John Wilson
@johnawilson.bsky.social
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John Wilson
@johnawilson.bsky.social
· Mar 5
"Beneath anger, grief. Beneath grief, love. Beyond that, the clear blue sky." - Zen poem
For the record, since everyone is talking about BlueSky usage, I haven't stopped posting. I've just stopped posting to this account . . .
I've been working on my songwriting under my middle name over at: @johnarmistead.bsky.social. Hope to see you there.
I've been working on my songwriting under my middle name over at: @johnarmistead.bsky.social. Hope to see you there.
May 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
For the record, since everyone is talking about BlueSky usage, I haven't stopped posting. I've just stopped posting to this account . . .
I've been working on my songwriting under my middle name over at: @johnarmistead.bsky.social. Hope to see you there.
I've been working on my songwriting under my middle name over at: @johnarmistead.bsky.social. Hope to see you there.
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Hi.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
April 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Hi.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
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Don’t remember where I saw this library flyer a while back but it’s great
April 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Don’t remember where I saw this library flyer a while back but it’s great
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Scrum is in decline (thankfully). It's interesting, however, that many people immediately go to "What other framework is replacing Scrum." As Sander points out 👇, how about *no* framework? Frameworks have never done anybody any good because they don't transfer.
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March 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Scrum is in decline (thankfully). It's interesting, however, that many people immediately go to "What other framework is replacing Scrum." As Sander points out 👇, how about *no* framework? Frameworks have never done anybody any good because they don't transfer.
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Donating blood is not just good for others - it's good for you, according to new research. www.perplexity.ai/page/donatin...
Donating Blood Changes Your Genes
Recent research from the Francis Crick Institute has revealed intriguing genetic adaptations in the blood stem cells of frequent blood donors, supporting the...
www.perplexity.ai
March 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Donating blood is not just good for others - it's good for you, according to new research. www.perplexity.ai/page/donatin...
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I think something that uniquely positions a data manager on a team, is that a data manager is not necessarily invested in a specific analysis outcome. They are invested in making sure that you have usable data that accurately reflects your data collection effort, which is a useful vantage point.
March 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I think something that uniquely positions a data manager on a team, is that a data manager is not necessarily invested in a specific analysis outcome. They are invested in making sure that you have usable data that accurately reflects your data collection effort, which is a useful vantage point.
"Beneath anger, grief. Beneath grief, love. Beyond that, the clear blue sky." - Zen poem
March 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"Beneath anger, grief. Beneath grief, love. Beyond that, the clear blue sky." - Zen poem
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I long for the simplicity of a problem that can be solved by throwing jewelry into a volcano
February 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I long for the simplicity of a problem that can be solved by throwing jewelry into a volcano
Today I did what I do when I feel anxious or nervous about the world.
I gave blood. @americanredcross.bsky.social
It's an easy, convenient, and painless way to help someone somewhere who is hurting. And that helps me hurt a little less.
Sign up for your appointment here www.redcrossblood.org ❤️🩹
I gave blood. @americanredcross.bsky.social
It's an easy, convenient, and painless way to help someone somewhere who is hurting. And that helps me hurt a little less.
Sign up for your appointment here www.redcrossblood.org ❤️🩹
https://www.redcrossblood.org/❤️🩹
February 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Today I did what I do when I feel anxious or nervous about the world.
I gave blood. @americanredcross.bsky.social
It's an easy, convenient, and painless way to help someone somewhere who is hurting. And that helps me hurt a little less.
Sign up for your appointment here www.redcrossblood.org ❤️🩹
I gave blood. @americanredcross.bsky.social
It's an easy, convenient, and painless way to help someone somewhere who is hurting. And that helps me hurt a little less.
Sign up for your appointment here www.redcrossblood.org ❤️🩹
Painting, I have found, can be a very cathartic medium but sometimes I struggle to decide on a subject. Other times, I simply want an image painted to see it in a different way. This story of students partnering with seniors seems like a *happy medium* www.broomfieldenterprise.com/2025/01/30/w...
Watershed students partner with Boulder seniors on oil paintings
High school students from Boulder’s Watershed School took inspiration from the lives of seniors to create oil paintings for their Painting and Perception class.
www.broomfieldenterprise.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Painting, I have found, can be a very cathartic medium but sometimes I struggle to decide on a subject. Other times, I simply want an image painted to see it in a different way. This story of students partnering with seniors seems like a *happy medium* www.broomfieldenterprise.com/2025/01/30/w...
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Companies out here be like…
February 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Companies out here be like…
"you don’t need to ask permission to do good in the world" - Hadley Wickham's mom.
I owe much of my career in data to the development of the tidyverse. Fun read.
I owe much of my career in data to the development of the tidyverse. Fun read.
