written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-21 | tags: software development sprint code sprint open source community community development
How can we, as sprint leaders, lead an effective sprint? I share some thoughts, having led a 2nd `pyjanitor` sprint at SciPy.
Read on... (1097 words, approximately 6 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-15 | tags: conference scipy2019 data science
Some thoughts post SciPy 2019 - it was overall a productive and fun conference!
Read on... (827 words, approximately 5 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-07 | tags: data science estimation statistics
Or, how thinking less precisely and more accurately can be a helpful thing in data science.
Read on... (556 words, approximately 3 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-07-07 | tags: conferences scipy2019
Looking forward to another fun year at the SciPy conference!
Read on... (259 words, approximately 2 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-06-30 | tags: personal charity leukemia donations blood donation community service
After hearing that a friend was diagnosed with leukemia, I detailed a reminder to myself and all of us to register as bone marrow donors.
Read on... (331 words, approximately 2 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-06-15 | tags: graphs network science data science
The connection between graphs and linear algebra is profound and deep. I learned that lesson yet again. Come read more about it!
Read on... (189 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-06-14 | tags: productivity mobile
How I use my iPad as a mobile working station, and the pros and cons compared to a regular laptop.
Read on... (1127 words, approximately 6 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-05-29 | tags: bayesian probabilistic programming tensors data science probability distributions
I learned a ton hacking on PyMC4 with the TensorFlow Probability team in Montreal this year, particularly about probability distributions and semantic issues that we can run into with tensor shapes. If you’re curious, read on!
Read on... (1681 words, approximately 9 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-05-11 | tags: pycon software development sprint open source
Together with my colleague Zach Barry, we led a `pyjanitor` sprint! It was really fun, looking forward to more in the future!
Read on... (1912 words, approximately 10 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2019-05-10 | tags: programming coding data science
Some realizations on how disruptive context switching can be. My first thoughts on how to deal with it during a sprint...
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