Tools of Titans Do not read this like a normal book, in the age of Netflix the urge to binge is strong, but you won’t be able to absorb all the tools. With 736 pages you have some great tips both they are lost in the ‘good’ This book and by extension the Tim Ferriss podcast […]
There’s a myth that time is money. In fact, time is more precious than money. It’s a nonrenewable resource. Once you’ve spent it, and if you’ve spent it badly, it’s gone forever -Neil A. Fiore Below is a list of extensions and shortcuts I used to stay productive. Open offices are productivity killers but working […]
Last Summer I binged Friends on Netflix; on a light day 3 episodes to a no shame 10 episodes vegfest. Chandler is one of my favorite characters. When people ask what I do, the default answer is “statistical analysis and data reconfiguration” or you know a transponster. Graph TV is a site that allows one […]
An Introduction to SQL should give you a primer to the “Q” part SQL; or how to query. This post is a SQL sequel; how to add and alter data. Top level review of basic SQL structure SELECT The columns you are SELECTing FROM The name of the table FROM which the data is from […]
Vimes ‘Boots’ theory of socioeconomic unfairness The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were […]
Last week I went to a Data Visualization Meetup where Hadley Wickham gave a talk on visualization challenges. He went over the following points: Eight visualization challenges Labeling plots: A problem ignored for too long Use the labs() function Dual axes: usually wrong, sometimes useful geom_label and ggrepel: labeling your data Ordering Visualizing missing values Why […]
This is #Snapchatorah for where Hillel Fuld takes the Torah portion, learns some lessons and apply them to entrepreneurship and startups. You know usually I have to extract lessons from the portion to talk about how to build a successful company. This week I didn’t have to look very hard. It’s all about building a successful […]
This is #Snapchatorah for where Hillel Fuld takes the Torah portion, learns some lessons and apply them to entrepreneurship and startups. The old Testament, the Torah has five books; this week we start the fifth Devarim. Which literally can be translated as things. Devarim also has the root דְּבָרִ which means ‘to speak.’ Because this week’s […]
This is #Snapchatorah for where Hillel Fuld takes the Torah portion, learns some lessons and apply them to entrepreneurship and startups. Usually I focus on a story in the portion or a section of the portion. Here I want to talk about four words. The first section of this week’s Torah portion talks about promises and commitments […]