Writing and notes by Ernesto Ramirez.https://ernestoramirez.com/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/examining-variability-in-physical-activity-data-with-r/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/examining-variability-in-physical-activity-data-with-r/Recreating eight methods for visualizing highly variable long-term Fitbit step data in R, inspired by a paper from the University of South Florida.Sun, 10 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ernestoramirez.com/posts/fun-on-the-fourth/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/fun-on-the-fourth/I couldn’t sleep so I did some work getting this site up and running then headed out for some actual running at one of my favorite spots in LA, Griffith Park.Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ernestoramirez.com/posts/how-much-fun-is-maximum-fun/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/how-much-fun-is-maximum-fun/I’m a big consumer of podcasts. Ever since I started living on my own while in graduate school I’ve found that having funny and interesting people in my…Sat, 04 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://ernestoramirez.com/posts/im-the-doctor-now/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/im-the-doctor-now/Well, it’s finally done. Eight years after I started this crazy graduate school journey I’ve successfully defended my dissertation. It wasn’t easy, it…Fri, 27 May 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://ernestoramirez.com/posts/visualizing-time-series-data/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/visualizing-time-series-data/When working with human behavior you’ll almost always have to deal with data that is formatted as a time series. Briefly, time series data corresponds with…Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://ernestoramirez.com/posts/ode-to-the-outshot/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/ode-to-the-outshot/I think the @Bullseye out shots are my new favorite piece of radio.Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://ernestoramirez.com/posts/hardware-is-hard/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/hardware-is-hard/I’ve been thinking a lot lately about stuff I’ve written, but is lost in other ecosystems. I got a Quora notification this evening and it reminded me of…Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://ernestoramirez.com/posts/the-data-dilemma/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/the-data-dilemma/It’s easier than every to measure anything we want, and it’s easier than ever to analyze that data, which means no field of human endeavor is safe from the…Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://ernestoramirez.com/posts/living-with-data/https://ernestoramirez.com/posts/living-with-data/Earlier this week an old friend of mine sent me a message outlining a request. In an effort to get back to his habit of drawing and creating he was reaching…Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT