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The Data Science Central “Incident”
I’m writing this post to respond both to what many of you saw Vincent Granville said about me on Facebook a couple days ago, which was brought to my attention yesterday: (in context) and to his apology this evening: I didn’t want to write a second post about Data Science Central, but after the huge… Continue reading The Data Science Central “Incident”
Codecademy Python Course: Completed
I can cross off another item on my Goals list since i finally jumped back into the Codecademy “Python Fundamentals” course and completed the final topics this afternoon. I think the course would be good for people that have had at least an introductory programming course in the past. I didn’t have much trouble with… Continue reading Codecademy Python Course: Completed
Something has been bothering me about Data Science Central
So, what I’m about to write about actually occurred a few months ago, but I am reminded of it every day when I receive an email from Data Science Central or see someone tweet an article from the blog network (which includes Analytics Bridge, Big Data News, etc.), so I figured if it’s still bothering me, it’s worth writing about.
Doing Data Science (Review)
I just finished reading Doing Data Science: Straight Talk from the Frontline, an O’Reilly book by Cathy O’Neil (@mathbabedotorg) and Rachel Schutt (Columbia Data Science blog). First let me say, I really enjoyed this book! I thought it gave a great overview of Data Science, which is very valuable at this early stage in my… Continue reading Doing Data Science (Review)
The Signal and the Noise (Review)
This is a review of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t by Nate Silver.