Review: Delivering Happiness
Delivering Happiness, written by Tony Hsieh[1], was on my Kindle backlog for a number of years. When he shockingly and suddenly passed away late last year, the outpouring of grief reminded me that, despite...
Meme Finance
Out of college, I joined a company that aggregated financial data to sell to stock market traders and analysts; briefly explored the Master of Financial Engineering degree at Cal; ended up working for two FinTech...
The COVID Accelerant?
As I'm writing this, the US has vaccinated around 40% of our overall population, and the Bay Area is doing even better at with many counties at 50% or more. With the beginning...
Review: The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks
Come for the NBA Jam, stay for the real world applications of Big Data. That’s the premise of The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks , anyway. The book talks about the phenomenon...
Predicting Preferences
Friday night. I had a cup of tea on the desk, flipped open the iPad, and was gearing to spend the 2–3 hours it takes me to author another post on this blog to...
New Gaming Consoles, Like the Old Gaming Consoles
Against all odds, I grabbed a new PlayStation 5 during one of those "in-stock for 30 seconds before we sell out" online mad rushes. It's pretty surreal that, after 6 months...