Writing
The work I make on my own time — data essays, side projects, and an ongoing review blog. Self-directed, fully shown, real numbers throughout. Where the Star Tribune work is described, this is all open to read.
Remote Roast
A coffee-shop review blog I run with my friend Osmar. Data-forward reviews on Twin Cities cafés for getting work done, plus the data underneath every rating.
COVID Diaries
A diary kept in data through the first eleven weeks of the pandemic — quantified self, social networks, text, music, a graduation over Zoom. Most prompted by a Data Storytelling class; a few I just needed to write.
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Real vs. Fake News
A classifier that flags news stories as real or fake, trained on 182 articles from 2016. A Buzzfeed-style brief.
Predicting Airbnb Price
How accurately can a listing's price be predicted from its features — and what makes some listings cost more?