New Blog Post — Making R code over 100 times faster: An exampleAs a data science software consultant for the Stanford libraries, I often hear people complain that R is slow.Jan 9, 2019Jan 9, 2019
Published inTDS ArchiveResearch on Teaching Data ScienceI wrote this as part of taking Hadley Wickham’s Readings in Applied Data Science course at Stanford in the spring of 2018.Sep 30, 2018Sep 30, 2018
The First DribbleI noticed in basketball why I’m bad. I noticed why I was bad my sophomore year and got cut. I finally figured it out. I play differently in…Aug 31, 2017Aug 31, 2017
Published inTDS ArchiveTeaching data science is brokenThe way we teach data science is broken. Actually, even that statement strikes me as generous. In most cases, I’m not sure we even try.Aug 23, 20172Aug 23, 20172
What am I feeling?There’s this old trick I remember hearing about that if you really want a girl to fall in love with you, you should do exciting things like…Jun 21, 2016Jun 21, 2016
The student experienceI’ve been thinking about getting started lately. I read in Jo Boaler’s Mathematical Mindsets about the “I just have to give them…Jun 17, 2016Jun 17, 2016
Worth knowingSome things in life are more valuable to know than others. A few of the things that seem most valuable to know are about keeping healthy…Jun 14, 2016Jun 14, 2016
Principles for Knowledge WorkPrinciple 1 — Get to deep work: Spend as much time as possible in deep work. Deep work is focusing without distraction on a cognitively…Jun 7, 20161Jun 7, 20161
EstimatingIt seems to me that life is a lot about estimating the importance of different things. The better the estimates I make, the better life I…Jun 6, 2016Jun 6, 2016
Making friendsI was talking to my friend on the phone the other day about moving to a new city and making friends. I was telling her how I’ve been in…Jun 6, 2016Jun 6, 2016
