Boris Gorelik

Sharing the results of your Python code

Posted on October 20, 2020No Comments on Sharing the results of your Python code

New notebook, new plans

Posted on October 8, 2020No Comments on New notebook, new plans

The information is beautiful. The graphs are shit!

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020No Comments on The information is beautiful. The graphs are shit!

The Empirical Metamathematics of Euclid and Beyond — Stephen Wolfram Blog

Posted on September 29, 2020No Comments on The Empirical Metamathematics of Euclid and Beyond — Stephen Wolfram Blog

Boris Gorelik on the biggest missed opportunity in data visualization — Data for Breakfast

Posted on September 18, 2020No Comments on Boris Gorelik on the biggest missed opportunity in data visualization — Data for Breakfast

15-days-work-month — The joys of the Hebrew calendar

Posted on September 16, 2020No Comments on 15-days-work-month — The joys of the Hebrew calendar

Career advice. Becoming a freelancer immediately after finishing a masters degree

Posted on September 8, 2020September 10, 2020No Comments on Career advice. Becoming a freelancer immediately after finishing a masters degree

Exploring alternatives to population pyramids

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The Mysterious Status of .blog Domains

Posted on September 1, 2020September 1, 2020No Comments on The Mysterious Status of .blog Domains

ASCII histograms are quick, easy to use and to implement

Posted on August 31, 2020No Comments on ASCII histograms are quick, easy to use and to implement

A short compilation of productivity blog posts

Posted on August 27, 2020August 25, 20201 Comment on A short compilation of productivity blog posts

Many is not enough: Counting simulations to bootstrap the right way — Yanir Seroussi

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There are three things one can watch forever: fire burning, water falling, and computation progress bars

Posted on August 23, 2020No Comments on There are three things one can watch forever: fire burning, water falling, and computation progress bars

Book review: The Abyss: Bridging the Divide between Israel and the Arab World

Posted on August 20, 2020No Comments on Book review: The Abyss: Bridging the Divide between Israel and the Arab World

What is the biggest problem of the Jet and Rainbow color maps, and why is it not as evil as I thought?

Posted on August 17, 20201 Comment on What is the biggest problem of the Jet and Rainbow color maps, and why is it not as evil as I thought?

If you don’t teach yet, start! It will make you a better professional.

Posted on August 12, 2020No Comments on If you don’t teach yet, start! It will make you a better professional.

How to suck less in data visualization and professional communication

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 20202 Comments on How to suck less in data visualization and professional communication

Meet me at the online data science / AI conference

Posted on July 16, 2020No Comments on Meet me at the online data science / AI conference

35 (and more) Ways Data Go Bad — Stats With Cats Blog

Posted on July 14, 2020July 14, 2020No Comments on 35 (and more) Ways Data Go Bad — Stats With Cats Blog

Unexpected hitch of working in a distributed team

Posted on July 13, 2020No Comments on Unexpected hitch of working in a distributed team

Hybrid digital/analog tangible week planning

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020No Comments on Hybrid digital/analog tangible week planning

Before and after. Even excellent graphs can be improved

Posted on June 30, 2020July 7, 2020No Comments on Before and after. Even excellent graphs can be improved

Data visualization is not only dots, bars, and pies

Posted on June 28, 2020No Comments on Data visualization is not only dots, bars, and pies

Multilingual protest in Acre, Israel

Posted on June 27, 2020June 28, 2020No Comments on Multilingual protest in Acre, Israel

How to become a Python professional in 42 hours?

Posted on June 25, 2020No Comments on How to become a Python professional in 42 hours?

Standardizing bidirectional language support in interfaces and visualization

Posted on June 24, 2020June 25, 2020No Comments on Standardizing bidirectional language support in interfaces and visualization

Book review. Five Stars by Carmine Gallo

Posted on June 22, 2020No Comments on Book review. Five Stars by Carmine Gallo

The delicate art of fine trolling

Posted on June 15, 2020No Comments on The delicate art of fine trolling

Lie factor in ad graphs

Posted on June 9, 2020No Comments on Lie factor in ad graphs

StellarGraph — another promising network analysis library for Python and Scala

Posted on June 8, 20202 Comments on StellarGraph — another promising network analysis library for Python and Scala

The hazard of being a wizard. On balance between specialization and the risk to become obsolete.

Posted on June 3, 2020June 2, 2020No Comments on The hazard of being a wizard. On balance between specialization and the risk to become obsolete.

