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Hilary Mason

Data scientist and machine-learning researcher; chief scientist at bitly, founder of Fast Forward Labs and later a machine-learning executive at Cloudera and Hidden Door.

10 things

MacBook AirHardware Apple

loved

I also recently picked up an 11" MacBook air for travel, which was an indulgence, but I really love it!

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

iTerm2Software George Nachman

loved

I've recently become a huge fan of iterm2 instead of the default Terminal. The transparency is lovely, and the visual tab alerts tell me when long jobs have finished running.

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

PythonSoftware

loved

Programming languages aren't strictly software, but I'm a huge fan of Python along with the numeric computing libraries.

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

MoleskineHardware

liked

For math, I'm a fan of whiteboards, Moleskine notebooks, and Muji .38mm pens and pencils.

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

Muji .38mm pensHardware Muji

liked

For math, I'm a fan of whiteboards, Moleskine notebooks, and Muji .38mm pens and pencils.

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

TextMateSoftware

liked

I like TextMate for working on projects with lots of files and dependencies, but my fingers think in vim commands, which explains why you'll occasionally see a ":wq" from me in chat windows.

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

ChromeSoftware Google

uses

Chrome is my browser of choice. I use gmail for e-mail, through Mail.app for long-winded responses or the web interface for quick things.

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

AdiumSoftware

uses

I use Adium for IM, and Evernote for things I'd like to remember.

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

EvernoteSoftware Evernote

uses

I use Adium for IM, and Evernote for things I'd like to remember.

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

screenSoftware

uses

I'm a heavy user of screen, particularly for monitoring long-running processes and being able to use the same session from different locations.

Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.

2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗

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