Tackle the Monkey First 🐒

Published: Sun, 09/22/24

Hi, "Let’s say you’re trying to teach a monkey how to recite Shakespeare while on a pedestal. How should you allocate your time and money between…

Events Change Everything

Published: Wed, 09/18/24

Updated: Wed, 09/18/24

No plan survives first contact with the enemy. Hi, "No plan survives first contact with the enemy." - Helmuth von Moltke Every data scientist is…

Everything's a Remix

Published: Sun, 09/15/24

Can you guess the title of this film? Hi, Can you guess the title of the following film/book? An innocent man is wrongfully imprisoned for a serious…

AI-Powered Investment Insights

Published: Wed, 09/11/24

AI has the potential to democratize access to investment insights. Hi, Succeeding in stock market investing is all about timing – buying low, selling…

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…

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…