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It Could Be Even Better

Added on April 17, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

When something positive happens in my life, my mind tends to jump to the negative flipside right away. To fend this off, I now repeat to myself "It Could Be Even Better" when something good happens. The mental impact has been sublime.

For this week's Five-Minute Friday episode, I provide specific examples across my professional, fitness, and personal lives where repeating this "It Could Be Even Better" mantra has proved game-changing. If you too slip into negative thinking when something good happens, perhaps it's a simple trick that'll work for you too!

Watch the video above or click through for the full post.

The History of Algebra

Added on April 14, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

Algebra lies at the core of all modern data science approaches. We've been working on it for a while though — it's at least 3900 years old! For Five-Minute Friday today, I cover the Babylonian genesis of the field through to today's ML applications.

Listen or watch here.

Behind the Scenes

Added on April 2, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

Today’s Five-Minute-Friday episode is a behind-the-scenes tour of a professional studio configured for filming video tutorials. Specifically, we had just wrapped filming a ~10-hour series on Probability and Statistics for Machine Learning.

I’ve been fortunate to work with Erina Sanders and Guillaume Rousseau at Production Central Studios and Stages since 2017, including on my bestselling Deep Learning with TensorFlow videos. In this video you meet Erina and Guillaume — and hear about how they make the magic happen!

You can listen or watch here.

(And yes, I know! I learned my lesson and will now film in landscape mode not portrait on my phone!) 🤦‍♂️

The Pomodoro Technique

Added on March 29, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

I’ve experimented with a lot of productivity techniques and quantitatively track their effectiveness every day. One of my long-standing favorites is the Pomodoro Technique to eke creative, highly focused work out of minimal effort 🍅

You can listen to or watch today's Five-Minute-Friday episode on the Pomodoro Technique here.

In addition to Pomodoros, some other techniques I've covered on the podcast are mindfulness (here and here) and a number popularized by James Clear over the years (see here).

The Staggering Pace of Progress (Part 2)

Added on March 19, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

This episode was adapted from a post that I wrote for the GQR blog.

In today’s Five-Minute Friday episode, I continue last week’s theme. We overview exponentially accelerating technological progress and examine today’s augmentation of human intelligence: the first babysteps of the AI revolution.

In Part 3, coming next month, we'll speculate on how data and automation will dramatically change work and life over the coming decades.

Listen or watch here.

The Staggering Pace of Progress

Added on March 12, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

This podcast episode is based on a blog post I published for GQR. See here.

For millennia, you might not have witnessed a single innovation in your lifetime. In the 20th Century, any job changed dramatically. In the coming decades, automation will dramatically change all aspects of life many times over.

In this week's FiveMinuteFriday, I examine this acceleration — this staggering pace of progress — through the lens of the recruitment industry that is facilitating a lot of the change.

Listening and viewing options here.

Yoga Nidra

Added on March 11, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

This episode features the world-renowned yogi Steve Fazzari. He gives me (and you!) a crash course on Yoga Nidra, a practice of deep relaxation that impacts brain structure, leading to better sleep and ability to respond to stress.

Steve lives up in the mountains of British Columbia as an explorer and instructor of yoga instructors. A ravenous reader and critical thinker, he has a rich understanding of science, the body, and the mind. I learned a ton from Steve during the filming of this episode.

If you like the sound of his explanation (and two-minute demo of) yoga nidra, please let me know because I'd love to bring him back on the SuperDataScience show to lead us through a full-length yoga nidra session.

Listening options here.

How to Be a Data Science Leader

Added on February 26, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

The more leadership responsibility you take on as a data scientist or engineer, the more you accept that can't stay on top of the cutting-edge innovations as much as you might like. Nor do you get to spend as much time as you'd like writing code.

...and that's for the best. It's what what your team and your company need from you.

Getting Started in Machine Learning

Added on February 19, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

On last Friday’s episode, I answered questions from podcast listeners on the “futureproof-ness” of a data science career. This week, I’m answering a few more listener-submitted questions about getting start in ML, particularly if you’re completely new to the field!

From MOOCs, to free videos, to graduate level textbooks, I cover a wide or materials that you can use to become an expert in machine learning.

Future-Proofing Your Career

Added on February 12, 2021 by Jon Krohn.

At the beginning of 2021, I asked the following on Twitter: “What questions do you have about machine learning as a science or as a career?”

In response, I was asked some terrific questions about data science, many of which are popular ones that I’ve been asked time and again. In today’s FiveMinuteFriday, I’ll answer the ones I thought would be most valuable for everyone to hear the answer to.

Gabriel, who appears to be Brazillian, but indicates his location is “Lost + Found” asked me:

“Is a career in data science really future-proof? What are the odds of another AI winter and a crisis in this career?”