👋 Hey there! - TJ Palanca

%% [[👋 Hey there!]] is generated from [[Website Home]] %% > [!quote|notitle] About Me > I’m **[[👤 About|👤 TJ Palanca]]**, a data person passionate about building [[Data Products|data products]] that supercharge people's daily lives. I currently manage the Data Platform at [ExpressVPN](https://expressvpn.com). I am a husband and father. I live in [[Singapore]], and grew up in the [[Philippines]]. ## Now Check **[[⭐️ Now]]** 4 months ago for what I'm currently up to. I also write a short newsletter about data and society, but mainly it's about stuff I've read trawling through the web. My latest post is **[[Digital gardens, Parenting, and Coffee]]** 4 months ago and you can see all issues [[📰 Newsletter|here]]. ## Writing This is where most of my writing for public consumption takes place. I write 📌 [[📌 Articles|long-form articles]], 💭 [[💭 Thoughts|short-form thoughts]], ✨ [[✨ TILs|today-I-learned]]'s, and record some of my 🗣️ [[🗣️ Talks|talks]]. Here's a sample of the latest: - [[Writing/Learning/Moving Shares from Shareworks Solium to Interactive Brokers.md|Moving Shares from Shareworks Solium to Interactive Brokers]] ∙ Jul 04 2023 - [[Writing/Learning/Nerfing Google Analytics to be more privacy-friendly.md|Nerfing Google Analytics to be more privacy-friendly]] ∙ May 20 2023 - [[Writing/Thoughts/On Newborn Parenting.md|On Newborn Parenting]] ∙ Feb 25 2023 - [[Writing/Thoughts/How the 2008 Financial Crisis Still Affects Us.md|How the 2008 Financial Crisis Still Affects Us]] ∙ Nov 08 2022 - [[Writing/Learning/Restoring modification timestamps in cloned git repos.md|Restoring modification timestamps in cloned git repos]] ∙ Aug 07 2022 - [[Writing/Thoughts/Decision Reversibility.md|Decision Reversibility]] ∙ Dec 01 2021 - [[Writing/Thoughts/The Map is not the Territory.md|The Map is not the Territory]] ∙ Sep 18 2021 - [[Writing/Talks/Data analytics in emerging markets.md|Data analytics in emerging markets]] ∙ Sep 16 2021 - [[Writing/Talks/Harnessing the Power of Data.md|Harnessing the Power of Data]] ∙ Nov 24 2020 - [[Writing/Articles/A data team's product is decisions.md|A data team's product is decisions]] ∙ Oct 11 2020 I'm also writing [[Developing Data]], a book on building data practices within companies operating in developing market contexts. ## Library The [[📚 Library]] houses maps of content centering around a particular theme, serving as entry points into the garden. Here are some of the recently updated maps: - [[Library/Data Strategy.md|Data Strategy]] ∙ 10 hours ago - [[Library/Economics.md|Economics]] ∙ 11 days ago - [[Library/Data Engineering.md|Data Engineering]] ∙ a month ago - [[Library/Personal Finance.md|Personal Finance]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Library/Leadership.md|Leadership]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Library/Product Management.md|Product Management]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Library/Places.md|Places]] ∙ 4 months ago - [[Library/Personal Knowledge Management.md|Personal Knowledge Management]] ∙ 4 months ago - [[Library/Data Analytics.md|Data Analytics]] ∙ 4 months ago - [[Library/Data Science.md|Data Science]] ∙ 4 months ago ## Garden In my digital [[🪴 Garden]], I collect, cultivate, and develop ideas, with the hope that I can share with others, get feedback, and find other people who are interested in the topic. Here are some of my latest updated notes: > [!info]- Card Types > - 💡 **Ideas**: interesting concepts, methodologies, and phenomena > - 👤 **People**: people of note, thought leaders, industry experts > - 🏢 **Companies**: organizations and businesses > - 📍 **Places**: places of note, countries, regions, and other geographies > - 📆 **Events**: events that occur at a specific point in time > - 🛠️ **Tools**: tools (usually software) that I encounter in daily life and work > - 📎 **Summaries**: summaries of a source, usually books > - 🗂️ **Cards**: general card types that don't fit above categories - [[Cards/Ideas/Demographic Shifts.md|Demographic Shifts]] ∙ 11 days ago - [[Cards/Tools/AWS Lake Formation.md|AWS Lake Formation]] ∙ a month ago - [[Cards/Ideas/Work Principles.md|Work Principles]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Cards/Ideas/Information Flows.md|Information Flows]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Cards/Ideas/Delivering Business Value through Data Science.md|Delivering Business Value through Data Science]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Cards/Ideas/How to have Organizationally Political Conversations.md|How to have Organizationally Political Conversations]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Cards/Ideas/Interpersonal Skills in Technology.md|Interpersonal Skills in Technology]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Cards/Ideas/Being the First Data Hire.md|Being the First Data Hire]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Cards/Ideas/Financial Independence.md|Financial Independence]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Cards/Ideas/First Team Concept.md|First Team Concept]] ∙ 3 months ago ## Reading The [[📖 Reading]] feed contains highlights and notes from content that I consume, hopefully to be turned into summaries and ideas that bubble up into the [[🪴 Garden]]. - [[Sources/Articles/A Culture of Partnership.md|A Culture of Partnership]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Sources/Articles/Being the First Data Science Hire.md|Being the First Data Science Hire]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Sources/Articles/Startup Founders Need to Start Doing Less.md|Startup Founders Need to Start Doing Less]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Sources/Articles/Ask the CTO A Peer Manager Is Trying to Take My Engineers.md|Ask the CTO A Peer Manager Is Trying to Take My Engineers]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Sources/Articles/Observations on Product Management.md|Observations on Product Management]] ∙ 3 months ago - [[Sources/Articles/How Data Scientists Turned Against Statistics.md|How Data Scientists Turned Against Statistics]] ∙ 4 months ago - [[Sources/Articles/The Third Wave Data Scientist – Towards Data Science.md|The Third Wave Data Scientist – Towards Data Science]] ∙ 4 months ago - [[Sources/Articles/A Common Trap That Undermines Analytics Credibility.md|A Common Trap That Undermines Analytics Credibility]] ∙ 4 months ago - [[Sources/Articles/It’s OK to Use Spreadsheets in Data Science – Towards Data Science.md|It’s OK to Use Spreadsheets in Data Science – Towards Data Science]] ∙ 4 months ago - [[Sources/Articles/A Beginner’s Guide to Giving Performance Reviews – Featured Stories – Medium.md|A Beginner’s Guide to Giving Performance Reviews – Featured Stories – Medium]] ∙ 4 months ago