Stephen PaffApplying Computational Ethnography and Statistics to Vapor Wave: Interview with Tanner Greene (Part…Here is the second part of three in my conversation with Tanner Greene. He discusses his strategies for transitioning from graduate school…1 min read·Dec 14, 2023----
Stephen PaffDesigning Machine Learning Products Anthropologically: Building Relatable Machine LearningHow do we build relatable machine learning models that regular people can understand? Here is a presentation about how design principles…1 min read·May 25, 2023----
Stephen PaffData Science Storytelling: Quantitative UX Research in Google Cloud with Randy Au (Part 1 of 2)Randy Au, a Quantitative UX Researcher at Google, explains how he leverages his backgrounds in communication, statistics, and programming…1 min read·May 9, 2023----
Stephen PaffData Science Interview ComicHere’s a comic I wrote about the travails of interviewing as a data scientist. Thank you, Emi Harry, for producing the panels.1 min read·May 4, 2023----
Stephen PaffDesigning Machine Learning Products Anthropologically: Building Relatable Machine LearningHow do we build relatable machine learning models that regular people can understand? This is a presentation about how design principles…2 min read·Apr 25, 2023----
Stephen PaffData Science and Game Design: Conversation with Clayton Sisson (Part 3 of 3)During the final part of our conversation, Clayton discusses his journey from game design to data science, including what inspired them to…1 min read·Apr 11, 2023----
Stephen PaffData Science and Game Design: Conversation with Clayton Sisson (Part 2 of 3)In Part 2, we discuss how to apply the design concept shikake to machine learning systems. Clayton Sisson is a game designer and aspiring…1 min read·Mar 28, 2023----
Stephen PaffData Science and Game Design: Conversation with Clayton Sisson (Part 1 of 3)Clayton Sisson is a game designer and aspiring data scientist, passionate about how data science can shed light on human behavior. For the…1 min read·Mar 14, 2023----
Stephen PaffUser-Centric Thinking in Data Science: Conversation with Anna Wu at Google Cloud (Part 3 of 3)I interviewed Anna Wu, a UX researcher and data scientist overseeing Google Cloud’s Compute Engine. In this final part of the conversation…1 min read·Feb 28, 2023----
Stephen PaffUser-Centric Thinking in Data Science: Conversation with Anna Wu at Google Cloud (Part 2 of 3)In this second part of my interview with Anna Wu, she describes the interconnections between data science and qualitative UX research.1 min read·Feb 14, 2023----