Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

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Is it the Data or the Algorithm? Common pitfalls in Data Science and Deep Learning with Sara Beck Oct 11, 2019

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Sara Beck is the Machine Learning Solution Principal at Slalom Build. She thinks about Data Science and Deep Learning and how diagnosing and anticipating common data science pitfalls can help prevent issues before they happen. She and Scott talk about the importance of identifying whether it’s the algorithm or the data and contextualize the importance of having a good sense of the problem you’re trying to solve.

Slalom Build puts interdisciplinary teams to work in close proximity with clients, to build modern technology and software products for enterprises – faster, cleaner and more nimbly than ever before. Learn more at http://slalombuild.com.

Favorite Text Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9003187-doing-bayesian-data-analysis
Favorite Data Science Forecasting Blog (hyndsight is such a perfect name for someone who went in to this area of data science) https://robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/
Kaggle is a great resource for practice problems and general data science knowledge sharing. https://www.kaggle.com/
Deep learning resource: https://adventuresinmachinelearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/An-introduction-to-neural-networks-for-beginners.pdf
Dan Jurafsky does a nice intro to NLP Youtube series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWsMIW-5xUc

Making Indie games with PIGSquad's Dylan Bennett Oct 03, 2019

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In this Part 2 on tiny Game Development, we talked to Dylan Bennett from the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIG Squad). He's made a great 72-page zine about doing game development with PICO-8. The zine assumes you have never done game development before. However, there are sections specifically for people who have done game development before, but would like to do so in PICO-8.

https://mboffin.itch.io/gamedev-with-pico-8-issue1

Tiny games with the PICO-8 Fantasy Console and Joseph White Sep 26, 2019

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PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs. It feels like a regular console, but runs on Windows / Mac / Linux. When you turn it on, the machine greets you with a commandline, a suite of cartridge creation tools, and an online cartridge browser. Scott talks to creator Joseph White about the joy of creating tiny games.

https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

On Being Productive with Cantilever's Ty Fujimura Sep 19, 2019

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Ty Fujimura is the founder of Cantilever, website design and development consultancy. He's always thinking about balance. Trying to find that balance between productive and healthy. Ty and Scott compare notes on productivity and what it means to "Get things done."

Learning CircuitPython with Scott Shawcroft Sep 12, 2019

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CircuitPython is a programming language designed to simplify experimenting and learning to code on low-cost microcontroller boards. The history of CircuitPython begins with MicroPython, a Python interpreter written from scratch for embedded systems by Damien George starting in 2013. Three years later, Adafruit hired Shawcroft to port MicroPython to the SAMD21 chip they use on many of their boards. The Scott talks about how to lower the barrier to entry and how to enable beginners to be productive with CircuitPython.

Relationship Hacks 2019 with Scott's Wife Mo Sep 05, 2019

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Welcome to the 700th episode of Hanselminutes! Doing this many episodes wouldn't be possible without the support of my Wife Mo, so she's my guest on this special episode! We're in a mixed marriage - she's not a computer person - so we'll talk about how we get along and how we've done it for 20 years!

Mechanical Bull: How You Can Achieve Startup Success with Cheryl Contee Aug 29, 2019

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Cheryl Contee is the award-winning CEO of the digital agency Do Big Things. She's the cofounder of Attentive.ly, the first tech startup with a black female founder to be acquired by a NASDAQ company, and she's the national board chair for Netroots Nation. She talks to Scott about her new book, Mechnical Bull: How you can achieve Startup Success.

BOOK: Mechanical Bull: How You Can Achieve Startup Success
Learn more at www.dobigthings.today

Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction with Dr. Saleema Amershi Aug 22, 2019

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Dr. Saleema Amershi and researchers at Microsoft have published 18 guidelines for Human-AI Interaction that prescribe how an AI system should behave upon initial interaction, as the user interacts with the system, when the system is wrong, and over time. Scott talks with Dr. Amershi about the how and why of these rules and why they are so important.

Managing the Burnout Burndown with Dr. Aneika Simmons Aug 15, 2019

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Dr. Aneika L. Simmons teaches courses about leadership, organization behavior, and human resources at Sam Houston State University. She completed her doctorate degree in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at Texas A&M University. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Dr. Simmons worked for Accenture and Cap Gemini Ernst and Young as an information technology consultant. She also has a Masters degree in Organizational Communication from the University of Houston. She talks to Scott about burnout and the science behind managing it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dgOfedI3A

The Pragmatic Programmer celebrates 20 years with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt Aug 08, 2019

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Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process—what do you do, as an individual and as a team, if you want to create software that’s easy to work with and good for your users. Now updated after 20 years, Scott talks to Andy and Dave about this classic book!

This classic title is regularly featured on software development “Top Ten” lists, and is issued by many corporations to new hires.