Lessons from running a Data Team
Some lessons I learned while building and running the Data Team at Axial
Population & Sample Variance
A practical example of why we divide by (n-1) when calculating the sample variance
Detecting and Fixing Outliers in Data
Using a Selective Median Filter to clean erroneous data
Remittance and the exchange rate
Remittance is surprisingly not dependent on the prevailing exchange rate
App Stores are portals of yesteryears
Structured and categorical listing will be disrupted by deep, contextual search for mobile applications
Base Rate Fallacy
Interpreting commonly quoted statistical results through understanding of base and false discovery rates.
Data Debt
Friends don't let friends accumulate data debt
Fertility & Infant Mortality
An analysis to determine the relationship between fertility and infant mortality rates
Building your own Buffer App
Build your own Buffer App service to spread out your tweets throughout the day
Are Movies Getting Better or Worse?
A fun little data analysis exercise using IMDB movie rating database
Demystifying the Data Scientist
Is the time ripe for a full stack data scientist?
Introduction to R
Learn the basics of using R to perform simple data analysis
Monte Carlo simulation in Scala
Calculating the value of Pi using Monte Carlo simulation
Curve smoothing in R
Common techniques for smoothing curves and how to do that in R
MongoDB replication pitfalls
Common issues while converting standalone MongoDB instance to a replicated set.
Running my own mail server
Run your own mail server using iRedAdmin
Read this before you move
The little things you should keep in mind before your move
Backing up Gmail using 'fetchmail'
Set up fetchmail to download all your emails from Gmail
Installing Phonegap on Windows
Installing Phonegap on Windows