itisbiz

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by itisbiz 10y ago
Lonelyhomes.ca is attempt to get grassroots enumeration of vacant homes in Vancouver, BC Canada
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by itisbiz 10y ago
www.lonelyhomes.ca is a new "registry" of empty residential dwellings in Vancouver. These "lonely homes" are shown only by first 3 characters of the postal code (aka FSA) to preserve their anonymity. The goal is to ident
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by itisbiz 10y ago
I've been recommending to all the people I work with to use Excel add-in Power Query to connect to data and do all calculations and transformations. Then they can just replace/update data sources and refresh queries. It's som
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by itisbiz 10y ago
I put some Google Fiber build, sales and financial data into a basic model to create forecast estimates Gfiber.us
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by itisbiz 10y ago
When applying for US jobs I am always a bit startled by the questions that ask me to categorize myself by race. I know this is meant to protect against bias in hiring but you are forced to categorize yourself with each application. It make
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by itisbiz 10y ago
Yes I am curious to know more about this too. In my case, I have a Canadian incorporation that generates passive income from websites.
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by itisbiz 10y ago
Seems simple enough for AirBnb to do. I'd bet a curious Airbnb data scientist has already done it. Do analysis of users' ethnicities/names/profile skin color/gender/ attire etc where booking cancelled for one
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by itisbiz 10y ago
Even better, use free Excel add-in Power Query. It's vlookup on steroids.
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by itisbiz 10y ago
Good strategy is to move all data transformation into Excel add-in Power Query and leave raw data in original format. No more copy/ paste of data. "Fat finger" events are minimized. Using PQ gets you moving towards more robus
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by itisbiz 10y ago
Can I use window functions like partition by?
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by itisbiz 11y ago
I scraped my 'people you may know' page over 30 days to make sure LinkedIn removed 2000 of my 'stolen contacts' from it. Once they did, 99% of them never appeared again. http://009co.com/?p=9
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by itisbiz 12y ago
"Scenario 3: What are the trains near me?" is great feature. Even better would be "Where do trains/buses go from where I am?" It would be very useful to see all route lines radiating out from my location, with next
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by itisbiz 12y ago
Great app! Serious question: why hasn't something like this become a standard app if not OS feature? It is something I have always wanted. Want something similar for Android phone too.
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by itisbiz 12y ago
Yes and send issues and documentation back to operational teams so they can address root issues in transactional systems. Software selection and system design should have this input by default to avoid implementing data issues.
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by itisbiz 12y ago
"Revitalization" might be better word than "disruption" to explain what is required of corporate sector. But corporate sector is adopting "disruptive" technologies and methods such as cloud, analytics, ecommerc
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by itisbiz 12y ago
Nice, I like the grid presentation. Looks Bootstrap responsive table? What are you using for the column sort?
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by itisbiz 12y ago
Great, now I know why prepaid credit card directory website's Google search traffic has dropped off recently .. hmm.
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by itisbiz 12y ago
A web app to quickly record 'visits' .. visits by customers, meeting or event attendees, etc https://www.speedvisit.com
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by itisbiz 12y ago
"Like you said, strong AI would change everything. The richest will be the first to utilize them. Things get scary from that point on." Warrants repeating / highlighting.
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by itisbiz 14y ago
Recent article on Fitbit "can I have my data please" .. resonates here too .. the better use case and business opportunity for Diaspora model is for healthcare and personal medical data.