SCaLE 16x Open Data Presentation: not really happy

I got good feedback on the content if not the delivery, and some additional feedback about how to improve. So I think I’ll rework it and try again. Maybe at All Things Open later this year. I’ll also make sure to practice more in advance so my delivery is more natural, more dynamic and more polished.

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Promo for my SCaLE 16x talk

A promo video for my SCaLE 16x talk. This one features Mr. Spock and Flash the Linux Cat. As noted in my comments, pretty much all you need to know is that I named my cats Floppy and Flash.

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National Transportation Data Challenge @ JupyterCon

I was asked to join the team running the National Transportation Data Challenge, not as a data scientist, but as a project manager to help keep all the big data people on track and moving forward. It’s an interesting use of my skillset and after a slow start I’ve been devoting more and more of my time to it. After lots of work behind the scenes, we showcased the Challenge to a more general public last week at JupyterCon in New York.

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