iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I'll be giving a tutorial at this year's WOMBAT2026 workshop! Some along and learn about survival analysis. There are in-person and hybrid options available. Early bird registration is available for another 2 days!

100 1

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Jurassic Park. Excellent book and movie. Lost World is an good book too but sequels are rubbish!

140 4

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

"You keep trying little buddy, you'll get there one day"

090 9

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

xx <- ... is my garbage variable name. My instincts are to just use x, but my instincts also tell me I probably have used x in my actual code somewhere important

251 5

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

😍 How often do you run across the road for a cheeky swim at lunchtime?

120 2

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

One of my first jobs paid me with an actual handwritten cheque each fortnight. I had to sheepishly ask the office manager what to do with it, then was horrified to learn that I had inherited a chore each fortnight to cash it and get my money.

020 2

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Register today for your spot in the 2025 OceaniaR Hackathon in Canberra This event is a great opportunity to learn and participate in a range of projects around data analysis, statistics, data science and R programming. Register here: statsocaus.github.io/oceaniar-hac... #rstats #datascience

195 9

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Looking forward to delivering a workshop for the WOMBAT 2025 meeting this year. Great for beginners or those wanting a refresher. Come along and meet some great people! Its such a welcoming and friendly group at WOMBAT each year - I can't recommend it enough if you are into analytics, data sci, R

020 2

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

enjoy it while its ad free. the milking will commence soon

040 4

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

“If I could put it into a very few words, dear sir, I should say that our prevalent belief is in moderation. We inculcate the virtue of avoiding excesses of all kinds—even including, if you will pardon the paradox, excess of virtue itself.” ― James Hilton, Lost Horizon

010 1

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

"What did you do at work today?" "Not much" Looking for a top notch data scientist? I'm available.

143 4

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Not a night owl, but can be an antipodean code buddy using the magic of timezones :)

200 2

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Hello 👋 I will soon have capacity to take on an additional project or engagement. If you, or someone you know are ramping up their #datascience capability, get in touch. Easiest method is DM, email, stopping me in the street, flagging me down in moving traffic, or failing that, telephone.

042 4

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If SQL, R, Python and ChatGPT were people. This is how old they would be. #datascience #rstats #python

020 2

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

In my latest blog I test the use of {ellmer} with 'seed' values to improve reproducibility in LLM responses for data analysis. Based on helpful suggestions from my below post. www.deanmarchiori.com/posts/2025-0... #rstats

deanmarchiori.com

Can you trust what AI is telling you? – Dean Marchiori

A plea for reproducible workflows for GenAI analysis

060 6

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I'm not trying to be difficult here. I'm just holding GenAI to the same standard as a cooking recipe book.

030 3

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Lazy cross post, please help. I have a bad feeling about this.

121 2

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

this works too readr::read_csv(file = c("file1.csv", "file2.csv"))

192 9

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

When something expensive breaks at home and I fix it myself rather than call a trades person and my wife wants and explanation when she gets home from work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc9N...

youtube.com

Chris the 'fixer' Pyne

YouTube video by TheWalkingDead(WildEndurance)

040 4

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

...people can and should decide themselves on how to describe what they do. This might be different to what their employers 'brand' them ( often arbitrary). And in any case, many of us end up taking on tasks that don't neatly fit into any definition - and this can be satisfying or necessary.

010 1

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

It sounds like a scientist of some sort. I think the specific job title would depend on the employer's industry and domain. Ive found in different industries, specific titles can be rich with meaning and be very different to equivalent activities in other fields.

110 1

Reposted by Dean Marchiori

Miles McBain @milesmcbain.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

AI is a bust: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02... Contrast this with an actual game changing technology like social media - people were fanging for accounts. Parents were asking their kids to help them get online. Nobody was forced onto social media, and charged an extra 40 bucks for privilege.

abc.net.au

'Arrogance is astounding': Microsoft subscription price hike brings backlash

Microsoft has increased the price of its Microsoft 365 subscriptions, which it says has new AI features, but the price hike caused consumer outrage.

062 6

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Ever look at reviews online? Don't be fooled by average star rating - the number of reviews matters too! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (2) 💡 The higher up you are on this chart, the higher your chance of a really bad stay. It turns out you really need 20+ reviews before you can rely on the star rating

110 1

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I love the way academic papers in the mathematical sciences really ground you before confounding you. First line in the Introduction: "Many of us are familiar with fruits and vegetables"

020 2

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

A favourite restaurant of our family has a menu item which reads: "Chicken Parmigiana with chips and salad or vegetables" and the logical ambiguity is so good we talk about it every time we visit.

020 2

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I was wondering this too. My skepticism of this was piqued with the phrase 'Existing-Policies Scenario'. Scenario based forecasts are very different to predictions. And lower end estimates of these might just be naive 'status-quo' or no-change scenarios.

010 1

Reposted by Dean Marchiori

Darragh Murray @darraghmurray.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

As a data and analytics person embedded in the business, I’m often involved in robust discussions with IT over access to software & data. It can be frustrating but @deanmarchiori.bsky.social has some great tips on dealing with this conundrum #dataBS #dataSky www.deanmarchiori.com/posts/2024-1...

deanmarchiori.com

Dean Marchiori - 5 tips for dealing with IT

Getting data science done with your IT team

1132 13

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

"My Buzz lightyear is better than your Woody" 🤪

040 4

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I get similar calls Michael, but at my place I'm expected to delete the spider.

010 1

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Good content. Watching this is how I imagine my kids feel when they ask me computer questions.

youtu.be

Why You Should Think About Switching To Linux.

YouTube video by Andrea Borman

150 5

Reposted by Dean Marchiori

Matthew Mullins @mmullins.coginiti.co · 13/11/2024

Just a reminder that LLMs don’t aim at the truth. Generate is the whole game. Hallucination is a feature, not a bug.

3264 26

Reposted by Dean Marchiori

kat cosgrove @kat.lol · 13/11/2024

I fucking love airports. I love how weird the experience is. I love being outside of time. I love having champagne and pizza for breakfast at 6am. I love the smell of Jet A. I love being alone in a huge crowd of people all ignoring and observing each other

162039 203

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Give me a break man, I'm trying. Do you know how long my CI/CD builds take.

120 2

Dean Marchiori @deanmarchiori.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Whats the German word for the nostalgia I feel of 2007 electronic music & the naive lack of appreciation I had then, even though its prob just a longing for a more youthful time and could only have be born from the passage of time and I'm doomed to repeat this mistake with current new music?

130 3