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.
Foto Friday – Bridge across the Animas River
This is a time lapse + multiple exposures of the Animas River in Durango CO
pandas Cheat Sheet (via yhat)
yhat just released a pandas cheat sheet. I also provided some tip on functions that I use all the time with pandas.
Your data project is going to fail
Your data project is going to fail. You can plan everything perfectly, use the best systems, hire the best people yet your project will fail.
Getting the 'next' row of data in a pandas dataframe
A quick tutorial and code to show how to get the 'next' row of data for a pandas dataframe.
Foto Friday – Sandia Mountain Sunset
A capture of the sunset hitting the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque NM.Captured with Canon 5DsR and Canon 16-45 f/4 L. Purchase a copy of
Dask – A better way to work with large CSV files in Python
Using dask, you can easily work with large data sets including large CSV files without loading the data into memory via out-of-core computations.
Working with large CSV files in Python
When working wth large CSV files in Python, you can sometimes run into memory issue. Using pandas and sqllite can help you work around these limitations.
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