Data Driven

In this Data Point, Frank and Andy talk about reinforcement learning, Mario Brothers, and then get sidetracked. Then Joel Cochran stops by and they really get sidetracked.

In this episode, Frank and Andy talk with Rie Irish about her path from sociology to database administration, women in technology, and getting people to walk around in circles.

We love experimenting around here and examining the resulting data. After all, we are Data Driven: not just in name but also in spirit. In this webinar Andy recorded, he also streamed it live on https://www.facebook.com/DataDrivenTV/ (our Facebook page). We thought it was good enough to share with our larger audience here. Let us know what you think. Both Frank and Andy have been recording/streaming their live events and we’re curious to hear what you have to say about this innovation in how we podcast.

Andy is at SQL Saturday Boston and he runs into another Andy from SentryOne.

Today, Frank was in Philadelphia presenting a session at AI Discovery Day on Computer Vision Cognitive Services. The labs for this session are on GitHub: https://github.com/Azure/LearnAI-Bootcamp/tree/master/lab01.1-computer_vision (https://github.com/Azure/LearnAI-Bootcamp/tree/master/lab01.1-computer_vision) These events will be taking place across the US. Here are a few dates and links to registration. City Date Title Link Boston, MA 9/28/2018 AI Discovery Day https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoftevents.com%2Fprofile%2Fform%2Findex.cfm%3FPKformID%3D0x45091573054&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4129a6aefd354a02d9c308d623c7d5b3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636735738568882001&sdata=n3hPbPD77NEDl%2FlJZzzzTlSVlQZS3TfF2sslUsLVOXI%3D&reserved=0 (Registration Link) Boston, MA 10/16/2018 AI Discovery Day https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoftevents.com%2Fprofile%2Fform%2Findex.cfm%3FPKformID%3D0x46600936ce4&

Hurricane #Florence has been making its presence known on the eastern shores of the mid-Atlantic region since the wee hours of this morning (13 Sep 2018). In Farmville, Andy is seeing weather that is being pushed by the storm – not the storm itself. Update: Andy https://andyleonard.blog/2018/09/andyweather-internet-of-things-iot/ (blogged )about the https://twitter.com/AndyWeather (@AndyWeather) weather station and how he uses IoT technology to tweet weather data and display it at http://andyweather.com (AndyWeather.com). In other news, this is Episode #150 and we hit 70,000 downloads earlier today. Thank you listeners! Thank you guests! Yall rock!

In this DataPoint, Andy shares plans to capture weather data from Hurricane Florence for a site he maintains – named http://andyweather.com (AndyWeather) – and a Twitter account named https://twitter.com/AndyWeather (@AndyWeather).

In this episode, Frank and Andy chat with Stu Ainsworth about service reliability in a chaotic world. Links Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Notable Quotes https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsoservice/?p=17485 (Postmortem: VSTS 4 September 2018) ([02:00]) Stuart Ainsworth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/codegumbo (@CodeGumbo) ([05:30]) Reliability: Expectations vs. Solutions ([06:00]) “Canada is another country.” ([11:00]) “https://www.google.com/search?ei=K-iXW7W_Ncap_Qbi7KH4Dw&q=define%3Aserendipitous&oq=define%3Aserendipitous&gs_l=psy-ab.3...5014.6662..6940...0.0..0.101.505.6j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i7i30j0i10j0i13j0i13i10j0i7i10i30.Dxc8PSw1o-M (Serendipitous)” ([11:55]) TV references: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088559/ (MacGyver) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084967 (The A-Team) ([13:40]) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Monkey (Chaos Monkey) ([00:00]) https://www.b

On Friday, the first ever Azure AI Fest was held in Reston, VA.  Data Driven streamed the keynote presentation live and was a sponsor. So, enjoy the audio of the keynote address by Ashish Jaiman, a former colleague and manager, who now works in the Democracy and Cybersecurity team at Microsoft. If you prefer to watch the event, including some of our special effects laden pre-roll, then click on the play icon below. Jump to the ten minute mark to see the event.

In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Jake Mannix, an accomplished data engineer who has had an amazing career. Links Sponsor: http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible.com) – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Notable Quotes Frank heartily recommends https://www.audible.com/pd/Head-Strong-Audiobook/B01N7TZPXR (Head Strong) ([00:50]) It takes a lot of time to fly from Farmville to India… ([2:40]) http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible) is a sponsor! ([04:00]) Jake is a https://entdna.com (Chief Data Engineer) for https://lucidworks.com/ (LucidWorks) ([06:15]) Jake describes a cool Systems Development Cycle… ([10:00]) … and compares and contrasts with Customer Service and Product Engineering. ([12:00]) Sometimes this cycle works “too good!” ([13:10]) Learn more about http://lucene.apache.org/core/ (Lucene). ([15:00]) We now search by typing questions. Not terms. ([15:40]) More about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_intent (Query-Intent Classification)&

If you’ve not heard the news, the http://bit.ly/restonai (first ever Azure AI Fest is happening Reston this Friday) and we are super excited to announce that Data Driven will be the official media sponsor. As such, we’ll be live streaming the keynote https://www.facebook.com/DataDrivenTV/ (on our Faceook page).

While on the drive back from the inaugural Azure Data Fest Atlanta, Andy pauses and reflects on what it takes to get into Data Science, AI, and Data Engineering in 2018.

Andy is at the inaugural Atlanta Azure Data Fest and, while talking to organizer Stu Ainsworth, a who’s who of Atlanta SQL community folks, including http://datadriven.tv/julie-smith-escape-rooms-percussive-maintenance-data-science/ (former guest Julie Smith), drop by and say hello.

Andy is presenting at the Atlanta Azure Data Fest and he bumped into http://datadriven.tv/joel-cochran-data-politics-law-school-billiards/ (former guest, Joel Cochran).

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy talk with Micheleen Harris, an R developer who loves Python. Yes, it is possible. Show notes coming soon!

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy answer two questions sent in by listeners.

Yesterday, I had the chance to speak to a group of high school students from around the world who enrolled in https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS02/basic-coding-data-science-institute (a data and coding focused summer program at Georgetown University). It was a great experience and underscores the need to teach kids the importance of data as well as coding.

Recently, this post of the Best Jobs in the US came across my news feed. Note that “Data Scientist” has been knocked out of first place by “Machine Learning Engineer.” This title didn’t even exist a few years ago. So then, how do we prepare kids for the future of work when the jobs don’t exist yet. Simple: you prepare them with the fundamentals. As I recorded this show, I was joined by a distinguished guest rather by surprise. See, anything can happen on a live stream! Check out his coding camp’s website at http://fairhavencodingcamp.com and if you live in the DC area, sign up your middle/high schooler today!    

While in Vegas, I caught up with my former DataLeader pal, Kim Schmidt to talk about her new book, advanced analytics, and why Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are the Ford, GM, and Chrysler of the 21st century.

In this Data Point, Frank talks about how it’s data analytics and statistical analysis — and not luck — that run Las Vegas. It’s not Sin City, it’s Stats City. Although, that’s not nearly as catchy.