Here’s a ‘simple’ e2e SW Project Management Mind Map I created for a quick checklist of major items to keep in mind. Enjoy! Click on See the board button below to access the chart. Then you can use left mouse button to drag, wheel to zoom, or use the controls in the UI to see […]
Category: Coding
Raw Data to Machine Learning to Decision-Tree: step-by-step
Machine Learning in Excel? Isn’t ML the new thing, new algorithm that’s only done in the Cloud using R and Python? Nope! We’ve been doing in Excel for many years!! It’s only recently getting a lot of attention with Cloud and large datasets and made much, much simpler to use for today’s Data Scientists— but […]
Estimating reading time for any content (Python)
We occasionally see reading time estimates in online news, blog sites, and even in promotional contents. This estimate is important because it tells the reader upfront how much the content may take to read. There are several extensive studies done internationally (in English speaking countries) that demonstrate that people tend to read messages/contents up to […]
Counting words/elements correctly in Excel
In some of my previous posts, you’ve already seen my Python examples on how to count words accurately in a document or in blocks of text (search for: Wordcloud). It’s also possible to count the words in Excel, but we have some gotchas there to be aware of. In this blog, I demonstrate some of […]
vCards to/from CSV/Excel (and more)
vCards. What are they? Here’s a blurb from wikipedia:vCard, also known as VCF, is a file format standard for electronic business cards. vCards are often attached to e-mail messages but can be exchanged in other ways, such as Multimedia Messaging Service, on the World Wide Web, instant messaging or through QR code. They can contain […]
Using Directions & Travel APIs With Excel, Python. 2/2
This is the second part of the getting directions and travel info using Bing Maps. The first part shows how to do it in Python (check it out here), and in this part, I’ll share some tips on how to get the same info from within Excel without writing any VBA code! To get the […]
Using Directions & Travel APIs with Excel, Python. 1/2
In this blog, I’ll share tips on how to consume RESTful APIs for maps. Specifically, getting a location point info, getting distance and travel times between two points, and even turn-by-turn driving directions. With the techniques, we can also get walking and transit mode of travel info. I’ll be leveraging Bing Maps APIs as they’re […]
Music Mixing with Python
Recently, I accidently encountered a new online service called EarSketch for music creation and mixing using Python. I had to of course check it out in more detail and was very impressed with the simplicity and effort put into the overall UI, API, and technical documentation. They are definitely worth checking out! Kudos to EarSketch […]
Be the right kind of ‘Mean’
No, I’m not talking about stingy, spiteful kind…rather mathematical mean: arithmetic and statistical means to be exact. In fact, a handful of mean functions and applications. In most common situations, when we say ‘Mean’ even the statisticians mean the Average…or the arithmetic mean we all know since early childhood. We continue use it because while […]
Generating Polygon Data With Mouse (Python)
In one of my previous posts, related to this topic, I shared the code and concept of reading polygon data and how to render them on screen with additional user-interaction. The post is linked below: Working with Polygon Data (Python) In this post, I share how to generate the data points for a polygon easily […]