This post is about Eric Ries's book "The Lean Startup". This book's message has a wider applicability than one might think, because contrary to what the title suggests, its methodology applies to more than just startups…
Learning data science is a process of exploration. It involves continually expanding the surface area of concepts and techniques that you have at your disposal by learning new topics that build on or share a knowledge base with t…
I wrote the following thoughts in response to some questions from the CIO of the company I work for about mining Bitcoin. I decided to post my response (lightly edited) here because I think it summarizes my view on cryptocurrenci…
Sometimes it pays to go back to basics. Data science is a massive, complicated field with seemingly endless topics to learn about. But in our rush to learn about the latest deep learning trends, it's easy to forget that there are…
This post is about Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens. All of my favorite books have changed the way I view the world in some non-trivial way. There's nothing quite like the experience of reading a book and then, afterward, realiz…