Articles by George Mount

What is the “data analytics stack?”

August 8, 2020 | George Mount

A poor craftsman blames his tools. But if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. It’s common for web developers or database adminstrators to refer to their “stack” of tools used to do the job, but I’ve never heard this moniker used for data ...
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Python-Powered Excel (O’Reilly Online Learning)

August 7, 2020 | George Mount

I’m pleased to present a new O’Reilly Online Learning session on Python-Powered Excel on Friday Sept 18th at 12p Eastern. The session is free to attend for all subscribers to the fantastic O’Reilly Online Learning platform. Check your employer or university for an institutional account, or really, ...
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Practice R and Python on the Cloud for Free

December 16, 2019 | George Mount

R and Python, the “dynamic duo” of data science, are both free, open-source programming languages. That means that there’s no “vendor” in the sense that, say, Microsoft owns Excel. This can make getting started with these programs a little trickier: there are several ways to install them, often multi-step, ...
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