enjoyed Tim Hopper's shout out to "programmed in TI-BASIC" at #normconf

@py data science/engineering recently had #NormConf with the same spirit, discussing the everyday, boring, normal work that you need to do for successful data projects etc, maybe you could do a NormConfMobile ?

An amazing talk from #NormConf Lightning Talks:
'Config files for fast and reproducible #ML experiments' by Anuvabh Dutt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMx6fOJQGI&list=PLYXaKIsOZBstGUTXZXp2azDk8UJhpVVq3&index=14

I really need to watch the playlist of the NormConf22 talks, some interesting things here it seems.
#NormConf

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYXaKIsOZBsu3h2SSKEovRn7rGy7wkUAV

Started looking at lightning talks from #normconf and from the first one (by @afioritto) I learnt about QUALIFY to filter results from a WINDOW function in SQL. Wish I knew this last year. Would have avoided a lot of ugly CTEs.

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

I attended #NormConf, expecting nothing.

I went away, delighted from a 15-hour conference that blew me away.
Great talks, great MCs, and even a live-band on zoom.

This recap by Vicki is enlightening!

Gotta respect someone that can accept a one-off:
https://vickiboykis.com/2022/12/22/everything-i-learned-about-accidentally-running-a-successful-tech-conference/

@Randy_Au Here's Randy's original post. (Is this a QT workaround? hmmm)

btw I wasn't able to attend #NormConf on Dec. 15 b/c I had was traveling. Even then, it was *still* better than many academic online conf.s for me.

https://recsys.social/@Randy_Au/109546559325830585

From @Randy_Au , #NormConf and thoughts about connecting while separated by distance.

"Some even more egregious “hybrid” events (luckily not in data) didn’t even stream all the speaker tracks, making virtual attendees third-class citizens. If that is currently where the bar is for conference events, it’s no wonder that a lot of the feedback about the conference involved people saying how much they felt involved and engaged compared to other events." 1/

https://counting.substack.com/p/we-all-make-for-a-good-conference

Brilliant #NormConf talk and advice by @chrisalbon - and it was not about what I anticipated!

Got and have a watch because those will be 15 min well spent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiF83i1OLOM&list=PLYXaKIsOZBsu3h2SSKEovRn7rGy7wkUAV&index=31&ab_channel=NormConf

I’m obviously biased, but I thought this recap post by @vicki was a great summary of all the things that made #NormConf so special.

What I’m most excited for? All the amazing events like this to come from people such as yourselves. If we could do it, so can you. Take Vicki’s advice.

https://t.co/poQ5m6KYyF

Quick blog post that recaps #NormConf and what I thought made it good from the perspective of running it.

We won't be doing it again, but hopefully this post gives people who are thinking about online conferences in 2023 some tools for planning good experiences. https://vickiboykis.com/2022/12/22/everything-i-learned-about-accidentally-running-a-successful-tech-conference/

>> Shocked and scandalized, Vectorella discovers that in data science, “the advertised map is not the true territory”

Great post about #normconf, full of things that would've helped me out of imposter syndrome

https://medium.com/the-prefect-blog/what-i-learned-from-normconf-2022-f8b3c88f0de7

I'm clearing my schedule tomorrow to make my way through the #NormConf talks, any suggestions on which to start with?

I'm clearing my schedule tomorrow to make my way through the #NormConf talks, any suggestions on which to start with?

Just in time for the holidays: #NormConf talk recordings.

From @paniterka I learned that the dumbness of matplotlib's default API is an inheritance from MatLab, which is somehow reassuring.

Also, there is a ggplot style for it, so you can trick your judgemental mathematical friends into thinking that you use R.

So many inspiring presentations and memorable moments during last week’s #NormConf that I’ve been thinking about in the days since. Not the least of which was the YouTube live-caption error during the keynote that brought forth into this world the name Francis Crontab

@vicki Interesting that you don't cite miniconda/mamba

Would you dare sharing why?

Asking for a friend.

PS. Unrelated but tx for #normconf .

Enjoyed how this #NormConf talk about “#data Ethics: the unsexy parts” by Rob Keyes nicely lays out day to day data ethics issues that are often ignored as time to devoted to sci-fi scenarios.

Reminds me of reading various “ethical use of AI guidance documents” in my last role and every one had quite a bit of cringe.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3a7oPsj8nE

Enjoyed how this #NormConf talk about “#data Ethics: the unsexy parts” by Rob Keyes nicely lays out day to day data ethics issues that are often ignored as time to devoted to sci-fi scenarios.

Reminds me of reading various “ethical use of AI guidance documents” in my last role and every one had quite a bit of cringe.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3a7oPsj8nE

Another good #NormConf talk. My manager got me keeping a one-line "activity log" of non-BAU work a while ago. I've kept it up ever since. Useful to remember and show what you do outside of usual stats and reporting. https://youtu.be/HiF83i1OLOM