Nick Chase talks with Dave Rael about reading, writing, learning, machine learning, tackling huge tasks, and sharing knowledge
Nick Chase is a developer, author, and professional Explainer-of-Things. He is the author of Machine Learning for Mere Mortals, as well as other technical books and a few hundred tutorials. He is also Head of Technical Content for the cloud computing company Mirantis, and has participated in multiple open source projects, including Kubernetes and OpenStack. A former technical and pop culture journalist and publisher, he and his wife, who is also his partner, work out of a chicken, goat, and koi farm in the wilds of Ohio.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Nicholas Chase
- - Nick's position at Mirantis
- - Nick's relationship with writing
- - Having interest and ability in both technical matters and communication
- - Comparisons of creating stories and creating software
- - Nick on machine learning
- - How Nick and Manning have delivered Machine Learning for Mere Mortals
- - Taking on Herculean tasks
- - Nick's story of failure - pushing the team to implement something that shouldn't have been done
- - The possibilities and perils of machine learning
- - Nick's book recommendations
- - Nick's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Nick
Resources:
- Machine Learning for Mere Mortals
- Nick's Live Q&A with the author of Machine Learning for Mere Mortals
- Tech For Mere Mortals
- Mirantis
- The Mirantis Blog
- Scifi Imaginarium
- Applevision - (1978) - Apple II - DEMO HD
- Genesis 1
- Second Life
- Felienne on Developer On Fire
- Linear Regression
- Active Server Pages 3.0 From Scratch - Nicholas Chase
- Python for Mere Mortals (Technology for Mere Mortals) - Nick Chase
- Jurassic Park: A Novel - Michael Crichton
Nicholas's book recommendation:
Nicholas's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Do not be afraid to admit you don't understand something
- Figure out what works for you
- At least once per year, do something that scares you