February 18, 2015 by Paul on Writing

Improvements to the inventory pickup web app

I’d just like to share what I’ve updated on my inventory pickup web app over the past month.

January 6, 2015 by Paul on Business, Coding, Data

Inventory Pickup Web App

I wanted to use Django to solve a simple business problem, so I spent a few months of brainstorming and coding and came up with a system that I would like to discuss here.

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December 2, 2014 by Paul on Data

Playing a Game the Way it Wasn’t Meant to be Played (For Fun and Profit)

We should really talk about Moneyball.

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July 29, 2014 by Paul on Data, Reviews

Tableau Public Review

I was first introduced to Tableau Public a few months ago when I was using it at a job.

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June 27, 2014 by Paul on Coding, Data

Scraping PDFs with Python

PDFs are a hassle for those of us that have to work with them to get at their data. When I was at the Open Data NJ summit last month, the reporters and journalists went on and on about how utilizing PDFs the worst thing in the world, and they’re right.

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April 26, 2014 by Paul on Coding, Data

The Crime Map You Should Know About

I’ve coded a crime map for Muckgers, an online student-run publication that I contribute to. I’ve explained in detail in several posts on the site what I’ve done and improved upon, but I thought I would go into more about code and concepts on my blog.
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March 27, 2014 by Paul on Coding, Data

Comparing Company Names With Python

If you have trouble matching similar company names, you’re more than likely trying to clean up some sort of database. This is one of my major issues that I’ve tried to explore for myself, so hopefully my findings can assist others who find themselves in a similar situation.
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