Technology, software, data science, machine learning, entrepreneurship, investing, and various other topics
This post is about Peter Thiel's book Zero to One. I'm generally fascinated by how very smart people view the world, particularly if those views are unpopular. Peter Thiel, a well-known entrepreneur/investor and famously contrar…
This post is about Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking, Fast and Slow. This is a book that everyone should probably read at some point in their lives, or at least read some cliff notes on to get an understanding of the basic ideas.…
The "big data" technology landscape is changing really, really fast. One consequence of this is that it's hard to find good training resources since they become outdated so quickly. I wanted to get some baseline comfor…
I have a confession to make. I love podcasts. I have a semi-unhealthy addiction to podcasts. I get most of my twitter follows and book recommendations from podcasts. They've become an essential part of my daily information die…
A quick note on the comments section of the blog. I had been using a free version of the Disqus plug-in to manage comments on my posts. Unfortunately Disqus recently shifted to a new policy and will now force users of the free…