I've been working on a history of the tidyverse for an upcoming special issue of the Australia/New Zealand Journal of Statistics celebrating 25 years of R. I'd love to get your feedback! What have I missed?
hadley.github.io/25-tidyverse...
#rstats
hadley.github.io/25-tidyverse...
#rstats
A personal history of the tidyverse
hadley.github.io
January 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"you don’t need to ask permission to do good in the world" - Hadley Wickham's mom.
I owe much of my career in data to the development of the tidyverse. Fun read.
I owe much of my career in data to the development of the tidyverse. Fun read.
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dee-going to stop you right there
January 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
dee-going to stop you right there
Supply and demand . . . We need to build more housing.
January 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Supply and demand . . . We need to build more housing.
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Demographics of 21stC – Declining Fertility – Depopulation & Ageing
McKinsey ‘Dependency and Depopulation: Confronting the consequences of a new demographic reality‘ looking at fertility rate decline, increasing longevity & ageing populations.
educationtrainingsociety.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/d...
McKinsey ‘Dependency and Depopulation: Confronting the consequences of a new demographic reality‘ looking at fertility rate decline, increasing longevity & ageing populations.
educationtrainingsociety.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/d...
Demographics of 21st Century – Declining Fertility – Depopulation and Ageing
McKinsey Global Institute published a new report ‘Dependency and Depopulation: Confronting the consequences of a new demographic reality’ looking at fertility rate decline, increasing l…
educationtrainingsociety.wordpress.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Demographics of 21stC – Declining Fertility – Depopulation & Ageing
McKinsey ‘Dependency and Depopulation: Confronting the consequences of a new demographic reality‘ looking at fertility rate decline, increasing longevity & ageing populations.
educationtrainingsociety.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/d...
McKinsey ‘Dependency and Depopulation: Confronting the consequences of a new demographic reality‘ looking at fertility rate decline, increasing longevity & ageing populations.
educationtrainingsociety.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/d...
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Great post by @brendan.fyi on how data team requirements don’t fit nearly within generic cron runners (Jenkins, Kubernetes CronJobs)
#dataBS
www.prefect.io/blog/stop-ma...
#dataBS
www.prefect.io/blog/stop-ma...
January 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Great post by @brendan.fyi on how data team requirements don’t fit nearly within generic cron runners (Jenkins, Kubernetes CronJobs)
#dataBS
www.prefect.io/blog/stop-ma...
#dataBS
www.prefect.io/blog/stop-ma...
Me, looking for one of David Lynch's meaningful quotes about death and grief:
January 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Me, looking for one of David Lynch's meaningful quotes about death and grief:
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Senior housing's one-chart investment thesis:
January 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Senior housing's one-chart investment thesis:
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how i'd learn machine learning in 2025 if i had to start from scratch:
1. find a log that i initially planned to turn into a table leg
2. make it into a puppet that can walk and talk
3. have the puppet, through a series of adventures, turn into a real boy and realize the true value of friendship
1. find a log that i initially planned to turn into a table leg
2. make it into a puppet that can walk and talk
3. have the puppet, through a series of adventures, turn into a real boy and realize the true value of friendship
January 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
how i'd learn machine learning in 2025 if i had to start from scratch:
1. find a log that i initially planned to turn into a table leg
2. make it into a puppet that can walk and talk
3. have the puppet, through a series of adventures, turn into a real boy and realize the true value of friendship
1. find a log that i initially planned to turn into a table leg
2. make it into a puppet that can walk and talk
3. have the puppet, through a series of adventures, turn into a real boy and realize the true value of friendship
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Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."
Earlier that day:
Earlier that day:
January 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."
Earlier that day:
Earlier that day:
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Bison are the only animal that turn into a snowstorm rather than away from it because they instinctively know that walking into the storm will get them out of the weather quicker. There may be a life lesson for humans in this. It also makes for some epic pictures.
December 26, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Bison are the only animal that turn into a snowstorm rather than away from it because they instinctively know that walking into the storm will get them out of the weather quicker. There may be a life lesson for humans in this. It also makes for some epic pictures.
Donated. donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
December 26, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Donated. donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
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Beautiful description of the social nature of developer problem-solving (and on valuing the vast amount of social learning we each have done in our lives!): "As I write code, they enrich my decision-making process, like a radio station of good advice that never turns off."
New post: I think the debate around whether LLMs can replace developers is lacking some nuance because, if we're lucky, we as developers don't work without context. I work with my Alphabet Radio on, streaming the greatest hits of the best devs I've worked with.
vickiboykis.com/2024/12/16/w...
vickiboykis.com/2024/12/16/w...
Write code with your Alphabet Radio on
We can only write good code together
vickiboykis.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Beautiful description of the social nature of developer problem-solving (and on valuing the vast amount of social learning we each have done in our lives!): "As I write code, they enrich my decision-making process, like a radio station of good advice that never turns off."