Reposting a letter sent to one of my Internet Heroes, whom I occasionally correspond with. He is my Hero not because of his brilliant, thoughtful blog on quantum computing (though I do enjoy that), but his deep humility and public vulnerability. Dear Scott, who are undoubtedly better people than I am For the record, no,... Continue Reading →
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Beyond (Data) Contracts: A Response to Benn Stancil
The profound truth here is that we cannot control other people. We can only honestly and gracefully fail, if we are not getting what we need to succeed.
PipeBook: UX Design Brief
A key design goal of PipeBook is to break away from the single-browser-window user experience of traditional data notebooks, to take full advantage of the large screens on today's laptops and desktops. The PipeBook Multi-Window User Experience (Live prototype, annotated) Windows In particular, a single PipeBook "document" consists of: The Pipe window, which can toggle... Continue Reading →
PipeBook.yml: Reimagining Notebooks as Resilient Data Pipelines
See Also The Data Config by Benn Stancil (Medium)https://github.com/TheSwanFactory/pipebook (App)PipeBook: UX Design Brief (Blog)https://github.com/TheSwanFactory/fridaay (Framework)Data on Rails: Solving the Data App Imperative (YouTube) Overview The modern data notebook has its roots in academic tools for mathematical research. Because of that, notebooks are fantastic for open-ended exploration, but an awkward match for production data pipelines. In... Continue Reading →
Story: Molly’s Life Thesis
Molly had been sorely tempted to play it safe. Tell the Elders a story that would inspire them to keep her there. Play on their sympathy. Misrepresent what she was capable of. She tried to make herself fit in. She really tried. But she just couldn't do it.
LifeView (Designing Your Life)
To move forward Together We must internalize And reconcile The excluded pain That enabled us To become Us By creating Them
WorkView (Designing Your Life)
Work is creating something of value That others recognize. Making a dent in the world Or better, fixing one. With enough accountability Or structure That I cannot hide.
Analytics Anonymous: The Missing Peace of the Modern Data Stack
Pitch 2 for Coalesce 2022 (unsubmitted) While we love great technology, I bet most of us embraced the Modern Data Stack in order to positively impact human beings: our business, our industry, and our society. But if you're like me, you've discovered the problems you care most about might not be solvable by current (or... Continue Reading →
Pitch: Data is a Feature, not a Product
In this provocative talk Dr. Ernest N. Prabhakar, former Open Source Product Manager at Apple, argues that is time for our industry to reorganize around "decisions" rather than "data."
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