Boris Gorelik shows how we use data at Automattic to visualize social connections between Automatticians.
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In this week in data reading, Demet offers up some digital anthropology over at FiveThirtyEight while Charles shares two papers he enjoyed in the field of natural language processing, and Carly offers a piece on back propagation.
… Continue readingImproving Relevance and Elasticsearch Query Patterns
The WordPress.org plugin directory has been significantly rebuilt over the past year and should go live soon (test site). Many from across the WordPress community helped with this effort. I focused on improving plugin search relevancy. This was a great learning experience on how to build more relevant searches for a couple of reasons: There … Continue reading Improving Relevance and Elasticsearch Query Patterns
This Week in Data Reading
This week, Boris, Demet, Charles, and Sirin offer pieces on data visualization, deep learning architecture, the "Dirtbag Left," and an obituary for the late Hans Rosling, a man who "had a talent for using numbers to tell exciting stories" -- largely about the world becoming a better place. Enjoy our recommendations below and remember to … Continue reading This Week in Data Reading
How’s Your New Year’s Resolution Going?
Talking with friends last week, many of us sheepishly admitted that we have already "broken" our 2017 resolutions. According to a popularly cited study by Norcross in 2002, only 64% of 150 participants who had made resolutions were able to stick with them beyond a month. A recent Marist poll lists some popular choices for … Continue reading How’s Your New Year’s Resolution Going?
This Week in Data Reading
This week, Boris and Charles bring you two new resources for data reading and pose some questions for discussion on how you approach scientific literature, and you detect and deal with bias inherent in your applications. Looking forward to your comments!
… Continue readingIntro to Search: Measurement
Welcome to the third part of our mini-series “Intro to Search.” In my previous posts, I’ve discussed the characteristics of great search results and what a search engine looks like from the inside. But, how do we know if our algorithms actually deliver relevant search results? The answer is, of course, by measurement! There is … Continue reading Intro to Search: Measurement
