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Thinking

Are you eating your brain?

I know -- Are you eating your brain? -- is a strange title...but stick with me here. I'm listening to an audiobook titled Understanding Complexity by

Dec 2, 2019 · 3 min read
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Customer Service

Customer Service is made up of the small things

I recently had a customer service interaction with a SaaS service provider that left me wanting. With this provider, we had an issue that was effecting

Sep 20, 2019 · 3 min read
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Photography

Foto Friday – The Grand Canyon

In February I had the opportunity to visit the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.   When I was younger, I'd been a few times but I'd never been out

Jun 21, 2019 · 1 min read
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Entrepreneurship

What are you avoiding?

I'm sure we've all been there. We have 100 things to do and we pick 90 things to get done and avoid those last few items that we just don't want to do.

Jun 19, 2019 · 2 min read
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Machine Learning

Comparing Machine Learning Methods

In this post, I provide an overview of comparing different machine learning methods.

Mar 20, 2019 · 4 min read
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Thinking

Recipes don't always work

Recipes don't always work - they are great starting points but they aren't always the only way to do things.

Mar 19, 2019 · 3 min read
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Entrepreneurship

Incrementally Better

Recently, I spent a week at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. While visiting, I stayed in Tusayan Arizona, just a few miles outside the park's

Mar 5, 2019 · 4 min read
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pandas

Quick Tip – Speed up Pandas using Modin

If you use pandas in your data analysis, you can now use modin to speed it up. In this post, I do a test to find the savings from modin and pandas.

Feb 7, 2019 · 4 min read
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Forecasting

Stationary Data Tests for Time Series Forecasting

In this post, I provide a walkthrough of using statistical tests (like the Dickey-Fuller test) to check stationary data while forecasting time series.

Jan 30, 2019 · 8 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Pika Rocky Mountain National Park

Pika Rocky Mountain National Park While in Rocky Mountain National Park last year, I stumbled upon an area perfect for Pikas. I sat myself down next to

Jan 25, 2019 · 1 min read
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Forecasting

Forecasting Time Series Data using Autoregression

This post provides an introduction to forecasting time series using autoregression models. A walkthrough is provided along with sample code.

Jan 24, 2019 · 9 min read
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Big Data

Do you need machine learning? Maybe. Maybe Not.

Do you need machine learning? Maybe. Maybe not. Everyone's talking about machine learning but its not the answer to every problem.

Jan 23, 2019 · 3 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Rocky Mountain National Park

Late last year I had the opportunity to spend a week in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP).  Strangely, I'd never actually been to RMNP although I've

Jan 18, 2019 · 3 min read
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Big Data

The Data Mining Trap

In a post titled Data Mining - A Cautionary Tale, I share the idea that data mining can be dangerous by sharing the story of Cornell's Brian Wansink, who

Jan 15, 2019 · 3 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – On the way to Zion National Park

I call this one "On the way to Zion". Captured with Canon 5D and Canon 17-40 handheld on the way into Zion National Park.   Purchase a copy for your

Jan 11, 2019 · 1 min read