Nice but useless data visualization

Posted on June 2, 2020July 13, 20201 Comment on Nice but useless data visualization

Bioinformatics career advice and a story about a Soviet shoemaker

Posted on June 1, 2020May 26, 20201 Comment on Bioinformatics career advice and a story about a Soviet shoemaker

The difference between statistically meaningful and practically meaningful. An interview with me

Posted on May 28, 2020No Comments on The difference between statistically meaningful and practically meaningful. An interview with me

Is Distributed Work a Divide and Conquer Strategy?

Posted on May 27, 2020May 26, 2020No Comments on Is Distributed Work a Divide and Conquer Strategy?

Logarithmic scale misinforms. Period

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 20201 Comment on Logarithmic scale misinforms. Period

Book review: The Year Without Pants. WordPress.com and the future of work by Scott Berkun

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 20202 Comments on Book review: The Year Without Pants. WordPress.com and the future of work by Scott Berkun

“Why it burns when you P” and other statistics rants

Posted on May 19, 2020May 14, 2020No Comments on “Why it burns when you P” and other statistics rants

Visualising Odds Ratio — Henry Lau

Posted on May 18, 2020No Comments on Visualising Odds Ratio — Henry Lau

Calling bullshit on “persistence leads to success”

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COVID-19 vs. influenza dataviz. The order is now correct

Posted on May 12, 2020No Comments on COVID-19 vs. influenza dataviz. The order is now correct

On a person that falls into the water. Or why thinking short-time is a good strategy in times of crisis

Posted on May 11, 2020No Comments on On a person that falls into the water. Or why thinking short-time is a good strategy in times of crisis

Inbox Zero

Posted on May 11, 2020May 11, 2020No Comments on Inbox Zero

Bad advice from a reputable source is bad advice.

Posted on May 5, 2020No Comments on Bad advice from a reputable source is bad advice.

Why is it (almost) impossible to set deadlines for data science projects?

Posted on May 1, 2020No Comments on Why is it (almost) impossible to set deadlines for data science projects?

Online data science conference on May, 28

Posted on April 30, 2020April 30, 2020No Comments on Online data science conference on May, 28

Finally We May Have a Path to the Fundamental Theory of Physics… and It’s Beautiful — Stephen Wolfram Blog

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020No Comments on Finally We May Have a Path to the Fundamental Theory of Physics… and It’s Beautiful — Stephen Wolfram Blog

The quintessence of data visualization usefulness

Posted on April 27, 20202 Comments on The quintessence of data visualization usefulness

Book review: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

Posted on April 25, 2020April 26, 20203 Comments on Book review: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

The missing graves

Posted on April 20, 2020No Comments on The missing graves

Why is forecasting s-curves hard?

Posted on April 19, 2020April 19, 2020No Comments on Why is forecasting s-curves hard?

On oranizing a data org in a company, job titles, and more

Posted on April 17, 2020April 17, 2020No Comments on On oranizing a data org in a company, job titles, and more

If there is only one document you can read about data visualization, this is the one

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020No Comments on If there is only one document you can read about data visualization, this is the one

Data giraffe is sometimes a feature, not a problem

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020No Comments on Data giraffe is sometimes a feature, not a problem

Everything is NOT just fine (repost)

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Blogging isn’t what it used to be. Podcasting is on the rise

Posted on April 2, 2020No Comments on Blogging isn’t what it used to be. Podcasting is on the rise

A super-important read on the COVID-19 situation. I'm finally convinced

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Data scientist? Thinking of working in a distributed company?

Posted on March 20, 2020No Comments on Data scientist? Thinking of working in a distributed company?

The single most important thing about remove 1:1 meetings

Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 20201 Comment on The single most important thing about remove 1:1 meetings

An interesting solution of the data giraffe problem

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 20201 Comment on An interesting solution of the data giraffe problem

COVID-19 vs. influenza dataviz (an update)

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 20201 Comment on COVID-19 vs. influenza dataviz (an update)

Another piece of career advice

Posted on March 17, 2020March 16, 2020No Comments on Another piece of career advice

No signs (yet?) of the COVID-19 pandemic on StackOverflow job postings

Posted on March 16, 20202 Comments on No signs (yet?) of the COVID-19 pandemic on StackOverflow job postings

The cardiovascular safety of antiobesity drugs—analysis of signals in the FDA Adverse Event Report System Database

Posted on March 11, 2020No Comments on The cardiovascular safety of antiobesity drugs—analysis of signals in the FDA Adverse Event Report System Database

Please leave a comment to this post

Posted on March 11, 202010 Comments on Please leave a comment to this post

Tips for making remote presentations

Posted on March 11, 20204 Comments on Tips for making remote presentations

תרשים עוגה כחלופה הולמת לגרף עמודות

Posted on March 10, 2020No Comments on תרשים עוגה כחלופה הולמת לגרף עמודות

One idea per slide. It’s not that complicated

Posted on March 1, 2020June 23, 2020No Comments on One idea per slide. It’s not that complicated

Corona virus vs flu, visualized

Posted on February 27, 2020May 12, 20201 Comment on Corona virus vs flu, visualized

5 Basics of Consulting Success: Part 1

Posted on February 26, 2020No Comments on 5 Basics of Consulting Success: Part 1

Three most common mistakes in data visualization

Posted on February 26, 2020No Comments on Three most common mistakes in data visualization

Career advice. A clinical pharmacist, epidemiologist, and a Ph.D. student wants to become a data scientist.

