Technology is giving companies superpowers to compete more intelligently and capture the data behind changing trends, expanding markets, and new opportunities.
Data is a tool for enhancing intuition.
The core advantage of data is that it tells you something about the world that you didn't know before.
Even smaller companies are putting resources behind their analytics teams in the same way they put resources behind engineering and product teams. There are some great tools out there that allow even tiny businesses to use data effectively.
I decided that since I was trying to teach 'style' of thinking in science and engineering, and 'style' is an art, I should therefore copy the methods of teaching used for the other arts - once the fundamentals have been learned.
Don't take advice you see on the Internet too seriously!
A lot of people seem to think that data science is just a process of adding up a bunch of data and looking at the results, but that's actually not at all what the process is.
Data science is the combination of analytics and the development of new algorithms.
It's rare that you can solve a technology problem with more technology.
You really need to have a lot of empathy for the work you're doing and the people who you're ultimately trying to help, whether that's a business colleague, a boss, or, ultimately, the user of the software you're building.
I joined bit.ly as chief scientist in October of 2009. The company is a URL-shortener and content-sharing platform; we provide tools for people to share and track links on the Internet.
If you find something obscure fascinating, learn as much about it as you can, because there's a good chance it won't be obscure for long.
The job of the data scientist is to ask the right questions.
Creating things that people want to tie into their identity is the best way to make them spread.
I think we need more ambition about using our data to make our lives better.
In some ways, chocolate chip cookie recipes are my favorite algorithms. You put a bunch of bad-for-you stuff in a bowl and get a delicious result.
I think e-mail should be sorted by importance, not by time.
The sender and subject line are actually the most important parts of an e-mail because people tend to put more important information in the subject.
In tech entrepreneurship, even a lot of hack events tend to be overly commercial in that they're designed to produce companies.
As your competitors learn more, you'll need to learn, too.
