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Jenna Jordan

@jennajordan.me

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Data engineer in practice, data librarian at heart. Knitter, dog momma, board gamer, and consumer of sci-fi/fantasy of all mediums. Civic tech, data for good, peace/conflict data, and philosophizing thru data modeling https://jennajordan.me

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Nov 9

One of my favorite things that I did in the old place was curate a list of Data Librarians.

#datalibs are one of my favorite communities, and I hope this starter pack can help us find each other again in this new place.

Please reply or DM me with more folks to add to the pack!

go.bsky.app/DPpUuPm

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

Just looked at the pattern again to make sure, and there are a few more rows left than I thought, so I’m definitely bringing this shawl to knit with and not to wear at Coalesce 😅

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 2d

My goal is to finish and block this shawl in time to wear it at Coalesce, though we shall see. But then I need to decide on my next thing to knit, so I have something to work on while listening to talks!

Do I start another shawl, or maybe knit a hat?

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 2d

Next it was off to the nail salon, for a purple mani & pedi. Can’t type during that, so I just relaxed and read a book.

Now I’m cozied up on the couch, knitting to the Great British Baking Show. I only have a few rows left for the shawl I’ve knitted on at the last two Coalesces!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 2d

Today was entirely a Coalesce prep day.

I started the day going to the hair salon, so I can have purple colored ends, and I was frantically working on my slides as the stylist coated on the bleach and then the color.

Then I met with my track lead, who was very forgiving of my unfinished slides

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 3d

I’m getting a good morning cackle over the fact that the folks liking this post are also known for writing absurdly long (and thoroughly excellent!) blog posts.

Nice to be in good company!

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 4d

Good lord I really don't know how to write a short blog post

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 4d

This one is easily going to crack 8k too... and it will be published in a week because ACTUAL DEADLINES

(it's a blog post version of the talk I'm giving at Coalesce)

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 4d

Good lord I really don't know how to write a short blog post

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 11d

Thank you @olesenbagneux.bsky.social for featuring my writing on The Data Intelligence Platform. Your effort to bring ideas and expertise from Library & Information Science to the data industry is invaluable, and I'm honored you wanted to add my voice to the roster along with other amazing experts.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 11d

A few months ago I published an absurdly long blog post about the librarian's reference interview for data teams. As of today, there is an abridged version available - it's only half as long, with no tangents!

dataintelligenceplatform.substack.com/p/the-librar...

The librarian's reference interview for data teams (abridged)

What data teams can learn from the reference interview librarians perform to identify and serve true information needs

dataintelligenceplatform.substack.com

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 12d

Followed by a twilight walk with Bella after the rain finally stopped, around my neighborhood already enthusiastically decorated for Halloween, with a stop for sipping cacao along the way, jamming and grooving to the witchy vibes with this playlist:

open.spotify.com/playlist/2wz...

THE WITCHES ROAD

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 12d

After a busy two weeks of work trip + conference + vacation for me + playing host as other people visiting me… I’m finally breathing a big breath out and getting back to regular programming:

Spending the work day knee deep in a dbt project refactor jamming to this:

open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...

Lilith (feat. SUGA of BTS) (Diablo IV Anthem) Radio

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 12d

Let's get meshy! Learn how to evolve your organization's dbt project(s) to more effectively manage distributed data at scale by adopting data mesh as a grounding philosophy.

#dbtCoalesce

coalesce.getdbt.com/event/21662b...

Coalesce Conference | Crafted by dbt Labs

Join dbt Labs and thousands of analytics professionals at our premier data conference, Coalesce.

coalesce.getdbt.com

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 12d

We are 2 weeks out from dbt Labs's annual party + nerd out for analytics engineers... Coalesce 2025! I'll be speaking at Coalesce about one of my favorite topics: data mesh + dbt Mesh.

If you'll be in Vegas, join me on Oct 15 (Wed), at 11:30am PT for my session: So you want to build a data mesh

Coalesce2025 speaker Oct 15 (Wednesday) at 11:30am PT So you want to build a data mesh Jenna Jordan Sr Analytics Engineer, Ratio PBC she/her

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 28d

Nobody:

Me: I wonder how different peace/conflict and democracy researchers will encode an election conducted over discord in their various datasets…

👀

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Sep 7

And here is the pattern I’m planning on making with them: the Oak Forest Shawl

www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Oak Forest Shawl pattern by Ksenia Naidyon

Inspired by the sunlit Californian oak forests, this shawl is lively and full of light. Lace and eyelets are reminiscent of the patterns created by sun rays coming through the leaves of oak trees.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Sep 7

This was the very close runner up (I took forever to decide and I’m still wondering if I should’ve just gotten both and decided later):

Left: darker green skein, I think this was the Fiona colorway from Malabrigo

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Sep 7

I went back to the yarn shop next to the sheep farm to find a skein of yarn to pair with one I bought at Cannon Beach (and the colorway is called Cannon Beach!) a few years back. The lovely ladies there were very excited to help me find a match. Here is what I landed on: (new yarn on the left)

Left: blue green colorway called Wabi Sabi from Malabrigo. Right: blue, green, and sand colorway called Cannon Beach from Blu Fiber Company.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Aug 29

@kbriney.bsky.social

a cartoon character with blue hair and a green dress is doing a yoga pose .

ALT: a cartoon character with blue hair and a green dress is doing a yoga pose .

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Aug 28

gifs in the comments are such a vibe

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Aug 26

I have too much rage after reading this to express all of the many ways it is wrong and stupid and disingenuous. Someone else can be helpful and explain for anyone who actually needs it.

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Randy Au @randyau.com · Aug 20

Data Behind the Scenes Conference free registration is open! Wed Sept 24, ~10am-5pm EDT. Online-only, single track.

Join data folks as they share experiences with how data work is done in production, thorns & disturbing hacks and all!
(Pls help get the word out 📈)

ti.to/databsconf/d...

#dataBS

DataBS Conf

"Data, Behind the Scenes" is a free-to-attend online-only, single track conference centered on the real stories of data work from the folks in the trenches. We’re not here for the latest AI hype, perf...

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Aug 20

The author of Kill It With Fire, Marianne Bellotti, is currently doing a Q&A with @joereis.bsky.social's Practical Data community!

join here: discord.gg/fNtfeh6F?eve...

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Aug 19

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FITT vs. Fragile: SQL & Orchestration Techniques FITT Data Architectures | DataKitchen

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Aug 15

This 👇

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We’ve Been Using FITT Data Architecture For Many Years, And Honestly, We Can Never Go Back | DataKitchen

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