Magic: The Gathering Two years ago I was in the midst of starting a gut rehab on my home, starting a new job, and ramping up PERRO’s lead in the water campaign. Someone suggested that it might be good to do something that wasn’t productive to relax. In this midst of this presidency, a lot… Continue reading Optimizing Magic: The Gathering in R
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The Globalization of the Digital Divide
Wikipedia defines the digital divide as: ... an economic and social inequality with regard to access to, use of, or impact of information and communication technologies. This post is about how that digital divide plays out in tech employment. The term "underrepresented minorities" is most often used when talking about the disproportionate lack of Latinos… Continue reading The Globalization of the Digital Divide
I’m Suing Civis Analytics
Updates below My PhD is in machine learning. Politics is my hobby. Civis Analytics is a politically-connected machine learning tech-startup. I was very excited to work there. After an awkward conversation with a friend and colleague, I came to find out I was being paid 20% less than the PhD physicist that I had to train… Continue reading I’m Suing Civis Analytics
So My Teacher Wrote A Book
My good friend wrote a book. His name is Derek Smith and he's a high school English teacher at Morgan Park Academy on the south side of Chicago. Before that he taught outside of Boston and inside Beirut. Before that he was in the Peace Corps. And before that we became friends in the Fall… Continue reading So My Teacher Wrote A Book
I’ve been busy again
I haven't posted anything in a few months. The summer has been a little crazy, again. I moved, served a wacky first year in my local school council (LSC), and started a new job as a manager of an analytics team at a large digital advertising firm in the Loop. Unlike the end of last summer, not all… Continue reading I’ve been busy again
Municipal Cyberbullying
My apartment made it onto the front page of the Chicago Tribune yesterday by being on Chicago's new 'problem landlords' list. I can confirm that there is a problem, but it's with the City of Chicago and the Chicago Tribune. The previous landlord had a bunch of violations. Then he sold the building to a friend of mine. My friend then made… Continue reading Municipal Cyberbullying
The Wonut
At the end of April my brother opened up his second Waffles Cafe location, this one just off the Magnificent Mile near Ohio and Michigan. Since I was in the middle of a job search/getting my statistical consulting practice started, I had the opportunity to help a brother in need. I recall him saying something to the effect… Continue reading The Wonut
My LSC experience to date
Today was supposed to be our first regular LSC meeting of the year at Pilsen Academy. It was rescheduled for next week. I received no notification. We had an irregular meeting last week. That meeting was scheduled on the preceding Friday for the following Monday. The planning meeting in July was scheduled a little more… Continue reading My LSC experience to date
I’ve been busy
You may or may not have noticed that my follow up to the TIF Racket never appeared. I've been busy. In the month of May I helped manage the viral sensation of the Wonut, broke off my involvement with Pilsen Alliance, and accepted a full-time position as a data scientist at a tech start-up in the West… Continue reading I’ve been busy
