tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post6902311346538594820..comments2024-03-28T21:59:14.517-07:00Comments on Probably Overthinking It: Think X, Y and Z: What's in the pipeline?Allen Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633071333405221858noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-77975566003597897232014-06-03T11:31:30.263-07:002014-06-03T11:31:30.263-07:00Thanks! We're still kicking this decision aro...Thanks! We're still kicking this decision around, so thank you for your thoughts.<br />Allen Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633071333405221858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-74007116642783542822014-06-03T11:15:46.709-07:002014-06-03T11:15:46.709-07:00Hey Allen,
Just a quick note because it caught my...Hey Allen,<br /><br />Just a quick note because it caught my eye that you are considering moving ModSim over to Python. While I much prefer Python over MATLAB and did not particularly enjoy the MATLAB portion of ModSim, looking back I think it was a valuable experience and MATLAB is a good tool to have under your belt throughout many of Olin's courses. I would advise against making that change.<br /><br />I also hope that you continue to keep the cat on the cover of the physical copies. :)<br /><br />Best,<br />AriArihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929105166366737318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-66520345617159997482014-04-20T05:23:49.675-07:002014-04-20T05:23:49.675-07:00Hi Flemming. Thanks for these suggestions. I che...Hi Flemming. Thanks for these suggestions. I checked out Wakari while I was at PyCon, and got a chance to talk about it with Travis Oliphant himself. It definitely sounds like a good option, especially for Think DSP.Allen Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633071333405221858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-35518121967350871412014-04-19T21:54:08.477-07:002014-04-19T21:54:08.477-07:00Hello Allen,
First of all i would like to say tha...Hello Allen,<br /><br />First of all i would like to say thanks for all the things you do for the whole community with your books.<br /><br />About your next books i think that the Think DSP and the Think X (Modeling and Simulation) would be awesome.<br /><br />About the tools that you use i understand what you say about the prohibitive that can be to go to new tools when you have gone so far with you current ones. but i encourage you to try wakari they have a good feature for sharing a bundle which may include your custom libraries preloaded also solutions and working examples to try. <br /><br />Theres some books out there made and shared in that way for example: <a href="http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/CamDavidsonPilon/Probabilistic-Programming-and-Bayesian-Methods-for-Hackers/blob/master/Chapter4_TheGreatestTheoremNeverTold/LawOfLargeNumbers.ipynb" rel="nofollow">Check this| Bayesian Methods for Hackers: Chapter 4</a><br /><br />And similar things can be found in <a href="https://www.wakari.io/gallery" rel="nofollow">Wakari Gallery</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891062320316956151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-75603717418582020452014-04-19T21:47:44.920-07:002014-04-19T21:47:44.920-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891062320316956151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-5202870315398865922014-04-15T12:21:16.971-07:002014-04-15T12:21:16.971-07:00Hi Ben. I will look into it. Although at this po...Hi Ben. I will look into it. Although at this point I have so much experience with my current tool chain that the cost of exploring new tools might be prohibitive, even if they would be better!Allen Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633071333405221858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-59591423782560158922014-04-15T12:15:27.178-07:002014-04-15T12:15:27.178-07:00Along the same lines, have you looked at org-mode ...Along the same lines, have you looked at org-mode in Emacs, which allows you to write your latex and include code in any language (and basically organise your life in plain text, to borrow the title of a seminal article on the topic) Ben Maughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691024150776421960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-45561132869462228932014-04-14T04:57:49.727-07:002014-04-14T04:57:49.727-07:00I will look into literate programming. Thanks. A...I will look into literate programming. Thanks. And maybe I'll write a post about the regrettable parts of Think Stats.Allen Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633071333405221858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-31168702851054595342014-04-14T04:56:11.127-07:002014-04-14T04:56:11.127-07:00Thanks for the suggestion. And yes, I should do r...Thanks for the suggestion. And yes, I should do release notes. I'll try!Allen Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633071333405221858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-74648333112455622432014-04-14T04:55:15.825-07:002014-04-14T04:55:15.825-07:00Ok, I'm on it...Ok, I'm on it...Allen Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633071333405221858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-42771283100317689232014-04-13T04:51:25.776-07:002014-04-13T04:51:25.776-07:00I would love to read about the parts that make you...I would love to read about the parts that make you cringe in your thinking stats book. It is incredibly beneficial to see such reflections. <br /><br />I had not looked at IPython before and was going to recommend literate-programming, but it seems that is what IPython is. I think it is a great model to create something with. <br /><br />IPython does seem a bit on the interactive side for me. If you like the idea, but want something a bit more like just typing up a file and then having transformation magic happen, you can see if my version of literate programming works out for you: https://github.com/jostylr/literate-programming (new version in the works, but I have been using the current one for a year, quite happily). It uses named sections to include snippets and allows arbitrary transformations of the code blocks. I imagine for a project like yours, you could have code blocks that get included in the final document as well as code blocks that give full working versions as well as tests, etc.mylogoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938881040047958718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-29982226100491726802014-04-13T03:47:54.113-07:002014-04-13T03:47:54.113-07:00Hi,
You can use one of those online services for y...Hi,<br />You can use one of those online services for your LaTeX writing, this will also assist you with feedback:<br /><br />https://plus.google.com/+WritelatexOnline/<br /><br />This is one, there are many like it.<br /><br />One thing, could you add release notes for every update of the books in the webpage dedicated to each book?<br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894866515532737257.post-22637912138566928192014-04-12T14:46:59.495-07:002014-04-12T14:46:59.495-07:00Hello, my vote is for Modeling and Simulation usin...Hello, my vote is for Modeling and Simulation using SciPy. Best Regards,oscar jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497389734466748658noreply@blogger.com