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John Foreman
Personal blog · john-foreman.com/blogdataai
John Foreman's personal blog at john-foreman.com covers data and ai. Since 2013, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 35 times, most often “Surviving Data Science at the Speed of Hype”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link John Foreman's blog on data science work, such as the pieces on surviving the hype and on editing as a core part of the job. Commenters cite it as a source for points about business-focused modelling.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Surviving Data Science at the Speed of Hype4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2015-01-30
- /blog/the-forgotten-job-of-a-data-scientist-editing2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-01-06
- Data Privacy, Machine Learning, and the Destruction of Mysterious Humanity2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-02-22
- The Destruction of Humanity; Data Privacy and Machine Learning2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-07-09
- The Perilous World of Machine Learning for Fun and Profit2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-01-06
What Hacker News says?
Reminds me of John Foreman (data scientist at Mailchimp) and his excellent blog, including this piece, Surviving Data Science at the Speed of Hype: http://www.john-foreman.com/blog/surviving-data-science-at-t... > Over the course of my career, I've built optimization models for a number of businesses, some large, like Royal Caribbean or Coke, some smaller, like MailChimp circa 2012. And the one thing I've learned ab…
Comment linking /blog/surviving-data-science-at-the-speed-of-hype
on “Things I wish I knew earlier about Machine Learning”Submitted Surviving Data Science at the Speed of Hype as a story · 224 points
HN discussionWhenever you say "that made no sense", I think that you are using too much bias and not giving enough credit to what the data is telling you. If you look at the most "controversial" data science paper from 2013 where a study correlated intelligence to Liking the Facebook pages "Curly Fries" and "Thunderstorms" (here is a summary: http://www.wired.com/2013/03/facebook-like-research/ ), there were a lot of proponents…
Comment linking /blog/the-perilous-world-of-machine-learning-for-fun-and-profit-pipeline-jungles-and-hidden-feedback-loops
on “Surviving Data Science at the Speed of Hype”Submitted The Perilous World of Machine Learning for Fun and Profit as a story · 112 points
HN discussion"Not all problems are solved by systems; lots of problems are solved by better understanding the problem and then letting other specialists build the right solution." Agreed wholeheartedly. Reminds me of another quote from http://www.john-foreman.com/blog/surviving-data-science-at-t... : """ You know what can keep up with a rapidly changing business? Solid summary analysis of data. Especially when conducted by an an…
Comment linking /blog/surviving-data-science-at-the-speed-of-hype
on “Ask HN: What's the state of the job market in data science and machine learning?”Submitted Defending PowerPoint Against Tufte as a story · 36 points
HN discussionHere's a reponse to Tufte in defense of PowerPoint, which was on HN a few weeks ago: http://www.john-foreman.com/1/post/2014/01/defending-powerpo...
Comment linking /1/post/2014/01/defending-powerpoint-against-tufte.html
on “PowerPointless: Digital slideshows are the scourge of higher education”Submitted The $30/hr Data Scientist as a story · 35 points
HN discussionClickable link: http://www.john-foreman.com/blog/the-forgotten-job-of-a-data...
Comment linking /blog/the-forgotten-job-of-a-data-scientist-editing
on “The Perilous World of Machine Learning for Fun and Profit”Submitted The Forgotten Job of a Data Scientist: Editing as a story · 22 points
HN discussionThe OP wrote a great post some time ago (it was posted on HN and was probably how I discovered him): "The Forgotten Job of a Data Science: Editing" http://www.john-foreman.com/blog/the-forgotten-job-of-a-data... theme of that post is similar to the one here: > In a business, predictive modeling and accuracy is a means, not an end. What’s better: A simple model that’s used, updated, and kept running? Or a complex mod…
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on “The Perilous World of Machine Learning for Fun and Profit”Submitted Facebook's solution to big data's "content problem:" dumber users as a story · 7 points
HN discussionEditing is a core component of a lot of professions, including data scientists: http://www.john-foreman.com/blog/the-forgotten-job-of-a-data... > Data science is a young occupation that could stand to take from these older pursuits. Whether it’s writing, cooking, or painting, editing is a core component of becoming a master of the discipline. Knowing when to hold back.
Comment linking /blog/the-forgotten-job-of-a-data-scientist-editing
on “Want to start a small data journalism team in your newsroom?”Submitted Data science is crack, not milk as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The $30/hr Data Scientist as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reflections on teaching algorithms in spreadsheets as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Destruction of Humanity; Data Privacy and Machine Learning as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Surviving Data Science at the speed of hype as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Data Privacy, Machine Learning, and the Destruction of Mysterious Humanity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why OkCupid Isn't FaceBook. Not All Experiments Feel the Same as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Data Privacy, Machine Learning, and the Destruction of Mysterious Humanity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reach vs. Motivation and the Hacker News Bump as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI will destroy humanity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Jackass Who Slapped His Face on His Technical Book as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Data is an Asset as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Disney and the Meat Space Data Race as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why is Big Data Creepy? What Can We Do? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Data Science Hearts User Experience as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Live Introduction to Data Science as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The $30/hr Data Scientist as a story · 1 points
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