written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-15
I have found that I most successfully focus when I have my scribble book by my side. Jotting down what I'm going to do next on the notebook focuses my mind more than jotting it down in Evernote, which is done digitally. I think it's the combination... (read more)
(61 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-14
I recently was asked by Dr. Hugo Bowne-Anderson (a really chill guy, who probably would insist that I drop the "Dr.") to contribute some of my thoughts on what makes a great data science... (read more)
(675 words, approximately 4 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-13
When writing code, it’s often a great idea to write tests in parallel. Today I experienced how important it is to have a split window. I write code on my left pane, and I can immediately set up the corresponding test on the right pane. Just as... (read more)
(115 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-10 | tags: programming bayesian data science deep learning
Matt Johnson (of HIPS) had an interesting comment on Wednesday.
LLVM's relationship to machine code is a bit like Deep Learning's relationship to... (read more)
(73 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-09 | tags: scipy conferences python network science graph theory data science
I will be at SciPy 2016 this year, to deliver a workshop titled "Network Science and Statistics: Applications and Fundamentals". A huge thanks to those who have... (read more)
(68 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-07 | tags: python programming optimization
I highlight the use of PyPy, numba
, scipy
, numpy
, and Cython as strategies for speeding up your Python code.
written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-03
This year at PyCon 2016, totally inspired by DB, I did the "hallway track".
What's the hallway track, you say? Basically, it means spending the majority of my time in the hallways of the... (read more)
(318 words, approximately 2 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-01
Having learned more about the web dev/software engineering world over the past few years, I have become more curious about static sites. Speed and security were my main concerns; WordPress has given me issues in the past. I heard quite a bit about... (read more)
(190 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-05-31
In our Bible Study small group, I have found through empirical observation that when the group size is large (>5 people) and homogeneous (all guys/girls, all believers, all Bible study leaders), Bible study tends to be either too flat or too... (read more)
(558 words, approximately 3 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-05-29 | tags: pycon conferences python
In a flash, the PyCon 2016 tutorials are over!
My session on network analysis was on the first day, in the... (read more)
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