May 31, 2021Beyond Awesome ListsAwesome lists are…. awesome. But could they be even more useful? What if instead of just a curated list you also got a view into a wider community? What is an Awesome list? An Awesome List is a community curated list of code projects within a specific domain, application, or use case. …Awesome List8 min readAwesome List8 min read
Aug 19, 2020Alternatives to Iris: Finding Drop-In Replacements for Overused Example DatasetsIntroduction Are you a little tired of seeing the Iris dataset being used in so many code packages and tutorials? Me too. What follows is an exploration of why the Iris dataset is so common as an example dataset, what features we might want to replicate in drop-in replacements for it…Data12 min readData12 min read
Aug 11, 2019Stratigraphic top prediction in well logs via machine-learning: PredictatopsBack in May, I presented a talk at the 2019 AAPG ACE (American Association of Petroleum Geologist Annual Conference and Exhibit) on using machine-learning to predict stratigraphic surfaces in well logs. I described a Python package I have been working on as a side project called Predictatops. DOI here. …Machine Learning14 min readMachine Learning14 min read
Jan 25, 2019Geoscience to Data Science Starter PackWhy Write this and Who is it targeting? I wrote a blog post, LEARNING TO CODE, on my website in early 2016, three years ago. The premise of that blog post was a summary of the different styles of learning you could pick from when trying to learn how to code. This blog post, like that one, was…Data Science12 min readData Science12 min read
