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.
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.
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.
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
About About This Blog Apologies for the self-indulgence. This is branding. And a bit of storytelling.
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.
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.
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
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
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
Music About Deluge.Space I started deluge.space with the intent to experiment with art and music. I lost everything to a corrupt hard drive...
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.)
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
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
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.
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.
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
Music Music For A Quantum Nightmare In recent years, I’ve found myself fascinated by the sciences that I didn’t have the opportunity to learn and experience back when I was in school and university
Music My Music: Winter Improv 2019 This isn’t the most fluid improvisation piece. It’s often difficult to get in a comfortable place. It’s more of a self-conscious + carefully-courteous thing, in that I don’
Data Science From OKRs to Insights to Data Lakes, Data Catalogs, and Data-Driven Decision Making. Business leaders tend to worry and wonder. Are they behind the trend, in terms of being a data-driven company? Custom-built solutions are being replaced by managed solutions with managed cloud services like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. You’ll be hearing more about things like “Democratizing data”.
Product Management On meaningful measures and better KPIs When I was a newbie, I'd I often forget the difference between a KPI and an OKR, so let's start with that. OKR = Objectives and Key ResultsA popular leadership process
Music “SCOBY In A Clear Plastic Cup Of Tapwater” – Minimalist Chillwave Improvisation Improv using GarageBand for iPad Pro 2019. I played the intro with the Chinese Erhu patch without a physical instrument controller. The rest was done in a single take with
Ideas Reflections on this morning: An elderly Asian man slipped and fell in the rain And nobody seemed to notice.While driving to work in Pasadena, where the residential and commercial areas meet I was driving on South Lake through the area where residential area
Product Management The Role of Stories in Data Storytelling How do you put yourself in the best position, to make sense of a mass of data, in order to gain insights, and then inspire people to change based on the discoveries?
