August 17, 2014
Briefly
- Jawbone (who make gadgets that tell you if you’re awake and walking around) have made some interesting graphics on sleep and activity in cities around the world.
- VentureBeat argues that doctors don’t actually care about your Jawbone and Fitbit data
- Alberto Cairo writes about media graphics and constructive criticism. He’s probably right.
- the Slate Money podcast has some nice discussion of data science jobs, from a range of viewpoints (starting at about 24:45 — or listen to the whole thing and learn about Buzzfeed and about the payday loan industry)
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »