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August 15, 2017 Brad Llewellyn on Statistics, Data Science, R, CBIG, Gaming, and Vanilla Ice
Frank and Andy speak with a real, live unicorn (data scientist), Brad Llewellyn.
Links:
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Brad Llewellyn: @BreakingBI
Notable Quotes:
Movie Quote - Star Wars: A New Hope (1:55)
Bruce Lee (2:20)
Book reference: Unicorns Among Us (3:00)
CBIG - the Charlotte BI Group (6:45)
Azure Machine Learning (7:45)
Is Data Science only for super-nerds? (12:50)
H2O's Driverless AI (13:40)
On Automation... (14:25)
On Predicsis.ai... (15:12)
On Amazon Machine Learning... (15:45)
"Why is the 'why' important to you?" (17:00)
Game reference: The Incredible Machine (17:30)
Statistical terms (19:15)
Microsoft SQL Server R Services (21:12)
Movie reference: The Blues Brothers (22:25)
"Python started around 1991." - Frank (24:17)
Video: Trapping a self-driving car (26:20)
Vanilla Ice reference (27:50)
Movie paraphrase: I, Robot (28:10)
32 min
August 08, 2017 Kevin Hazzard on Python, Grokking Topics, Category Theory, and the Zen of Chainsaw Maintenance
In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Kevin Hazzard.
Links:
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Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics
Kevin’s blog: Developer Journey
Notable Quotes:
Frank has a treadmill desk. ([2:35])
“It’s all about collecting the data.” Health is secondary. ([3:25])
On Python… ([5:00])
We love our R listeners! ([6:30])
Never count JavaScript out. ([8:20])
Book reference: Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue ([8:50])
Book reference: “grok” from Stranger in a Strange Land ([10:45])
How would databases be different if we’d started with unlimited memory? ([12:00])
How to use data to drive web traffic. ([17:45])
Generic Activity Tracker architecture ([18:30])
Self-subscribing and auto-expiring microservices ([20:30])
Movie reference: Dune ([21:47])
The Walmart-Amazon wars ([22:00])
“Data hunted me down and almost killed me!” ([24:25])
Category theory ([25:30])
Functional, then categorical, then both. ([26:50])
“Sharpening chansaws.” ([28:05])
CosmosDB and Redis Cache ([30:15])
“I’d love to not have a screen.” ([32:30])
On serving our community ([33:00])
Book recommendation: The Alchemist ([33:40])
“If you’re a technologist, we sorely need you to serve.” ([35:40])
Richmond.Net ([36:45])
@KevinHazzard
40 min
August 08, 2017 Kevin Hazzard on Python, Grokking Topics, Category Theory, and the Zen of Chainsaw Maintenance
In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Kevin Hazzard.
Links:
Sponsor: Audible.com - Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial!
Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics
Kevin's blog: Developer Journey
Notable Quotes:
Frank has a treadmill desk. (2:35)
"It's all about collecting the data." Health is secondary. (3:25)
On Python... (5:00)
We love our R listeners! (6:30)
Never count JavaScript out. (8:20)
Book reference: Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue (8:50)
Book reference: "grok" from Stranger in a Strange Land (10:45)
How would databases be different if we'd started with unlimited memory? (12:00)
How to use data to drive web traffic. (17:45)
Generic Activity Tracker architecture (18:30)
Self-subscribing and auto-expiring microservices (20:30)
Movie reference: Dune (21:47)
The Walmart-Amazon wars (22:00)
"Data hunted me down and almost killed me!" (24:25)
Category theory (25:30)
Functional, then categorical, then both. (26:50)
"Sharpening chansaws." (28:05)
CosmosDB and Redis Cache (30:15)
"I'd love to not have a screen." (32:30)
On serving our community (33:00)
Book recommendation: The Alchemist (33:40)
"If you're a technologist, we sorely need you to serve." (35:40)
Richmond.Net (36:45)
@KevinHazzard
40 min
August 07, 2017 *DataPoint* Bots Behaving Badly
Chat bots going rogue seem to be the new norm and it looks like China has two new virtual dissidents.
What’s going on here? Are these bugs in the software? Or are the bots thinking for themselves and drawing their own conclusions for good and for ill?
6 min
August 07, 2017 *DataPoint* Bots Behaving Badly
Chat bots going rogue seem to be the new norm and it looks like China has two new virtual dissidents.

What's going on here? Are these bugs in the software? Or are the bots thinking for themselves and drawing their own conclusions for good and for ill?
6 min
August 01, 2017 Buck Woody on TDSP, MOOCs, Applied Data Science, and Big Data
In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Buck Woody of Microsoft.
Warning: This show contains lots of laughter!
Links:
Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial at theDataDrivenBook.com!
Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics
Buck’s blog: Backyard Data Science
Notable Quotes:
TDSP – Team Data Science Process ([6:30])
MOOC – Massive Online Open Course – “democratizing intelligence” ([7:20])
Buck’s a “warrant officer” [Applied Data Scientist] ([15:40])
How Data Scientists are like your significant other… ([18:00])
BI and Data Mining are *not* the same thing. ([20:30])
Buck’s Data Science technology Matryoshka Dolls analogy ([22:22])
Movie reference: Office Space ([25:30])
“No. And fix the bridges.” ([27:15])
“… as long as we’re not recoring this or anything…” ([28:00])
Buck does *not* answer my question about how to manage meetings! ([30:30])
Buck loves Andy’s car. ([33:45])
“Big data was invented to process my HR file.” ([34:45])
37 min
August 01, 2017 Buck Woody on TDSP, MOOCs, Applied Data Science, and Big Data
In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Buck Woody of Microsoft.

Warning: This show contains lots of laughter!
Links:
Sponsor: Audible.com - Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial at theDataDrivenBook.com!
Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics
Buck's blog: Backyard Data Science
Notable Quotes:
TDSP - Team Data Science Process (6:30)
MOOC - Massive Online Open Course - "democratizing intelligence" (7:20)
Buck's a "warrant officer" [Applied Data Scientist] (15:40)
How Data Scientists are like your significant other... (18:00)
BI and Data Mining are *not* the same thing. (20:30)
Buck's Data Science technology Matryoshka Dolls analogy (22:22)
Movie reference: Office Space (25:30)
"No. And fix the bridges." (27:15)
"... as long as we're not recoring this or anything..." (28:00)
Buck does *not* answer my question about how to manage meetings! (30:30)
Buck loves Andy's car. (33:45)
"Big data was invented to process my HR file." (34:45)
37 min
July 31, 2017 *DataPoint* Christmas in July or How Data Helps Charities
While Frank is playing with robots in Pittsburgh, Andy is packing boxes for “Christmas in July.” There, he reflects on how data is helping charities better help people.
Mentioned in this *DataPoint*: Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child, The Honduras Project, Prison Fellowship.
2 min
July 31, 2017 *DataPoint* Robots Need to Be Better than Humans Not Perfect
Frank, while at the Carnegie Science Museum in Pittsburgh, finds a robot to read his intro line and ponders what it takes for AI systems to be successful. They don’t need to be perfect: they need to be better than humans.
2 min
July 31, 2017 *DataPoint* Robots: Hollywood vs. Reality
Frank is at the Carnegie Science Museum in Pittsburgh admiring the robotics exhibit when he notices a stark contrast. The vision of robots that Hollywood created hasn’t quite translated to reality.
3 min

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