tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58968842024-02-08T13:19:00.510-05:00Math-Law-other-studiesThis blog has been a record since fall 2003 of my daily studies at Carleton University to 2006. It was then used to document my studies at the University of Ottawa to 2010. I have been a Teaching Assistant (TA) in the school of mathematics and statistics at Carleton for three years 2003 to 2006. It was about 1978 when I started to use a keyboard regularly.I am presently working in government where I support the production of statistics.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.comBlogger1730125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-29230365884524288092020-04-07T12:55:00.002-04:002020-04-07T12:55:54.237-04:00Conference peer reviewsI am assigned some conference peer reviews right now but won’t say what conference.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-13873561181956651752020-04-07T12:54:00.001-04:002020-04-07T12:54:58.260-04:00Blog updateI did not write a single post last year.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-16700385701450897802018-04-02T00:01:00.000-04:002018-04-02T00:09:38.173-04:00I have no conference papers to write this year but will plan to attend many conferencesI am planning to attend three conferences in Montreal and have reserved hotel rooms for those. I am also next weekend flying to Denver for a conference in statistical computer programming. I have some conference peer reviews assigned now due in a bit more than one week. Yes, I am busy in research even if not an academic at work. I do work in the research industry in my government job.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-39846609997357535792018-01-31T23:15:00.000-05:002018-01-31T23:17:07.929-05:00Practical self help books are useful.I had been read something about the critical legal studies movement from the United States. I was also reading about the love lives of socialists hundreds of years ago. I was also starting to read a history of agrarian societies by Max Webber. My point is that sometimes practical self help books are also needed in one’s library.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-20878512664551327662018-01-27T06:32:00.001-05:002018-01-27T06:32:29.753-05:00Conference eposter for this year.<p dir="ltr">I am writing an eposter for a SAS user conference. I will explain issues switching over to 64 bit computing and Excel. I need to do some more research and need to cover SAS 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4</p>
Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-72847312033347335712018-01-17T23:26:00.000-05:002018-01-18T00:27:27.016-05:00I started studying a data science course in machine learning using the Kaggle web site in their learn initiative..I am slowly learning machine learning again. I started coding a machine learning model in a course from Kaggle Learn.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-87293912384667211162018-01-15T22:52:00.000-05:002018-01-15T22:52:21.777-05:00A great deal of my academic studies are involved in my workplace and data sciencesI have been working in a government ministry for 11 years now. I work with data directly almost everyday. I am moving more into analysis soon and will work less on production of statistics and perhaps work less directly with data. I will work more in economic analysis and have responsibilities for writing papers more.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-5088483076768542352018-01-12T23:59:00.000-05:002018-01-13T00:04:51.217-05:00I am following a bit of the recent facebook algorithm changes and discussing this change.My legal background makes me think more of individuals and separate cases yet others in sociology would hope to generalize. This plays out in social media sites as some observations can be made but in my opinion there will be different uses in many cases and exceptions to the observations.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-45007956387597106182018-01-10T23:34:00.001-05:002018-01-10T23:34:14.197-05:00I am enjoying ebooks<p dir="ltr">I am building quite a library of economics ebooks and Python programming ebooks. This is happening outside of shopping at Amazon but the books are being read on an Amazon Kindle reader account on a physical Kindle but also using a Kindle app on various phones and tablets.</p>
Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-18044782483307065742018-01-09T23:48:00.003-05:002018-01-09T23:48:09.944-05:00I read a study on senior consumption of online music.I read a study by a coworker about online music consumption of seniors. It was noted that seniors buy more book and perhaps seniors would become big consumers of ebooks.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-89521142658285889882018-01-06T23:51:00.001-05:002018-01-06T23:53:25.232-05:00I am studying Python programming this year as a New Year's resolutionI have just been reading about Python programming and using Python 3.4. I just learned how to create a virtual machine environment with conda and anaconda systems.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-45148403866039815622018-01-05T23:36:00.004-05:002018-01-05T23:36:42.009-05:00I wrote a professional certification exam today and passed.I wrote a professional certification exam for SAS 9 Base Programmer and passed the exam today. I later in the evening studied some Python programming.