Author Archives: Jason

About Jason

Jason R. Koepke is Founder and Data Strategist at GNT LLC, a risk-analysis and data strategy firm that provides analytical and technical services to the public and private sectors. His work and research has been featured in the academic, financial, and technical industries.

Things I Learned This Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* V/A – Ruff Ryders, Volume 1 is an album that has held up surprisingly well. Let’s be careful and not confuse me for a Ruff Ryder fan. (Courtesy: Ruff Ryders)

* Painting a house is even worse than I expected, but I know it will be worth it in the end. (Courtesy: Personal experience)

* Popping one’s collar was the original style for polo shirts. (Courtesy: Valet.)

* “Retirement job” is a common phrase–Google has about 500k results–that people speak without hesitation. Its existence is both surprising and a reflection of the economy and people’s engagement with the economy. (Courtesy: CF)

The Pointlessness of Stating What We can See from Space

Boing Boing, courtesy of a Twitter post from Jad Abumrad and using imagery from NASA, has a post about how we can see the path of the Massachussets tornado from space and includes a photo. Yeah, satellite imagery is powerful. It is time we retire the can-see-it-from-space line.

Things I Learned This Week

Among the things I learned this week:

* ING instituted a super smart policy that requires aggregation services (e.g., American Express’ Money Manager or Mint.com) to use a read-only access code rather than your PIN (i.e., personal identification number). (Courtesy: ING)

* Pittsburgh continues to be a great city, always evolving, but always rocking. Next time you’re in town, check out 33. (Courtesy: Pittsburgh)

* Cacti are amazing in person! (Courtesy: Mother Nature)