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Travis Campbell

@hcoyote.bsky.social

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Three raccoons in a big data trenchcoat. | "I help people use data." | ex-AMD, ex-Indeed, ex-Cloudera “The Don Rickles of Big Data” but streaming data is my current jam. Somewhere in the mountains of Colorado Need to contact? Ping on Signal: hcoyote.83

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Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · Dec 21

Treat data like blood donations. Ask A LOT of questions.

Whose blood is this? Where did you get this blood? Why is there so much blood? Does the person you collected this blood from know you have it? Did anyone see you take this blood?

Now replace “blood” with “data”

#dataBS

Samuel Wong @samuelwong.bsky.social · Dec 21

5 Questions you need to ask before taking on any data project medium.com/learning-dat...

5 Questions you need to ask before taking on any data project

When you get a vague data request, ask these questions!

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Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · 5m

What pisses me off with these fundraisers at this point is them asking for funds for a candidate in a different state. Like, dude, I’m not your fucking constituent.

Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · 7m

On the bright side, you stop getting all those political fundraising text messages when you do that.

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Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · 7h

After working at home for almost a decade, my Dunbar’s number is 5: my wife, my two dogs, and two cats.

Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · 8h

If the Atlantic could get away with it, they’d report on the effects of cocaine with the byline: “Coke? Hate what it does to me, but I sure love the smell of it!”

Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, it's not a potato gun, it's a low velocity, high kinetic impact, 40mm stun round.

If you happen to make it go Mach Jesus with 75x atmospheric pressure, well ... that's on you.

Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Queen sized heating blankets are perfection.

Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · 1d

MapReduce will live on.

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Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · 2d

I would’ve said Dale Earnhardt.

Travis Campbell @hcoyote.bsky.social · 3d

I need a bigger molcajete, I say to myself as I try to crush five tiny cloves of garlic, salt, and onion for my guacamole in something that feels like a thimble.