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What is a Data Platform and why does it matter?
Data Science

What is a Data Platform and why does it matter?

I asked this question to chatGPT. The work is impressive and speaks for itself. Answers ahead.

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 27 Dec 2022 • 13 min read
How to Maintain the Most Quality When Converting WAV to 320+ MP3

How to Maintain the Most Quality When Converting WAV to 320+ MP3

Regardless of whether you hear it or not, in all practical cases, your audio track literally loses fidelity when you convert a WAV to an MP3. There are probably other

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 13 Jun 2022 • 3 min read
How I Use a Mind Map to Brainstorm My Best Stories
Productivity

How I Use a Mind Map to Brainstorm My Best Stories

With all the remote work in recent times, I miss the whiteboards sometimes. But honestly, I've always hoped for better virtual whiteboards vs the real thing. I have terrible handwriting.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 18 Dec 2021 • 2 min read
The Dark Souls of Product Management
Product Management

The Dark Souls of Product Management

Dark Souls is the name of one of my favorite video game series.It’s known for being brutally difficult. Your character will die. Many, many times. Get used to

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 31 Oct 2021 • 1 min read
Notes on Product Insights
Product Management

Notes on Product Insights

Notes on Chapter 49: Product Insights, from "Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products" by Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group. Goal: Leverage insights on few critical problems to focus on. This

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 30 Jun 2021 • 2 min read
5 Things I Learned About The Product Manager Interview Process at Google
Lessons Learned

5 Things I Learned About The Product Manager Interview Process at Google

I interviewed with one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Here's a retrospective and some lessons learned.

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 27 Jun 2021 • 7 min read
Remembering Google Reader.
Ideas

Remembering Google Reader.

Reminiscing on a piece of tech that was too powerful to remain free.

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 21 Mar 2021 • 1 min read
Notes on Amazon's AWS Cloud Data Services - Part 1
Data Science

Notes on Amazon's AWS Cloud Data Services - Part 1

As a Product Manager, the question I'm trying to answer now: If the business were to invest in a classic, Oracle data warehouse, what do we lose STRATEGICALLY by NOT investing in modern cloud solutions?

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 27 Dec 2020 • 2 min read
A framework and process for exploring new, unfamiliar data sets, using Python
Data Science

A framework and process for exploring new, unfamiliar data sets, using Python

This is an attempt to formalize the processes I use when becoming familiar with a new data set.

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 22 Jul 2020 • 1 min read
I'm excited about my new song
Music

I'm excited about my new song

I just finished working on a new version of one of my songs. I'm excited to share it.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 9 Jun 2020 • 1 min read
What is Multivariate Data Analysis?
Books

What is Multivariate Data Analysis?

I am a Tech Product Manager, currently involved in work related to the enablement of data for fact-driven decision making.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 6 Jun 2020 • 1 min read
PageSpeed Insights by Google
Technical

PageSpeed Insights by Google

I've been spending some time lately in the reporting and analysis of web application speed. Here's a few screenshots the PageSpeed Insights from my own website, for inspiration. This was

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 29 May 2020 • 2 min read
About This Blog
About

About This Blog

Apologies for the self-indulgence. This is branding. And a bit of storytelling.

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 24 May 2020 • 5 min read
The start of a knowledge graph
Data Science

The start of a knowledge graph

I’ve been researching the use-cases and technical implementation for Graph Databases lately. As a Product Manager broadly responsible for the production and distribution of data insights, the appeal of building a Knowledge Graph is instant.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 5 May 2020 • 2 min read
Confluence, with Marie Kondo
Product Management

Confluence, with Marie Kondo

As companies like the one I work for prep for the new fiscal year with a new round of planning, initiatives, and outcomes, I find myself in need of a retrospective.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 10 Mar 2020 • 2 min read
Pendomonium 2019 Highlights (Pendo User Behavior Analytics Conference)
Product Management

Pendomonium 2019 Highlights (Pendo User Behavior Analytics Conference)

I had the pleasure of attending Pendo’s yearly user conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.My number 1 take away from this conference, is that we can get a lot

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 13 Sep 2019 • 7 min read
We are all “One-Punch Man”
Productivity

We are all “One-Punch Man”

Stories. I explore stories. I’m thinking about One Punch Man after watching a few really great episodes. More specifically, I’m thinking about Saitama, the characters actual name. (So

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 7 Sep 2019 • 2 min read
Guilts associated with “excuses” are unnecessary–they’re impediments, and they can be dealt with.
Productivity

Guilts associated with “excuses” are unnecessary–they’re impediments, and they can be dealt with.

Inspiration. It’s always there. More often than not, people view things like “procrastination” as a negative. People feel guilty when they’re not productive. There’s a lot to

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 10 Aug 2019 • 1 min read
Designing a chatbot that communicates using your slang and dialect.
Product Management

Designing a chatbot that communicates using your slang and dialect.

As an artist with a need to self-market, I need a way to stay on top of my social media, just to attain any level of visibility when compared to the multitude of loud and popular artists of this day. (No disrespect. I fucking love Billy Eilish’s whole art.)

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 21 Jul 2019 • 1 min read
Big Data Management with an Intelligent Data Lake
Technical

Big Data Management with an Intelligent Data Lake

Notes on Informatica Big Data Management with Intelligent Data Lake Deep Dive and Demo Informatica Big Data Management (BDM) Secure/GovernSecure & Govern, Connect, Ingest, Parse, Extract, Profile, Process, PerformPolyglot

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 25 Jun 2019 • 3 min read
Uncertainty. Instability. Impermanence. It’s inherent.
Ideas

Uncertainty. Instability. Impermanence. It’s inherent.

You start to notice in common things. Your computer crashes, for example. Or your “check engine” light turns on. Or, it doesn’t need to be technical: you need new

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 23 Jun 2019 • 1 min read
On quantum entangled particles that seem to “communicate” faster than the speed of light
Ideas

On quantum entangled particles that seem to “communicate” faster than the speed of light

Einstein’s intuition kept him from fully embracing some of the discoveries of quantum mechanics. He called it “spooky action at a distance.” But time and time again, the predicitions of Quantum Mechanics proves to be infallible. But maybe, that’s not good enough.

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 2 Jun 2019 • 3 min read
Notes on Hans Zimmer’s Masterclass on Film Scoring - Day One
Music

Notes on Hans Zimmer’s Masterclass on Film Scoring - Day One

I signed up for Hans Zimmer’s film scoring MasterClass series. I signed up because I would genuinely love to score music for a video game, trailer, commercial, film, etc.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 2 Jun 2019 • 3 min read
My Music: "Don't Panic" by Edwin Fig
Music

My Music: "Don't Panic" by Edwin Fig

Don't Panic. Maybe more of a mantra, than a song.

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 20 May 2019 • 1 min read
“Dimensions: We Search” An instrumental musical improvisation and poetry about Data Science
Music

“Dimensions: We Search” An instrumental musical improvisation and poetry about Data Science

This song is about making discoveries. Searching. Finding new ways to look at data. Interpretations. With constraints. Yet limitless. “Like early mining and the discovery of a small vein. You

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 17 Apr 2019 • 1 min read
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