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whatsapp me with Qs if you like, done a lot on this in this last year!

I've made a series of individual match posters for Celtic's European Cup run in 1967 before, but never a standalone design until now. Prints available on the shop if you fancy one! madebyfrankie.bigcartel.com

ty 🥰

one year of doing my phd today 🎉

i think the thing ive found most interesting is balancing abstract blue sky ideas with real practical challenges and trying to problem solve in a way that moves the needle in both worlds

still feels surreal i get to do this for a living 🥰

been a great week for progress on my phd! graph neural network variants are occupying my every waking thought but… ending the week with something that does what i want it to is a good feeling 🙏

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This season, I set myself a wee personal project aim of creating a match poster for each of Celtic's Champions League group stage games. Here they all are! 🍀

Celtic vs Young Boys | 2024/25 UEFA Champions League | Matchday Seven

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i’m awful for wearing shoes to death bc i hate new shoes but that sweet spot where i’ve broken them in but they’re not falling apart is pure bliss

between starting with utd and seeing taylor four times, hard to see many ways this year could have been better 🙏

happy new year when it comes pals!!

and, most important caveat, i’m in no way saying that a piece of work can’t be good analysis AND good journalism/content. but i think considering your end goal and target audience in this context is worth a little time.

this does extend to qual work as well - time watching footage etc. - but feel with where my career is atm i’m not the best to comment on that. i know @jonmackenzie.bsky.social has spoken about this before, though.

as an elaboration on ‘unseen work’ a good example is a data science workflow. most of my time is spent cleaning & organising data, testing assumptions etc. compared to actual modelling and visualising cool things. very important for good analysis; not useful for good engagement.

i’m not in a position to advise how to ‘break into the industry’ or whatever - & am always wary of those who push that advice to others - but i do think that remembering analytics and journalism are closer than ever on social media is helpful to consider what work is worth doing.

not saying one is better than the other, but they have different needs and the audience has different expectations. them merging means a lot of aspiring analysts on here think they should put out regular updates to get mass engagement but that isn’t necessarily true of analysis.

i think a big problem with the public analysis space is that it merged with journalism/content creation and the disciplines are focused on very different things. for me, ~good analysis is built off lots of unseen work while content creation requires constant digestible updates.

happy birthday king!

starting piano lessons in the new year let’s goooooo

(i just have to be a recluse until then and write a paper it’s fine)

Happy Birthday to our record breaking, history making, singer, songwriter, director, producer, and once in a life time superstar chairman Doctor Taylor Alison Swift.

We love you ❤️

really enjoying my phd atm. it can be so up and down with challenges but in a really good spot atm where there are big challenges but things still look really promising

apple music replay in anyone want to guess my top artist 🤪

a man who wears many hats

really cool

why are my emojis huge now i updated ios can i change it back wtf

i’m to say, and my answer is yes

🚨| BC Place stadium is displaying “Long Live” lyrics outside the stadium ahead of the 3 shows Taylor will be playing there next week!

“Long live all the magic we made”

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