A GordoninDataExplorationsTopic Modelling of Toronto Historical PlaquesUsing Spacy and LDA to examine the main topics of local history celebrated in Toronto Heritage PlaquesFeb 5, 2019Feb 5, 2019
A GordoninDataExplorationsTorontoWalks — a custom walk generatorIt’s been a long week of hunching over your computer… maybe you’d like to get outside this weekend and go for a nice walk. But where to go…Dec 18, 2018Dec 18, 2018
A GordoninDataExplorationsCreating choropleth maps in AltairIn an earlier post, I discussed how to generate choropleth maps in Folium and Tableau Public. Today I wanted to briefly walk through how…Dec 10, 20181Dec 10, 20181
A GordoninDataExplorationsWorking with Open Data shape files using Geopandas — how to match up your data with the areas…I’m working on a project to gather information on historic buildings and other points of interest in the City of Toronto and wanted to…Dec 10, 2018Dec 10, 2018
A GordoninDataExplorationsSQLAlchemy ORM — a more “Pythonic” way of interacting with your databaseI’m in the process of setting up a PostgreSQL database for a python project and initially dove in with executing raw SQL through…Nov 29, 20183Nov 29, 20183
A GordoninDataExplorationsChatting about books… can we predict which book-themed subreddit a particular post came from?Love books? Want to chat about them on Reddit? Well, you’re in luck — there are numerous book related subreddits available. But how do…Nov 17, 2018Nov 17, 2018
A GordoninDataExplorationsTool Review: Can FeatureTools simplify the process of Feature Engineering?Feature Engineering is a crucial step in many machine learning projects, but can be difficult and time consuming if you aren’t already…Nov 9, 20181Nov 9, 20181
A GordoninDataExplorationsThoughts on #VisionZero: first steps with the Twitter API and Word2Vec for text analysisWith shortening days and the upcoming end of Daylight Savings time here in Ontario, pedestrian safety is top of mind for many people. So…Oct 28, 2018Oct 28, 2018
A GordoninDataExplorationsUnderstanding Python List ComprehensionsComing to Python from other programming languages, I struggled at first to decipher list comprehensions.Oct 24, 2018Oct 24, 2018
A GordoninDataExplorationsWhere the pets areWalk by any park in Toronto and you may be forgiven for thinking the city has almost has many dogs as people. This inspired me to take a…Oct 16, 2018Oct 16, 2018
