doyle, Love. Hiroshi Yamamoto, Stories of Ibis. Michelle Paver, Dark Matter. Richard Ellis, The Empty Ocean
Listening
- Music: Camp Cope, How To Socialise and Make Friends. Idles, Ultra Mono. The Avalanches, Since I Left You.
- Podcasts:
- Mike Duncan, History of Rome. A 179 episode epic of the pre-Byzantine Rome. Politics, military history, and tons of detail on day-to-day life of Roman citizens throughout.
- The Inside Running Podcast. Hosted by three "sub-elite" Australian runners. Insight into what life looks like for unsponsored athletes working full-time and training 500+ hours a year, and how huge the gulf still is from there to the top of elite distance running.
- Audiobooks: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: Narrated by Stephen Fry. James Dommek, Jr., Midnight Son.