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-10155646453794697752018-01-01T14:23:00.001-05:002018-01-01T14:23:09.822-05:00Music studies continueI have been studying music in my spare time and a few years back have studied scales and jazz improvisation with Gary Burton from the Berklee College. This study was possible by attending a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). I also studied music production and the use of Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) in music production again from Berklee and again by way of a MOOC. That was taught by Loudon Stearns. I also studied song writing this way from Berklee taught by Pat Pattison. Lastly I studied intro to guitar playing, again from Berklee and taught by Thaddeus Hogarth.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-57114783559748832892017-12-31T13:57:00.002-05:002017-12-31T13:57:43.277-05:00I did attend the Association of Internet Researchers 2017 conference in Tartu Estonia,.I enjoyed the presentations and learned more about current Internet technologies and research perspectives on these such as Blockchain and smart contracts to topics of Internet communities or online communities and in this case online communities of love and social support rather than online hate.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-80282334165672242152017-12-30T19:29:00.001-05:002017-12-30T19:29:42.682-05:00Resolving to write more blog posts next year.This blog about my school studies is one blog I resolve to write more posts for next year, 2018.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-4461951807078097272017-08-13T13:17:00.000-04:002017-08-13T13:18:42.010-04:00I will be attending the Association of Internet Researcher's annual conference this year.I have my hotel room reserved and my flight booked and paid for now. I have holidays booked off work. My work does not focus solely on Internet Research so I can not get my workplace to pay for this trip.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-39107584860052418552017-05-22T03:05:00.002-04:002017-05-22T03:05:51.650-04:00 Championing digital technologies would be easier if… Championing digital technologies would be easier if…
Everyone in the organization had basic computer literacy.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-58792021551455037672017-05-22T02:31:00.000-04:002017-05-22T02:31:16.124-04:00From the University of Reading and Future Learn and the course, Digital Leadership :What we'll cover in Week 1From the University of Reading and Future Learn and the course, Digital Leadership
<OL><LI>1. How much do you already know about new digital technology?</LI>
<LI>2. Traditionally, who are the digital leaders in your company?</LI>
<LI>3. What makes a good digital leader?</LI></OL>
Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-36240878617338234012017-03-24T05:04:00.001-04:002017-03-24T05:04:57.314-04:00Nobel prize lectures<p dir="ltr">I last attended a Nobel prize lecture in Toronto at the Ontario Science centre Polanyi in 1986 or 87. He <u>touched</u> on gun control.</p>
Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-17017135274481147432017-03-22T01:26:00.001-04:002017-03-22T01:26:40.473-04:00This blog is not used much anymore <p dir="ltr">I have not blogged much since after my first year or two of working in government. Partly this is because I must work at a certain level of secrecy to protect citizen data and citizen personal information. I am working mostly programming in the SAS statistical programming and data management computer language.</p>
Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-3759647170557795582015-06-14T00:25:00.001-04:002015-06-14T00:25:24.015-04:00Well I tried getting back into sociological reading.I read a little theory of rules and laws of sociology. I have not been doing as much academic study since leaving school. I do participate in conferences and write computer programming related papers. I want to try reading some heavy sociology this weekend.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-3498602108030809152014-12-25T18:58:00.001-05:002014-12-25T18:58:15.265-05:00Reading<p dir="ltr">I bought both Coders at Work and Data Scientists at Work</p>
Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-64932837509607173382014-11-22T23:59:00.001-05:002014-11-22T23:59:27.874-05:00My presentation on suicide intervention in peer support communities is
completed.I was able to write a Power Point slide show with very little content and appropriate number of bullet points per slide. I recorded the talking for the presentation ahead of time. It went well. I added a lot of people to my main Twitter account by presenting at this suicide prevention conference.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-83220324304900263142014-11-03T20:53:00.001-05:002014-11-03T20:55:04.694-05:00Conferences, grad school and why life and 2 BAs make me an expert on
just about anything.I was so proud while studying in my first thesis attempt to be already presenting conference papers and able to write papers about my thesis from both a socio-economic perspective and a knowledge representational logic model perspective. <div>I still present in a variety of fields, this year presenting on privacy law and the Internet , peer community suicide intervention capacity. And writing conference papers for next year on technical formatting of Excel, automating software reuse, and managing knowledge in the context of SAS programming talent.</div><div>And I have a day job in an office paying a salary supporting all this creative academic expression.</div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896884.post-71067266483903325372014-11-02T01:27:00.001-04:002014-11-02T01:27:55.009-04:00Slowly catching up on my blogs.I have been so caught up on facebook these past 7 years I have basically stopped blogging. I need to start again.<div><br></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519496880404500490noreply@blogger.com0