Author: Alex Noonan
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What we talk about when we talk about AI
Marshal McLuhan said something along the lines of people prefer to hear bad news because there’s always bad news and they know how to react to that. Say that’s too bad and move on. But when people hear good news they get uncomfortable because good news means change and people don’t know how to feel…
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Building a Data Lake on AWS
Never Miss an Update! I kinda wandered into data engineering on accident. When I was a good little data analyst, I would spend some of my time optimizing queries and building automating reporting process. I learned more about how SQL databases work: that having a ton of joins slows queries down, why normalization exists for…
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Custom Maps with Python
If you’re anything like me, a strategy gamer. You’ve spent way too many hours staring at this view of the Mediterranean. A good map should draw you in. I’m going to give you a quick guide in making one using Python. Github Link The code to make maps is relatively simple thanks to the matplotlib…
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World War II in the Pacific Visualized
The Story this tells The Importance of Oil Roger said it best. Japan needed oil to fuel their war in China. The decisions to invade Indonesia and attack America were because of oil. and Japan’s ultimate defeat was a result of their industrial capacity grinding to a halt. The Navy and Submarines Amateurs talk about…
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Webscraping in 15 Minutes
Data Science in a business context, is about leveraging Computing, Statistics, and expert domain knowledge together to solve problems and get results. Using the right tool for the job is where computing comes into play. Process improvement and Automation is the easiest way to create value with Data Science skills especially if you are starting…
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Taking your SQL to the Next Level
Often when people learn SQL on the job or in school the being with writing queries, doing joins and maybe some update statements. This post is for those that are trying to move to the next level. This post will touch on the concepts data modeling, data normalization, Connecting to a SQL Database with Python,…
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Setting up A Database Using SQL Server
I’ve done my fair share of free online course-ware. Something that has always bothered me with SQL courses, is that they tend to only focus on writing query’s. Querying data only works you have data to work with. This chicken and the egg problem is easily addressed though. If you keep reading, I’ll show you…
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Rumblings in the labor market
I am going to make a case for some real actual inflation, the kind that stocks don’t like. I’m not going to mention any of the usual inflationista the Federal Reserve Balance Sheet, Money Printing, or even Supply Chains. Yes, a truly hot take. The inflation that I see as a underappreciated risk is labor…
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KUNG I-CHI
You probably know a Kung I-chi in your life. A “gifted kid” that never amounted to much (and still mentions it), a liberal arts major who is underemployed, and/or a recent graduate who has significant student debt.
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Bond Market Vigilantes
Knights of the Old Republic In the before times, people actually cared about the government deficit. Which may seem hard to believe now (see below). For a brief moment there was even a surplus during the late 90’s. Fiscal discipline is one of those quaint ideas right out of a Ken Burns documentary. However, ideas…
He Was A Data Boi 