Posts in 'longread'

Vector Spaces, Part 1

An IPython notebook exploring visualization and intution for high-dimensional data.

in longread · Thu 21 April 2016

MNIST + scikit-learn

Python code and an approach to classifying the MNIST handwritten digits dataset with a 98+% accuracy for about $3 in infrastucture costs.

in longread · Mon 18 January 2016

Transitioning From Lab Science To Data Science

How I transitioned from a career in academia to one in data science, and some thoughts on how you might make a similar move.

in longread · Wed 30 December 2015

The Setup

My version of The Setup, a post about how I get things done.

in longread · Tue 28 October 2014

One Year In: Data Scientist

A look back at some of the major changes in my transition from graduate student to data scientist.

in longread · Wed 03 September 2014

Weekend Project: Build a Pelican-powered site on GitHub Pages

Getting started using a GitHub project repository to host and serve the static content for a simple blog site written in Markdown, compiled and configured in Python.

in longread · Wed 15 January 2014