EB
Dec 31, 2017
2017: A year in review (and a preview of 2018)

A brief look back at 2017 and a quick preview of what 2018 looks like for me.

EB
Nov 20, 2017
Deep learning – when should it be used?

When should deep learning be used? the answer isn't a simple one. The answer depends on the problem, data size and number of other factors.

EB
Nov 2, 2017
When it comes to big data, think these three words: analyze; contextualize; internalize

Stop thinking about big data technologies.  Think of ways to 'analyze, contextualize, internalize' your data instead.

EB
Oct 12, 2017
Data and Culture go hand in hand

Data and culture must go hand in hand in modern organizations.

EB
Oct 9, 2017
11 years, 1400 blog posts...and a pretty graph

As part of a tutorial on Text Analytics and Visualization I just finished  over  on technical blog called Python Data (where I blog about using python for

EB
Oct 9, 2017
Text Analytics and Visualization

Using basic Text Analytics and Visualization techniques, keywords can be automatically extracted from text and relationships can be visualized.

The Data Way
Oct 3, 2017
The Data Way

When working with data, don't just find the answers to your questions. Keep digging and find new questions to ask.

EB
Sep 28, 2017
Be pragmatic, not dogmatic

Rather than blindly follow your a 'successful' company, find ways to incorporate their successes into your organization. Be pragmatic, not dogmatic.

EB
Sep 26, 2017
Text Analytics with Python – A book review

Text Analytics with Python by Dipanjan Sarkar provides an overview of how to use Python to perform text analytics / natural language processing.

EB
Sep 19, 2017
Python and AWS Lambda – A match made in heaven

Using Python and AWS Lambda, I've been able to offload a number of python scripts (set up as API endpoints on AWS) to allow more flexibility and save money.

Data Quality – The most important data dimension?
Sep 18, 2017
Data Quality – The most important data dimension?

Many organizations are jumping on the big data bandwagon (rightfully so). A good portion of them aren't thinking about data quality before data analytics.

EB
Sep 12, 2017
Stock market forecasting with prophet

In this article I look at stock market forecasting with prophet and compare a few errors measures to see how well prophet can forecast the market.

Driving Digital by Isaac Sacolick – a book review
Sep 6, 2017
Driving Digital by Isaac Sacolick – a book review

Driving Digital is one of the best books I've read on digital transformation. Rather than talk in theory, Isaac provides a game-plan for driving digital.

EB
Sep 1, 2017
Forecasting Time Series data with Prophet – Trend Changepoints

Prophet does a very good job of detecting trend changepoints. In this post, I provide an example where I look at the capabilities of Prophet.

EB
Aug 28, 2017
Forecasting Time Series data with Prophet – Part 3

This third installment of Forecasting time series data with prophet provides an example using holidays to try to improve the model.

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