Data Dive

A DataDive is an all-weekend event with lots of people, computers, and coffee. Non-profits bring their data and their problems or questions, data scientists bring the expertise to answer the questions and solve the problems.

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Data Dive: The Reworked, Reversed, Reconsidered Edition
Data Dive: The Reworked, Reversed, Reconsidered Edition
January 15, 2018  |  Data Dive

Louis Brandeis, arguably the most quotable judge in the history of the United States Supreme Court, had his doubts about spontaneous acts of brilliance. “There...

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Data Dive: The Yes, No, Gotcha! Edition
Data Dive: The Yes, No, Gotcha! Edition
January 08, 2018  |  Data Dive

Holiday vacations are officially over, and the payments and commerce news cycle is back in high gear. Bitcoin turned nine, and was celebrated by seeing its price per...

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Joy To The World Edition: Bitcoin, Walmart And The Magic Of Movies
Joy To The World Edition: Bitcoin, Walmart And The Magic Of Movies
December 18, 2017  |  Data Dive

The final countdown to Christmas has begun – and in exactly one week, the counter officially will be at zero. The prepared have been finished...

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Data Dive Christmas Carol Edition: Bills, Bitcoin And Banks
Data Dive Christmas Carol Edition: Bills, Bitcoin And Banks
December 11, 2017  |  Data Dive

Everyone knows the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Scrooge the miser is visited by the three Ghosts of Christmas – Past, Present and Future –...

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The Unexplained Edition: Bitcoin, Apple And The Gap
The Unexplained Edition: Bitcoin, Apple And The Gap
December 04, 2017  |  Data Dive

On Dec. 5, 1872, 145 years ago tomorrow, the Mary Celeste was discovered drifting aimlessly off the coast of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean....

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The Up-And-Down Edition: Bitcoin, Chase Pay And Amazon Prices
The Up-And-Down Edition: Bitcoin, Chase Pay And Amazon Prices
November 20, 2017  |  Data Dive

While the holiday clock starts softly counting down when the calendar turns to Nov. 1, the real excitement kicks in on Thanksgiving once the dinner dishes are cleared, the coffee and dessert...

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The Surprises Edition: Ethereum, PayPal And The Fed
The Surprises Edition: Ethereum, PayPal And The Fed
November 13, 2017  |  Data Dive

The news was full of surprises this week. In the undeniably fun and not-so-serious surprise column was animoji karaoke. We admit, the use case for pandas singing hip hop...

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Shake It Off Edition: Google, Shopify And Walmart
Shake It Off Edition: Google, Shopify And Walmart
November 06, 2017  |  Data Dive

American poet and woman of letters Taylor Swift once noted that the haters gonna hate (hate, hate, hate, hate) and the players gonna play (play,...

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