Gradient Ascent #2 - Devayani Pawar
Devayani's fearlessness to jump headfirst into new topics is admirable. Indeed, it's this willingness to take a "leap of faith" that brought her half-way across the world, from her home in India to Ge...
13 Elo 20201h 20min
Friday, May 8, 2020
Today has been a little different than usual. I had a good conversation this morning with somebody I reached out to via a cold email. It makes me wonder why I spent so much time looking through job bo...
8 Touko 202028min
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Today's daily stand-up started rather innocently by looking at what yesterday's work. However, it quickly went down the rabbit hole. When we look at disinformation online, and for example, how conspir...
7 Touko 202030min
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Today, we're going to optimize my project's ETL. We can gather the data, but now we need to clean it and store it in the right spot. We'll also continue to build out the spreadsheet of misinformation ...
6 Touko 202028min
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
My project has now reached the point where we need to start exploring the narratives around COVID-19. Additionally, there is still work when it comes to data ingestion. I need not only to see if I can...
5 Touko 202027min
Monday, May 4, 2020
In the words of Steven Pressfield: What is this about? This episode centers around the investigation of my SharpestMinds project, and why I'm doing it in the first place. Additionally, it examines why...
4 Touko 202030min
Sunday, May 3, 2020
IToday was particularly interesting as I started to probe the question of why researching disinformation has become such a significant component of my life. And I think the answers may have their root...
3 Touko 202029min
