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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.