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  • Race to the largest Raspberry Pi Cluster

    The humble Raspberry Pi has been around for some time and its popularity is growing again with the latest release of the Pi and is a great development platform for the Internet of Things both cost wise and its sheer versatility from basic programming and running Minecraft, to hosting a Docker server. GCHQ have recently announced…

  • R Cheat Sheets

    There is a good collection of R Cheat Sheets at RStudio that cover: Package Development Cheat Sheet Data Wrangling Cheat Sheet (using dplyr and tidyr) R Markdown Cheat Sheet R Markdown Reference Guide (using Markdown, Knitr and Pandoc)

  • Lists – Are we addicted to them?

    Maybe its me but there seems to be an increase in the use of Lists in both inside and outside of the work place. Social Media is full of them such as: 14 Reasons to like…. 6 things you didn’t know about….. 50 ways to….. Businesses are also using this format internally to publish key…

  • Correlation does not imply causation

    Watching different Data Science & Statistics training videos one statement that comes up often is “Correlation does not imply causation”. Wikipedia defines this as: Correlation does not imply causation is a phrase used in science and statistics to emphasize that a correlation between two variables does not necessarily imply that one causes the other. The xkcd comic site has a…

  • Data Science in the Cloud ebook

    Microsoft have released a free e-book to download about using Data Science, R and Azure ML (Machine Learning). Data Science in the Cloud with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and R The topics in the book cover: Data management with Azure ML. Data transformation with Azure ML and R. Data I/O between Azure ML and the…

  • Course on Data Analysis and Statistical Inference

    Scanning my daily feeds from feedly I came across this post about a new Data Analysis and Statistical Inference course on Coursera that has just started this week. looks to be a good grounding on the subject. The course is split into 7 modules Unit 1 – Introduction to data Unit 2 – Probability and distributions…

  • A to Z of some useful R Packages

    This is a list of some of the useful R packages that you can add to R. There are lots more available outside of this list on CRAN A – audio Interfaces to audio devices (mainly sample-based) from R to allow recording and playback of audio. Built-in devices include Windows MM, Mac OS X AudioUnits…

  • Recording your CPD

    There are many methods for recording your CPD (Continuous Professional Development) plans available on the internet and through various professional bodies. For me I prefer a Spreadsheet with a few column headings. Its what goes into those headings that makes the record though: Date Date the training took place Training This is the title of…

  • Architecture Journals

    Between 2004 and 2009 Microsoft published The Architecture Journal. A few years old now, there are some useful articles in the Journals that still apply today. You can download the Journals or view the individual Articles in the Archive.

  • A good example of Enterprise Architecture doumentation

    There are many good examples of Enterprise Architecture documentation available as reference on the Internet. All following different methodologies, but ultimately illustrating how an Enterprise Architecture documentation set can assist in driving strategy and the business forward. A bit dated now (2004), but a good example of such a document set is the 5 volumes…