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How I became a data scientist
26 Aug 2016
During the #firstsevenjobs trend on Twitter, I tweeted my rather standard career path into software. It piqued the curiosity of…
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Yo dawg, I heard you like functions
13 May 2015
It’s hopefully old news to you all but the free lunch is over (NB this article is 10 years old).…
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How Not To Do a Hackathon
15 Jan 2014
I’m a strong believer in learning by doing. I don’t think it’s necessarily the best way to learn because you…
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Helping a stranger (and why you should understand NP-complete)
28 Oct 2013
Earlier this year I helped out a random Hacker News commenter. This was covered in a recent blog post where…
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Designing your wedding ring with 13 year old code
13 Apr 2013
So often when faced with a programming task, you never truly solve the required problem from scratch. To be completely…
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Idea A Day
27 Feb 2013
Perhaps the one constant in becoming an expert in any particular craft is to do it regularly – preferably daily.…
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The Difference Between Mean and Median
20 Jan 2013
As a non-statistician who every now and then has to understand statistical concepts as if they were second nature, illustrative…
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From Idea to Launch: A Website Dissection
6 Jan 2013
What’s New? MUSIC was recently launched, so for those of you who’ve already read about the idea, architecture and technology…
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What’s New? Music
8 Dec 2012
At the beginning of the year I posed a conundrum on Twitter. I wanted some way to make sure I…
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One year in…
7 Aug 2012
Happy Anniversary! In updating my Fantasy Football League Team Selector Spreadsheet for the new Premier League season, I realised it’s…