The Paradox of Choice
Published: Sun, 09/08/24
One of the most valuable things you can offer a person is choice. Or is it? Hi, Economic theory suggests that one of the most valuable things you can…
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Qualitative Data is Data Too!
Published: Wed, 09/04/24
Are you data driven? Hi, Quantitative data is the way to go if you want to know what happened or how much, but numbers will rarely tell you why.
Everything is OK
Published: Sun, 09/01/24
Nobody wants to wait three hours for you to get to the point. Hi, A few months back, I listened to the live stream of a prominent Australian court…
Designing Data Products People Actually Want to Use
Published: Wed, 08/28/24
There's nothing worse than a data product no one wants to use. Hi, As a data scientist, there's nothing worse than devoting months of your time to…
The Power of Words
Published: Sun, 08/25/24
Words matter. Hi, Words matter. They have the power to do more harm or good in this world than any other force could ever achieve. If you're not…
Would You Like Fries That?
Published: Wed, 08/21/24
Eliminating ambiguity is the tech skill of the future Hi, Wherever you go in the world, there's a McDonald's not far away. And regardless of which…
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Published: Sun, 08/18/24
Changing the world with data Hi, Politicians are obsessed with prediction. It sometimes seems like politicians can't even decide what to have for…
Shaping the Future of AI
Published: Wed, 08/14/24
Advice from a former advisor to the Obama Administration Hi, Two years ago, no one could imagine the impact generative AI would have on our world, and…
The Lady with the Lamp
Published: Sun, 08/11/24
Using data and AI for good. Hi, Tomorrow is the 114th anniversary of the death of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing whose work in…
To Build or Not to Build?
Published: Wed, 08/07/24
That is the question. Hi, When you're first learning data science, building machine learning models from scratch is a great way to develop an…