Well, somehow it’s May and I’ve yet to share anything new. I’m a bit behind my goal of 12 posts for the year but I suppose there’s still time! Since starting at Pinterest, I’ve found myself putting down R and using much more Python. We have an awesome Jupyter setup with some internal libraries, notebook … Continue reading My Top 3 Methods & Functions From Pandas & Numpy
2019 Update
Wow, somehow it’s already the end of January and I’m already behind on one my goals for this year. The end of 2018 was a whirlwind for me. I traveled abroad with some of my best friends, got engaged, turned 30, and left my job at Fetch for a new role at Pinterest. Considering it … Continue reading 2019 Update
Finding Problematic Tweets with Tweepy
How many times have you said something you’ve later regretted? On top of that, how many times have you’ve posted something on Social Media that you’ve later regretted? Unfortunately, it’s probably happened to just about everyone and to make things just a bit worse, just about everything is saved on Social Media. Athletes such as … Continue reading Finding Problematic Tweets with Tweepy
Git and GitHub
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been making an effort to use git a bit more. I found myself writing scripts, making minor tweaks here and there, and then saving them as V2 or V3 and so on. This became a bit troublesome because I kept forgetting what changes I have made and others using … Continue reading Git and GitHub
The group chat is LIT! WhatsApp Text Analysis with R
I finally got around to doing some Text Analysis on my WhatsApp group chat using R. Here's what I found.
The group chat is LIT! Parsing WhatsApp with Python, R , & Tableau
Ever since I realized I could export a WhatsApp group chat, I thought it would be cool to do a little analysis on the messages. Some of my best friends and I have been in a group chat since late 2014, October 20th, to be exact. Since then, a day hasn’t gone by where someone … Continue reading The group chat is LIT! Parsing WhatsApp with Python, R , & Tableau
Moving Files with Python
YouTube is one of my favorite resources on the Internet. While there are plenty of good blogs and articles related to data analysis and programming, there’s nothing like a good how-to video. A few weeks ago, YouTube suggested Corey Schafer’s channel to me. Corey has a bunch of great python and linux/mac videos and I’ve … Continue reading Moving Files with Python
Accessing Google Drive with R
I recently purchased a Mac as my personal machine. While working on my “Intermediate” Excel posts, I found myself needing to create and manipulate some sample data. Without Microsoft Excel and not wanting to shell out even more money for software, I turned to the next best of option: Google Sheets. Let’s face it, no … Continue reading Accessing Google Drive with R
“Intermediate” Excel With Python
In my last post, I shared some examples of "Intermediate” Excel functions in R, focusing on pivot tables and Vlookup. This week, I’m going to look at the same skills but in Python. While R and Python have some similarities, they certainly have their differences as well. I’ll try to point out the subtle differences … Continue reading “Intermediate” Excel With Python
“Intermediate” Excel with R
Before finding my home at Fetch, I looked over tons of Job Descriptions. With everything becoming “data driven” these days, every role requires some familiarity with data and Microsoft Excel. I remember many of them requiring “Intermediate” skills, more specifically, pivot tables and Vlookup. While Excel is a solid starting point for organizing and manipulating … Continue reading “Intermediate” Excel with R
