Shane BrennanDouble or Quits — Football gambling using the Martingale strategyThe football betting market is estimated to be worth somewhere in the region of 1.4 billion GBP [1][2]. With some notable exceptions[3]…Mar 20, 2019Mar 20, 2019
Shane BrennanData Science teams — what they’re not!“Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people … or find a different room” — Michael…Jul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018
Shane BrennanLeaguePredictThe history of the LeaguePredict project is ultimately one of a promising but ultimately failed application, relegated from of the top…May 10, 20161May 10, 20161
Shane BrennanInferential reasoning and data qualityThe single biggest problem in analytics is the data. It’s never, ever, in a fit state for analysis right from the off, especially if…Feb 14, 20161Feb 14, 20161
Shane BrennanGuff and Data — who needs who?Having worked at a number of companies, both small and large there’s a single taxonomy which may be applied to the denizens of that little…Feb 2, 2016Feb 2, 2016
Shane BrennanPython Flask DashboardsOne of the main problems I have with a lot of visualization and dashboarding platforms is their difficulty in meshing scripting, SQL and…Nov 23, 2015Nov 23, 2015
Shane BrennanWeb-Scraping as Data CollectionOne of the main interests in forecasting is surely predicting the likely results of a favourite sports team (or the demise of some hated…Nov 14, 2015Nov 14, 2015
Shane BrennanHow to Pick-Out a Data Scientist in a Line-upWherever I worked, a large part of the job required team-building, i.e., recruiting what seemed like semi-competent people into the…Nov 8, 2015Nov 8, 2015