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Mar
18
Understanding the Data Landscape and Strategic Play Through Wardley Mapping

Understanding the Data Landscape and Strategic Play Through Wardley Mapping

A Wardley map is a form of mapping invented by Simon Wardley (@swardley [https://twitter.com/swardley]) that helps you
8 min read
Mar
18
Goals Aren't the Only Way

Goals Aren't the Only Way

> We assume that any worthy social accomplishment is best achieved by first setting it as an objective and then
4 min read
Mar
18
How to Recognize Hidden Opportunities

How to Recognize Hidden Opportunities

In a previous essay I wrote about the three elements that comprise serendipity: 1. Curious Tinkering, (the pursuit of ideas
5 min read
Mar
18
Extracting Text Tags from Product Descriptions using Machine Learning

Extracting Text Tags from Product Descriptions using Machine Learning

In the summer of 2019 I decided to enter the yearly company hackathon with a project that had been brewing
6 min read
Apr
26
How to Get Lucky - The Elements of Serendipity

How to Get Lucky - The Elements of Serendipity

> Luck favors the prepared mind -Louis Pasteur In the summer of 2019 I entered the annual 2.5 day
6 min read
Mar
07
The Making of a Self Educated Child Genius

The Making of a Self Educated Child Genius

At the age of 14, Taylor Wilson built a nuclear reactor in his parent's basement and achieved nuclear fusion, becoming the 32nd person in history to do so, and the first person to do it at his age.
10 min read
Mar
03
Why Unstructured Learning is the Secret to a Lucrative Career

Why Unstructured Learning is the Secret to a Lucrative Career

"Data Science" was coined back in 2008 by DJ Patil and Leff Hammerbacher. In 2012, D.J. Patil
4 min read
Apr
30
Obliquity - Why Some Problems Cannot Be Solved Directly

Obliquity - Why Some Problems Cannot Be Solved Directly

On March 30, 2017 a large portion of the Interstate 85 (I85) highway in Atlanta, GA collapsed after a massive
2 min read
Jan
08
Why Plans are Useless but Planning Indispensable

Why Plans are Useless but Planning Indispensable

We all have the fantasy of the perfect plan that goes without a hitch. In the real world however this is rarely the case.
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