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Heroku Thinks Sharing Data is Important
Last week, Heroku announced a new feature to its PostgreSQL database service. The new feature is called Data Clip, and it allows users to share results of an SQL query. It has options to store the exact data from when the query was originally run or the query can be refreshed to return the current data. I Read more
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Visual.ly Launches an Infographic Site
I love infographics because they are a great way to convey information about data. They go well with the thought that Data Scientists need to also be good story tellers. Well Visual.ly is startup that is aimed at helping people create, share, and discover infographics. Here is a quick example I created about my twitter Read more
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Another Big Data startup launches. Read more
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Don’t Miss – Stanford Machine Learning
In a matter of days, Stanford will begin the second round of the free online machine learning course. I enrolled in the course last fall, and it exceded all expectations. Professor Andrew Ng is great. The prerequisites are minimal, so don’t worry if your math is a little rusty. Also, the videos are short (around Read more
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Hot Tech Gig of 2022: Data Scientist
Hot Tech Gig of 2022: Data Scientist Read more
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What is a data scientist?
If I am going to create a blog about becoming a data scientist, I must at least provide some type of definition. One of the best definitions I have read is by Hilary Mason, Chief Scientist at Bit.ly, A data scientist is someone who can obtain, scrub, explore, model and interpret data, blending hacking, statistics, Read more
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The impact of Big Data on the World
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/sunday-review/big-datas-impact-in-the-world.html?_r=2&hpw= A great article on data science appeared in the New York Times over the weekend. It is worth your time to read it. Read more
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Why did I create Data Science 101?
Obviously the world does not need another blog. However, blogs are a great way to share information, and I am creating a new one anyway. The analysis of data is becoming more important everyday. Data Science is quickly becoming a hot topic of interest, and I have a desire to become a data scientist. Thus, Read more
Data Science 101
One of the oldest blogs on data science, started in 2012.
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