Caitlin Hudon

Every day is a great day to listen to Cake, but today is especially great

Just IRL for this one, no recording!

The Data Mishaps Night is awesome & has the vibe I think #dataBS is all about XD

#dataSky / #databsky & #pyData you can come too ; )

Thank you @hmason.bsky.social!

SF DATA PEOPLE: Call for submissions! 🍌

The 5th annual Data Mishaps Night is happening IRL this year in SF on June 3rd. We want to hear about your data mistakes and how you learned from them!

Submit your story here by May 15: hextech.typeform.com/to/TIbjWEdi

Confirmed Cubs fan pope!!!!

Pope has a math degree

Thrilled to share that the 5th annual #DataMishapsNight is happening in-person this year on June 3rd in SF, sponsored by our friends at Hex! The event will be free, not recorded, and a great time.

If you're interested in speaking, please submit your story here! hextech.typeform.com/to/TIbjWEdi

AI Horseless Carriages | koomen.dev An essay about bad AI app design

Great read on good and bad user experiences with AI: koomen.dev/essays/horse...

Has anyone written / shared / open-sourced an AI strategy for data teams? 👀

Lucy this is amazing!! So perfectly packaged.

a bit more #Severance data
please enjoy all analyses equally

👉 lucymcgowan.github.io/mdr-website/

and for my #rstats friends:
👉 lucymcgowan.github.io/mdr/

This is completely bonkers and I want an entire documentary just about how they made it

Blue Christmas: A data-driven search for the most depressing Christmas song — Haystacks by Caitlin Hudon Using data to find the most depressing Christmas song (and rooting for 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas').

Tis the season! Sharing an all-time favorite analysis, my search for the most depressing Christmas song:
www.caitlinhudon.com/posts/2017/1...

Feels like a big opportunity, especially given a move from focus on things to focus on experiences. Kind of surprising that nobody is doing it though, which makes me think it must be harder than it seems?

Every year I buy a bunch of gift cards to local restaurants as gifts for family members. Every year I’m surprised that only like 10-20% of the local restaurants I find have a way to purchase a gift card directly on the website, so for every 15 sites I visit, I’m getting like 1 or 2 gift cards.

I'm excited to announce @skyseed.fund, the world's first incubator & fund exclusively focused on Bluesky and @atproto.com.

We're just getting started but have $1 Million in committed capital, and will be doing developer grants as well as pre-seed/seed funding.

www.prweb.com/releases/ope...

Yes! I think they might technically be for advent (it’s a much bigger thing here than in the US). They were so pretty!

I gotchu: spaetzl at the market, kaisercharrn (translated as “emporer’s madness”, like a shredded pancake for dessert), and pumpkin risotto from the Michelin starred airport hotel restaurant (I got stuck an extra night).

Not pictured: dumplings, bratwurst, gluhwine, and much great cheese!

Field report from Munich: the Christmas markets are indeed magical 🎄 💫

My initiation to Austin was learning how to pronounce Guadalupe

Ooh, makes sense — thanks for sharing this!

Just landed in Munich, Santa was there, and the bag handlers (elves, I assume?) put these Santa chocolates in the handle of each one. I’ve never been so delighted in my life.

Listening was very on-brand this year. Everywhere has been my top jam lately. Cake forever. Being Dead was my fave band discovery at SXSW. Loved Texas Hold ‘Em. Taylor remains queen.

Def not scooped, I’m glad this is a widely-appreciated thing!

Annual reminder that Spotify Wrapped is a great example of how you can build a fantastic data product without ML or AI

2yo is referring to numbers as “countings” 😭

The #1 piece of clothing I wish I owned is my HS math team shirt, which was a navy and white polo with a number on the back. The number was the same for everyone, 2^0, because “second to none, we’re number one”. Absolute perfection.

“I think I can see California from here”

Today in balancing parenting and working during a holiday week, a new record: school starts at 9am, parade at 11:10am and dismissal right afterwards 🫠