Geeky Gal Technical Musings

So one of my takeaways from last weekend's Women Techmaker Summit 2017 was this great resource on neutral networks and deep learning - Neural Networks and Deep Learning . Machine learning, big data and artificial intelligence are hot topics currently in the technology world. There are a lot of online and offline resources out there. What I most like about neutral networks and deep learning is that its a free online book and accessible to anyone  with a computer and Internet access (free is almost always a good thing!) the conversational writing style of the author Michael Nielsen Nielsen's philosophy to build on the core concepts and theory rather than become a Jack or Jill of all trades and learn some long list of concepts. He wants the reader to build and develop a solid (and deep) understanding of key concepts. I love the analogy he keeps in the introduction on learning the core concepts of a programming languages. Once you know the fundamentals, you can pick up differ

I had the privilege of attending the International Women's Day Summit (# WTM17 ) at the Google NYC office on March 4th. I could have spent my Saturday morning sleeping in or lounging around doing whatever. Instead I decided I want to 1) meetup with former colleagues and friends, and 2) attend an inspiring event celebrating women in technology and women's history month. Even though I have many years of professional work experience, I left WTM17 feeling inspired and even more motivated and with a new goal in mind (read on!). I am doing well for myself but there is always room to improve. Never stop dreaming. Never stop sharing your story. The theme of the event was Telling Your Story (#TellingYourStory)  and what a day of storytelling it was. From stories of immigrating to the United States from the Philippines to dealing with imposter syndrome because you have a MFA from Columbia instead of a MS to shaving your head as a coping mechanism, each speaker had an important story t