Preparation for Practical Stream of Consciousness Curriculum to Big Data and Geekery (Ongoing Journey into the Heart of Data Darkness_201712xx_v01)

101.1 Visions

  1. Literature
    1. We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Bobiverse Book 1; Dennis E. Taylor; 2016. Artificial Intelligence (AI).
    2. Ready Player One; Ernest Cline; 2011. – Relevant Topics: Virtual Reality, Evolution of the Internet. (Completed)
    3. Neuromancer, Sprawl Trilogy Book 1; William Gibson; 1984.
    4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?; Philip K. Dick; 1968.
    5. I, Robot; Isaac Asimov; 1950.
    6. Possible supplemental additions:
      1. Dune: The Butlerian Jihad; Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson; 2002
  2. Film
    1. Blade Runner (Theatrical Cut); 1982.
    2. Blade Runner 2049; 2017.
    3. Altered Carbon (Netflix); 2018.
  3. Music (See BigDataBeard.com Playlist on Spotify) (Work in Progress)

201.x Languages – Python

  1. Development Environments
    1. http://www.pythonanywhere.com (Web)
    2. Coda (iOS)
    3. Pythonista 3 (iOS)

401.x  Data Modeling Concepts: Rational Choice Under Uncertainty and Prisoner’s Dilemma Games

– Hadoop

– Data Robot

– Kafka

– K8 and REX-Rey

– Tensor Flow

– Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Pivotal Ready Systems