About my end-year reflection as a Medium writer and my new book.

As 2021 comes to its closing, I'm taking myself on a short end-of-year reflection, some statistics, and very good news at the end.

It's been nearly two years since the world entered this terrible pandemic that has shaped every aspect of our private and professional lives.

Like many people, I have faced some very serious personal challenges this year due to covid-19. Still, I am also grateful to have had the opportunity to work for two amazing companies during the year, which allowed me to go through this period feeling my family and myself protected and safe.

This year, I changed my job to a company and role where I can express and exceed my full potential.

I also feel extremely fortunate to be recognized as a thought leader in an incredible global community working to solve some of the most pressing business challenges with Artificial Intelligence.

This is extremely important to me, and I intend to continue devoting energy and time because it represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve myself, the teams I collaborate with, and the AI ecosystem I belong to.

From every interaction, meeting, presentation, conference, webinar, or summit in which I have the opportunity to participate, I learned, connected, and improved myself. This year, despite the pandemic's changes and restrictions, I had numerous opportunities to engage with top AI leaders who shared their expertise and insights.

Analyzing my 2021 on Medium

Once again this year, I've been an active AI evangelist at work and in my spare time, sharing a lot of valuable knowledge in 112 articles, for a total of 207.).

My most viewed articles in 2021

During this year, my articles on Medium collected an astonishing number of 204.625 views, even if it represents a slight decrease of -2.65% compared with the 210.204 views of 2020, reaching an impressive total of 403,590 views of my articles on Medium.

Once again, I'm not surprised here; my most viewed article was What is Reinforcement Learning and 9 examples of what you can do with it, which was viewed 19593 times during the year.

My most read articles in 2021

When it comes to reads, my articles on Medium received 38206 reads during this year, representing a relevant decrease of -27.44% if compared with the 52655 reads of 2020, reaching a total of 89,236 reads of my articles on Medium.

In 2021, my most viewed article was 5 companies that are revolutionizing recruiting using Artificial Intelligence, which was read 3332 times during the year.

My most clapped articles in 2021

When it comes to claps, which often is referenced as an indicator of appreciation, during this year, my articles on Medium collected 8570 claps.

I believe this number reflects my writing improvements and my focus on key business topics, evidenced by the increase of +111.86% compared to the 4045 reads of 2020.

Moreover, it contributed to reaching 12,655 claps on my articles.

In 2021, my most clapped article was What motivates the digitization and digital transformation of business today? Which one received 450 claps during the year.

An increasing number of fans and followers in 2021

When it comes to fans, another indicator of appreciation, during this year, my articles collected a growing number of 819 new fans, also another reflection of my writing improvements and focus on key topics; representing an increase of +2.5% if compared with the 799 fans of 2020, reaching a total of 1,621 fans.

Also, in 2021 I gained 263 new followers, reaching a total of 1,608 Followers. Thank you!!!!!!!!!

In 2021, the article that gave me more new fans was The Best MIT Online Resources for You to Learn AI and Machine Learning for Free, which brought me 82 new fans.

And among the titles, as you could expect, these are the most frequent words:

Looking to the future

In 2022 I want to do more; I want to try new channels, new ways of communicating and reaching out to new people, learning from new perspectives.

I am grateful to everyone who shared their knowledge with me this year, allowing me to grow as a professional and person. I’m also grateful to everyone who believed in me and helped me launch a new and exciting chapter in my career.

My goal as a professional is to improve people’s lives using technology, information, data, and intelligence. I believe there is a remarkable potential of doing good in all of this, and I will have many opportunities to do it on a larger scale in the coming year.

Closing the year with a new book

And, to end the year on a high note, I am pleased to announce that my new book, available on Amazon Kindle, summarizes all of the AI learnings and insights that I shared in 2021.

The new book contains a top selection of 54 stories published in 2021 and three new and exclusive stories about AI concepts and applications. It is perfect for anyone interested in AI and prefers the experience of consuming the information through paper or digital books.

Check it out on Amazon Kindle: https://lnkd.in/ez6m9vxT

Happy New Year!