Dr Sarah Beecroft from Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre "it's fun. Like you, you know, uncovering kind of the deeper insights, I think, which is quite interesting as well. You're getting closer to the bigger story or the deeper story if you want to look at it that way. " "you kind of need to like… Continue reading Sarah Beecroft on Bioinformatics and the joy of puzzles
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Scaling scams
It's important, when you're making graphs, to think about the story you want to tell with the data, and what type of graph, and what features of the graph, will help you tell that story. Likewise, when you're looking at someone else's graph, we all need to apply that critical data literacy and look at the scale on the y axis, as well as checking the labels, finding out the origin of the data, and considering whether the graph is accurate, a valid way to display that data, and what story it might be trying to tell you.
It All Averages Out
The average might be useful, but it can never describe an individual.
What do we value?
When I'm trying to get a piece of work out the door, I can often be heard muttering to myself "Perfect is the enemy of done." Because the urge to fuss, and edit, and polish until not a blemish can be seen is absolutely fatal to the need to get something finished. I know that,… Continue reading What do we value?
The Place of Women in Computing
If we assume girls aren't capable of doing computing, we won't give them the opportunity to learn computing.