My Twitter feed and me
I just went through my entire list of people I was following on Twitter and cleaned house. Even though my following count was only just over 100, I’ve begun to really dislike scrolling through my feed...
View ArticleWhy is it important for our data to be encrypted and private?
Think back to a time when the computer did not exist. Now imagine you’d like to write a letter to a friend. You would have to write out your message on a piece of paper, get an envelope and a stamp,...
View ArticleGenerating Drake Lyrics with a Markov Chain
One of my recent data science lab assignments was to choose a musical artist, scrape every one of his/her song lyrics from the web, and use the Markov Chain technique to generate new lyrics. The...
View ArticleA baseball hackathon In Chicago? Yes, please!
On October 18th, I woke up to a notification on my phone for an email titled “2016 MLBAM Bases Coded.” The preview read We are pleased to inform you that your Team’s entry has been selected as a...
View ArticleLikes and retweets of Donald Trump tweets.
Every tweet has (at minimum) three numerical data points associated with it: the number of retweets the number of replies and the number of favorites it has received. Several days ago I looked at a...
View ArticleConcept: Find trivia events in your area.
I enjoy playing trivia. It’s an opportunity to flex my competitive muscles, test my knowledge, and enjoy a night out. But finding out where you can play trivia is unnecessarily complicated. Bars and...
View ArticleMaking more space in a studio apartment.
One of my favorite things to do is rearrange my living space. You know the phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Well, my room is always broken in some way, and I am in a constant state of fixing....
View ArticleConstantly dismissing Reminders.
Last week I read a tweet that really hit me: Owning a Mac means clicking "Remind Me Tomorrow" every single day of your life until you die.Don't @ me with "just run the update" shit. I know. My...
View ArticleMake Slack Smaller
Slack is awesome. It’s visually pleasing & my not-technically-savvy friends have no trouble using it. It’s nice (or not nice?) to have one app that would handle personal messages and work...
View ArticleThoughts on Improving Online Communities
Many months ago I picked up a fantastic book at a neighborhood flea market: “Community Building on the Web : Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities” by Amy Jo Kim. Flipping through, the...
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