One of my favorite podcasts on Data Science is by Ben Lorica from O’Reilly. You can find more about the Data Show Podcast here. This podcast is about Data Science Past, Present and Future – an interview with DJ Patil (a well-known Data Scientist). Here are a few snippets. Data Science is a big tent […]
I am restarting my Read Log. A read log is a blog of a list of things I read and find useful. I tweet some of them but Tweets have a short half-life. The inspiration for Read Log comes from different sources – Four short links by Nat, Brain Pickings from Maria, Farnam Street by […]
How long is your knowledge relevant? In other words, what is the half-life of your knowledge? Wikipedia has a nice description of the half-life of knowledge The half-life of knowledge or half-life of facts is the amount of time that has to elapse before half of the knowledge or facts in a particular area is superseded or shown to be untrue. […]
There are several reasons. In no particular order: I like the message in the tweet. I resonate with it. I like the link – typically a pointer to good reading material Because it provides a different point of view I use it as a marker in my life – a part of my daily log […]
This is one of the most comprehensive engineering blog posts on how Uber uses Machine Learning (ML) at scale. It covers: Uber’s ML Platform – Michael Angelo Uber’s research and production efforts and how they inter-relate How Uber achieves Model Developers Velocity I made a list of few terms and concepts from the article: ML […]
OrangeScape has this new initiative called CTO Talks. I think it is a brilliant idea. “While there are a lot of conversations taking place at the software development level, there are none at the CTO level”, says Suresh. I agree. We need different levels of conversations on technology. I enjoyed The talk on Technology at Walmart […]
1972 – I wrote my first program in PDP-8 assembly language 1973-74 – Diagnostics for a clone of PDP-11 called TDC-16, early device drivers (they were called IOCS – input/output control systems). Early programs were written in Machine Language (coded in octal) since no assembler was available, keyed programs into the console using toggle switches (as binary code) […]
I am always urging people who would listen (and even people who would not ) to blog, tweet or learn Python. A friend of mine, who finally bought into my idea asked me “What should I tweet about”. I wrote a list. I thought it may be useful to others too. So I am sharing […]
“Most people who choose NoSQL as their primary data storage are trying to solve two main problems: scalability and simplifying the development process,” From Number of NoSQL options grow
Mark Zuckerberg on Oculus Acquisition But this is just the start. After games, we’re going to make Oculus a platform for many other experiences. Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face-to-face — just by putting […]