Last Updated on August 16, 2020 You’re interested in Machine Learning and maybe you dabble in it a little. If you talk about Machine Learning with a friend or colleague one day, you run the risk of someone actually asking you: “So, what is machine learning?“ The goal of this post is to give you a few definitions to think about and a handy one-liner definition that is easy to remember. We will start out by getting a feeling for […]

Last Updated on January 20, 2018 What is Machine Learning? We can read authoritative definitions of machine learning, but really, machine learning is defined by the problem being solved. Therefore the best way to understand machine learning is to look at some example problems. In this post we will first look at some well known and understood examples of machine learning problems in the real world. We will then look at a taxonomy (naming system) for standard machine learning problems […]

Last Updated on August 16, 2020 In this post I want to show you that programmers can get into machine learning. I will show you that learning machine learning can be just like learning any other piece of high technology. We’ll compare learning machine learning to learning to program in the first place, which may have been an even larger challenge. Image license some rights reserved by iwannt A Designer Wants to Code Pretend you are a designer, say a […]

Last Updated on September 27, 2016 Discover Your Personal Why And Finally Get Unstuck In this post, we will explore why you are interested in machine learning. We will look at some questions that can help you get to the root of what draws you to the field. We will finish with a map showing the 4 main “whys” so that you identify where you fit and what resources to target. Question Your Why Why are you interested in machine […]