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Visualizing data – overlaying charts in python
Visualizing data is vital to analyzing data. If you can't see your data - and see it in multiple ways - you'll have a hard time analyzing that data
Forecasting Time-Series data with Prophet – Part 1
Forecasting time-series data with Prophet. Prophet is a fairly new library for python and R to help with forecasting time-series data.
Don't forget the "Science" in Data Science
Doing data science without 'science' is nothing more than throwing darts at a dart board and thinking the results are meaningful.
Who Owns Risk?
This is a guest post from Christine Sato Proper risk management is vital to any project manager. Any big project is sure to have a great deal of risk,
Foto Friday – Shining Light, Cascade Creek
This is a multi-bracket, slow shutter capture of Cascade Creek near Durango CO. Captured with Canon 5DsR and Canon 16-35 f/4 L.
A tale of two employees
A 'rockstar' on paper means little of that person isn't able or willing to get the job done.
Collecting / Storing Tweets with Python and MySQL
A few days ago, I published Collecting / Storing Tweets with Python and MongoDB. In that post, I describe the steps needed to collect and store tweets
Collecting / Storing Tweets with Python and MongoDB
Collecting / Storing Tweets with Python and MongoDB provides a script that can be used to collect and store tweets using python and mongoDB
Foto Friday – Middle of Cascade Creek, Colorado
A capture of some of the rapids in Cascade Creek. Captured Canon 5DsR, Canon 16-35 f/4 L.
Jupyter with Vagrant
I use jupyter with vagrant to do 99.% of all my python development. This post explains how easy it is to set up jupyter with vagrant.
Stockstats – Python module for various stock market indicators
Stockstats currently has about 26 stats and stock market indicators included. Definitely not as robust as TA-Lib, but it does have the basics.
Book Review – Machine Learning With Random Forests And Decision Trees by Scott Hartshorn
If you'e looking for a good, short introduction to Random Forests, check out Machine Learning With Random Forests And Decision Trees.
Foto Friday – Bakers Bridge Area, Durango CO
A photo of Bakers Bridge near Durango CO. This is the area that they filmed part of the 'jump' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid.
Vagrant on Windows
Running vagrant on windows allows python developers to run *nix in in a VM for python development, which might help with some Windows python issues.
You (probably) don't need Machine Learning
You (and your company) probably don't need machine learning. Most companies just need good data management with good regression modeling.
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