And why data professionals need to be creative. On a quiet night a few weeks ago, I found myself staring intently at a pot of water as it boiled, removing all the contents from my wallet, and then using them to build a rendering of my dream house. Not what you did with your TuesdayContinue reading “The Bored and Brilliant Challenge”
Author Archives: Kelly Dunn
The Geometric Distribution Applied to Transit
“I need math assistance!” Few words make me more willing to drop everything else I’m doing at work and hear out a colleague’s problems. Recently that is exactly the Teams chat I received at 4:43 pm. “I live for these moments,” I responded, only half-joking. The problem was this: If we know that our fareContinue reading “The Geometric Distribution Applied to Transit”
Prepare Well for your First Side Project
A while ago I finished my first big personal data science project with Python, where I applied what I was learning to a real question I had. Well, it may never be completely finished, but at some point I realized you have to decide you’ve done more or less what you set out to do,Continue reading “Prepare Well for your First Side Project”
Nerd on the Bus 