Data Science Digest #2 — Christmas special!
The (uhm not so) latest & the greatest in the data science ecosystem just for you!
I know everyone is busy this time of year enjoying precious time with family and friends, celebrating the past year and the year to come; so a data science newsletter is the last thing anyone needs right now. Proof is, even I was to busy to put this up here when I send it out, on December 24th…
But hey, you never know, you may have missed out on some of these articles, in which case here they are!
Christmas special! “Merry Christmas” vs. “Happy Holidays”
Ever wondered whether you should wish someone a merry christmas or happy holidays? Not really? Nevertheless this is a pretty great Christmas data visualisation project you can enjoy.
from treetopia.com
Predicting the News You’ll Read
This guy used data from his Pocket account to try and predict what articles get read. His article goes into all kinds of details which makes for an interesting fireside read.
from Devin Gaffney
The Next Decade of Data Science
With the end of the year approaching it’s the perfect time to take a step back and rethink how we’re doing things. This article does just that for data.
from medium.com
From our medium! What’s really going on between Spark and Hadoop?
We keep hearing about Spark taking over the data world, but how does it actually compare to Hadoop? Find out what we really think of the hype.
from it’s a data world (yes I backlink to my own content, doesn’t everyone?)
Anyways, now that this is done, I promise I will be putting my Data Science Digests up on Medium when they come out; new year’s resolutions y’all!
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