Tim’s Blog

  • Mapping Functions in R

    I have been buffing up on some areas of Math that I felt rusty in. One of the tools I was using was my old TI-82 calculator I used in high school. I even got the TI Connect software working where I could download screenshots, etc. You can put in data sets (see screen cap […]

  • Removing Exif Data To Resolve IOS Issues

    Related to my last post, I had a bug to fix. The images looked rotate 90 degrees locally, so I used Imagemagick’s convert command to rotate them 90 degrees. They looked right locally, and on the sight when viewed in chrome. However, iOS was showing the images over-rotated by 90 degrees. It turns out after […]

  • Resizing Images in Bulk

    I help maintain a site for a craft business. One of the challenges is multiple sizes of images for new stock each year. I used to go through and resize each image manually with a program like Gimp. I finally got smart and installed ImageMagick. With a Rakefile, I can pass each image into the […]

  • Data-Driven vs the Dashboard 

    It is common for technical product companies to call themselves “data-driven” these days. The idea is that metrics are used to drive decisions. Sounds easy enough, and compatible with a technology landscape that is enamored with data science, etc.  But something didn’t always feel right to me. Strange, right? If you follow this blog or […]

  • My Next Home: Why DialogTech?

    In my last post, I wrote about why I was making a change. I started in January at Ifbyphone’s Cleveland office. This week, we rebranded to DialogTech. In my opinion, a much better name. We have software-as-a-service products (SAAS, Cloud-based, however you want to say that) around managing analytics, specifically geared towards marketing efforts. Anyone […]

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