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
Tag: Python
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
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
Pesky Date Formats
If you’ve worked with Excel and/or with data for a while, you’ve probably dealt with pesky date formats. Dates come in a variety of makes and models including “d/m/y”, “mm/dd/yy”, “yyyy-mm-dd” and on and on. There’s nothing worse than opening Excel, applying filters, then dropping the filter menu down to find that Excel is reading … Continue reading Pesky Date Formats
As you set out to learn a new skill, it’s often to difficult to pinpoint where you need to begin. Many times we do not know what we don’t know. Having read many articles discussing the skills needed for successful Data Analysts, I know tools like SQL, R, and Python are heavily used in the … Continue reading Twitter
