The best subject to teach is a subject that you apply yourself daily yourself. And the best thing to learn is something that you'll actually use daily. My mix of data tools has shifted substantially …
Is Data the Best Disinfectant?
Louis Brandeis, writing about transparency, said that "sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants." You want to get to the bottom of things? Then measure, report, expose.Man does nothing to …
Is Data Distracting Us From Science?
I've often joked that data science needs a new emphasis. We tend to over-emphasize the "data" half and forget the "science" half. The scale and scope of data is new, but science is not. Are we …
Continue Reading about Is Data Distracting Us From Science? →
Big Data and Day Trading: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly.
Read more and subscribe at georgejmount.com These days, I can't check my LinkedIn without seeing something about data science. Everybody's on CodeAcademy and Coursera, dreaming of that sexiest of …
Continue Reading about Big Data and Day Trading: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly. →
Is Data Science a Liberal Art?
Are you a liberal arts student looking to get started with data? Check out my course on Microsoft Excel for job seekers. Get started now. In the sense that all science is a liberal art, yes.This week …
Analyst, Visualized
I am a big fan of Drew Conway's Data Scientist Venn Diagram.I've talked about it before, and it's even featured in my forthcoming course, "Hired with Excel: What Every Analyst Needs to Know," defining …