The Web Summit, Europes largest technology-industry conference was held in Dublin this week. An annual event since 2010, the Web Summit attracted over ten thousand visitors from over 90 countries. The Web Summit puts Ireland on the international startup and internet scene. With speakers like Elon Musk (founder of Paypal, SpaceX, and Tesla) and representatives from …
I’ve recently wanted to geocode a large number of addresses (think circa 60k) in Ireland as part of a visualisation of the Irish property market. Geocoding can be simply achieved in R using the geocode() function from the ggmap library. The geocode function uses Googles Geocoding API to turn addresses from text to latitude and …
As a practicing data scientist, I have regular need to present and distribute the results of analyses, or to provide descriptive statistics on data sets. Ideally these results can be presented in the form of interactive graphics, standalone applications, or as continually updating dashboards. There are a range of excellent dashboard and visualisation building softwares …
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending a Dublin startup weekend called “Dublin Launch48”. The premise of the weekend was to develop good business ideas from inception to realisation over the course of 48 hours. At the end of the weekend, you (and your newly formed team) have present your work, explain how you came …
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