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Jan 24, 2022

Reflections on “The Power of Habit”

Part 1: The Habits of Individuals — We are creatures of habit. I believe it is why we like to say that history repeats itself, because the people who are writing and recording history don’t really change (aka all of humanity). It is also why researchers like Amos Tversky, Daniel Kahneman, and Dan Ariely are able to…

Habit Building

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Habit Building

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Mar 12, 2021

Python Virtual Environments

Save yourself from future headaches by using Python virtual environments with Anaconda — For months now I have been working with data out of Jupyter notebooks in an Anaconda (conda) virtual environment pip installing Python package after Python package, naively unaware of how anything could possibly go wrong with my computer’s ever growing library of PyPI — all until a few conflicts arose…

Data Science

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Python Virtual Environments
Python Virtual Environments
Data Science

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Nov 17, 2020

Learn a New Language in a WordCloud

Fight Linguistic Bias in NLP and Make Your First WordCloud — There is a large disparity at play in data science within the realm of Natural Language Processing (NLP). And as both an aspiring data scientist and a linguaphile, I’m concerned. The NLP sector of data science is overwhelmingly focused on English, so much so that Professor Emily M. …

Data Science

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Learn a Language with WordClouds
Learn a Language with WordClouds
Data Science

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Nov 3, 2020

The Data Dilemma

Think Ethically from the Beginning — As an aspiring data scientist immersed in a data science bootcamp at the moment, “how can I work ethically from the get go?” That’s the question that pervaded my mind as I watched The Social Dilemma and listened to Tristan Harris and Cathy O’Neil, among many others, discuss the dangers…

Data Science

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The Data Dilemma
The Data Dilemma
Data Science

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Oct 20, 2020

At the Intersection of Geography & Data Science

Geography is making a comeback, and it owes a big “thank you” to Data Science — Geography, That’s Like Maps and Stuff, Right? If your experience learning geography growing up was anything like mine, then you too can name (almost) all 50 states and their corresponding capitals. Perhaps if you’re not American you are able to name the different provinces of your nation and their capitals, and probably some more. Let’s give ourselves…

Geography

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At the Intersection of Geography & Data Science
At the Intersection of Geography & Data Science
Geography

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Published in Analytics Vidhya

·Oct 6, 2020

We Can GitHub, and So Can You

If you’re anything like me, getting started on your data science journey, GitHub loomed about you as this pervasive treasure trove of open source code. You weren’t exactly sure how to get involved, but you knew one day future employers would look to it as your portfolio of sorts. You…

Github Collaboration

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We Can GitHub, and So Can You
We Can GitHub, and So Can You
Github Collaboration

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