In an ideal world, those of us working with data would have frictionless access to our data warehouses, and the data engineering behind those troves of data would be modern, efficient, and user friendly. I don’t live there either. Here’s what I’m doing to get by…I coordinate a course ...

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Published on December 12, 2023 | 6 min read

Sailing is a strange world. It seems so simple. It’s not. I am spellbound by sailing because of its complexity, and I am famous on my crew for nerding out about tech-oriented minutae that does not always make much difference in the race results. Knowing where to focus your efforts requires mor...

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Published on July 18, 2023 | 9 min read

Math is an interesting game that we can teach a human brain to participate in, but if we are being honest, most of us are not nearly as good at it as we think we are. And when we overlook the limitations of human cognition, we can create unforeseen problems for ourselves. That is definitely a ...

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Published on March 17, 2023 | 6 min read

I thought I was going to make some dashboards, instead I had to seriously up my game when it comes to HTML, CSS, YML, Quarto, and Shiny; all while gaining a whole new appreciation for the aesthetic sensibilities of my local biologists. These folks are smart, funny, and they have impeccable tas...

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Published on March 05, 2023 | 9 min read