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 20203 Comments on Career advice. A clinical pharmacist, epidemiologist, and a Ph.D. student wants to become a data scientist.

Not a wasted time

Posted on February 19, 2020February 19, 2020No Comments on Not a wasted time

This how scientific satisfaction looks like

Posted on February 18, 2020No Comments on This how scientific satisfaction looks like

Which coffee is this?

Posted on February 17, 2020February 17, 20202 Comments on Which coffee is this?

Further Research is Needed

Posted on February 17, 2020February 17, 2020No Comments on Further Research is Needed

Book review: Great mental models by Shane Parrish

Posted on February 12, 2020February 11, 2020No Comments on Book review: Great mental models by Shane Parrish

Which data scientists can refuse more computing power?

Posted on February 11, 2020No Comments on Which data scientists can refuse more computing power?

TicToc — a flexible and straightforward stopwatch library for Python.

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Dispute for the sake of Heaven, or why it’s OK to have a loud argument with your co-worker

Posted on February 6, 2020No Comments on Dispute for the sake of Heaven, or why it’s OK to have a loud argument with your co-worker

The difference between python decorators and inheritance that cost me three hours of hair-pulling

Posted on February 3, 2020No Comments on The difference between python decorators and inheritance that cost me three hours of hair-pulling

In playing cards, the Queen is worth less than the King? Is it time for a change?

Posted on January 29, 2020No Comments on In playing cards, the Queen is worth less than the King? Is it time for a change?

Does Zipf’s Law Apply to Alzheimer’s Patients?

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020No Comments on Does Zipf’s Law Apply to Alzheimer’s Patients?

The first things a statistical consultant needs to know — AnnMaria’s Blog

Posted on January 27, 2020January 24, 2020No Comments on The first things a statistical consultant needs to know — AnnMaria’s Blog

Book review. Replay by Ken Grimwood

Posted on January 20, 2020January 20, 2020No Comments on Book review. Replay by Ken Grimwood

ASCII histograms are quick, easy to use and to implement

Posted on January 16, 2020January 10, 2020No Comments on ASCII histograms are quick, easy to use and to implement

The tombs of the righteous

Posted on January 15, 2020No Comments on The tombs of the righteous

How I got a dream job in a distributed company and why I am leaving it

Posted on January 13, 2020January 15, 20203 Comments on How I got a dream job in a distributed company and why I am leaving it

Software commodities are eating interesting data science work — Yanir Seroussi

Posted on January 12, 20202 Comments on Software commodities are eating interesting data science work — Yanir Seroussi

Career advice. A research pharmacist wants to become a data scientist.

Posted on January 9, 2020January 10, 2020No Comments on Career advice. A research pharmacist wants to become a data scientist.

Athens, Greece

Posted on January 8, 2020January 29, 2020

New year, new notebook

Posted on January 1, 2020No Comments on New year, new notebook

Don’t we all like a good contradiction?

Posted on December 31, 2019June 10, 2020No Comments on Don’t we all like a good contradiction?

Staying employable and relevant as a data scientist

Posted on December 23, 2019January 25, 20201 Comment on Staying employable and relevant as a data scientist

Is security through obscurity back?

Posted on December 15, 2019No Comments on Is security through obscurity back?

I will speak at the NDR conference in Bucharest

Posted on December 11, 2019No Comments on I will speak at the NDR conference in Bucharest

Book review. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Posted on December 2, 2019December 2, 2019No Comments on Book review. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Cow shit, virtual patient, big data, and the future of the human species

Posted on November 28, 2019November 28, 2019No Comments on Cow shit, virtual patient, big data, and the future of the human species

Data visualization as an engineering task – a methodological approach towards creating effective data visualization

Posted on November 20, 2019November 20, 20191 Comment on Data visualization as an engineering task – a methodological approach towards creating effective data visualization

A tangible productivity tool (and a book review)

Posted on November 11, 2019November 11, 20193 Comments on A tangible productivity tool (and a book review)