I love ideas, traveling, technology, wisdom, inventing, understanding systems, ultimate frisbee, leadership, wine, philosophy, humor, differences, relationships, data, & designing.
Hater News Haterz gonna hate. But now you know who the haterz are . I wanted to use data science / machine learning to identify and rank haters by their "hater" level throughout the internet. I started with Hacker News ( check out Hater News ) and I wanted to explain the how and what I've done so far. This post is long and detailed but I've tried to explain and post my code for how I've built out…
Instagram and You. The power of social media is fantastic and people are using Instagram to do some pretty amazing things. Companies are making real-time mosaics for events and parties, printing out Instagram photos using instaprint . People are creating iPhone cases with their own pictures. Marketers are building platforms to creatively communicate to their customers . Others are finding ways to…
In an attempt to collect my thoughts, observations, and emotions while they are still fresh, I will break down my first real week at General Assembly and their Web Development Immersive . My Week In Review What I Learned: I am now surprisingly comfortable in the basics of the Ruby programming language , command-line (I love iTerm2 btw), version control using git , GitHub , a few software…
After doing a lot of soul searching , I decided to apply to General Assembly ’s Web Development Immersive . I got accepted, dropped everything in my life, and moved to NYC. Although the actual program begins in three days, I have had to do a lot of work already. Here is what to expect if you’re thinking about doing something similar. The Interview Process. It started for me by simply reaching out…
I have watched it play out time and time again. Everyone around me, every person I have ever been able to observe or read about, seems to go through this process: Encounter an idea. “money = happiness” _ Allow it to become part of them. “That makes sense, it has to be true.” _ Allow the idea to shape their views. “I should find a job that pays the most, rich people are where it’s at.” _ Allow this…
Diving head first into the start up world. So far my life has been a crazy ride. I’ve played in bands, opened a manufacturing plant, married a German, Invented production equipment, played ultimate frisbee in different states (haha), been an “Exec” (CIO at Service Spring Corp.), given talks about nerdy stuff, built all sorts of interesting systems, traveled all over the world, helped lots of…
How Effective Is Our Education System? Our education system is becoming more and more outdated. I think we need an education revolution. This animate was created from a talk given at The RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award. For more information on Sir Ken's work visit: http://www.sirkenrobinson.com
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I believe that we will be changing the way we communicate and interpret information in some pretty substantial ways. Enter Data Viz. Watch the video to see some of the visualization concepts in theory. This stuff could change the world in some pretty incredible ways! This is all Javascript, HTML, CSS, & SVG! Quick Intro To D3's Data Viz Platform .
I am just beginning a new adventure and I want to share it with whoever wants to listen. Join me as dive head first into each new experience and discover a little bit more about who I am and what I am supposed to be doing on the crazy planet.