On every Minds Behind Maps episode I ask guests for books they've read they think are worth sharing. This time I'm sharing with you the books I read & recommend from my 2024 reading.
Minds Behind Maps
Long conversations with the people behind the maps powering the modern world.
Hosted by Max Lenormand
- My Favourite Books of 2024 - MBM79
- How Bloomberg's Data Scientists use Satellite Images for Reporting: Krishna Karra - MBM78
Krishna Karra is a data scientist & report for Bloomberg, having used machine learning & satellite images for reporting. Recent stories from him & his team include mapping refugee camps in Rafah & exposing illegal ship oil transfers in the middle of the Ocean.
- How Ex-Vox Video Producer Phil Edwards thinks about Maps to tell stories - MBM77
Phil Edwards is a video producer who worked at Vox for nearly 10 years, and now runs his own Youtube channel exploring the history of businesses, and lately has been using more and more maps. We go over one of his latest videos, “The Secret Economics of Google Street View” as a case study of how Phil thinks about maps to tell stories. We also talk about journalism on Youtube, and the business behi
- What Hyperspectral constellations have to offer: Pixxel’s example - Awais Ahmed #MBM76
Awais Ahmed is the co-founder & CEO of Pixxel, a company building a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites. Unlike “traditional” cameras, these satellites can see across hundreds of bands, opening up a lot more applications. We talk about the engineering -and funding- required to pull this off and how Awais manages a company between India (where Awais is from) and the US. But that’s jus
- The Ex-Uber Data Scientist Who wants to simplify Data Science with Serverless Computing: Sina Kashuk
Sina Kashuk is the co-founder & CEO of Fused, who wants to make iterating & deploying in Python faster with serverless computing. We break down what that actually means, why it matters and what data science workflows could look like over the next few years. This also isn’t Sina’s first company, a few years ago he started Unfolded.ai, focused on making visualisations for data scientists faster. The
