https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/ Recent content on David John Baker Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2025-06-06-remembering-david-huron/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2025-06-06-remembering-david-huron/ Two years ago, I referenced a 90 minute phone call I had with David Huron as being a post for another time. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/about/ Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/about/ I’m in a transition period of my career. I spent the last six years working as an academic and applied (data) scientist in the UK and Europe. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2024-03-01-a-quick-rant-on-hot-takes-from-music-scholars-who-don-t-work-in-the-sciences/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2024-03-01-a-quick-rant-on-hot-takes-from-music-scholars-who-don-t-work-in-the-sciences/ I’m always interested in ‘hot takes’ on micro-blogging platforms that take issues with scientific research done on music. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2024-02-16-guest-blogging-for-duolingo/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2024-02-16-guest-blogging-for-duolingo/ At the end of last month, a short piece I wrote for Duolingo was published on their blog. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2024-02-09-a-brief-summary-of-my-career-in-the-uk-and-europe/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2024-02-09-a-brief-summary-of-my-career-in-the-uk-and-europe/ I spent the last six years (mostly) working as an academic in the UK and Europe researching questions at the overlap of music and science. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2024-02-09-final-weeks-in-europe/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2024-02-09-final-weeks-in-europe/ For those who have yet to hear the news, in the next few weeks I will be moving back to the USA. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-12-05-orgflow-system-and-tools/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-12-05-orgflow-system-and-tools/ There are several cornerstones of this system. These include: Separate, dedicated locations for each area of responsibility; Separate process for collecting what you have to do, to deciding what this stuff means, to actually doing it; Actionable items that have been indexed by priority, location, urgency; Regular-ish planning of your life at many scales; A disgustingly large reference system for junk. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-12-05-orgflow-theory/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-12-05-orgflow-theory/ Many people’s interest in organizational systems is directly proportional to how over-committed they are in the moment. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-10-18-musical-memory-experiments-for-everyone-including-experts/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-10-18-musical-memory-experiments-for-everyone-including-experts/ Yesterday I had the pleasure of giving a talk as part of the Centre for Music and Science seminar series at the University of Cambridge. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-09-13-bluesky-for-music-science-101/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-09-13-bluesky-for-music-science-101/ This post is a brief description and concise argument concerning BlueSky and the #musicscience community. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-08-22-summer-break-2023-reflections/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-08-22-summer-break-2023-reflections/ Today marks the end of my summer holidays (for the most part). https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-08-07-building-anti-racism-and-music-science-resources/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-08-07-building-anti-racism-and-music-science-resources/ Last week the panel discussion from last year’s SMPC was published in Auditory Perception and Cognition. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-08-04-musicscience-on-bluesky/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-08-04-musicscience-on-bluesky/ During my lunch breaks this week, I figured out how to set up a #musicscience feed on Bluesky. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-07-18-joining-bluesky/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-07-18-joining-bluesky/ After reading this article in The Atlantic I think it’s time to jump ship on Twitter. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-07-06-a-standing-call-for-songs-to-sing-at-music-conferences/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-07-06-a-standing-call-for-songs-to-sing-at-music-conferences/ I have always wanted to assemble a small book of easy enough to sight-sing songs for academic music conferences. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-06-14-a-short-reflection-after-writing-my-first-little-stan-model/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-06-14-a-short-reflection-after-writing-my-first-little-stan-model/ During my postdoc, I’ve resolved to better understand Bayesian statistics. This started a few years ago, when I organized a group of colleagues to painstakingly make our way through Statistical Rethinking. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-06-06-mcg-reading-dynamic-models-for-musical-rhythm-perception-and-coordination/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-06-06-mcg-reading-dynamic-models-for-musical-rhythm-perception-and-coordination/ We ended the academic year reading Dynamic models for musical rhythm perception and coordination. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-05-22-receiving-a-letter-of-recommendation/ Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-05-22-receiving-a-letter-of-recommendation/ If you are reading this, you are either thinking about or have asked me to write you a letter of recommendation. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-05-21-a-decade-of-music-and-science/ Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-05-21-a-decade-of-music-and-science/ A few days ago Amy Belfi pointed out it’s been ten years since we met. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-05-10-why-should-it-have-to-be-elegant/ Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-05-10-why-should-it-have-to-be-elegant/ One of the best questions to ask yourself (and others) is: https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-04-13-how-can-music-science-be-more-socially-just/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-04-13-how-can-music-science-be-more-socially-just/ Today we submitted the transcript of the panel that the Society for Music and Perception’s Anti Racism and Equity Committee organized at last summer’s conference in Portland, Oregon. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-03-22-orgflow-6-notes-on-minutes-and-communications/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-03-22-orgflow-6-notes-on-minutes-and-communications/ Being good at organization is a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing as it allows you to feel more in control of what is coming on the horizon. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-03-13-thoughts-from-teaching-timbre-in-2023/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-03-13-thoughts-from-teaching-timbre-in-2023/ I spent the second half of last week in the UK, doing an in-depth dive on spectrograms at both Goldsmiths and Cambridge. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-02-02-can-narratives-of-competition-help-teach-computational-modeling-of-music/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-02-02-can-narratives-of-competition-help-teach-computational-modeling-of-music/ Sketch of impluse talk I planned to deliver at Monte Verita Workshop https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-02-02-purposefully-re-inventing-the-wheel-teaching-computational-models-through-shared-open-examples/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-02-02-purposefully-re-inventing-the-wheel-teaching-computational-models-through-shared-open-examples/ Sketch of impulse talk I planned to deliver at Monte Verita Workshop https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-02-10-lyrics-melodies-and-strong-emotions/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-02-10-lyrics-melodies-and-strong-emotions/ Last week a paper that Mitty Ma, Emily Elliott and some of my former LSU colleagues worked on was published at Musicae Scientae. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-02-09-monte-verit-workshop-2023/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-02-09-monte-verit-workshop-2023/ I was fortunate to spend this last week at Monte Verità in Switzerland, attending a workshop on decoding musical structure. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-26-a-peculiar-anniversary/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-26-a-peculiar-anniversary/ Today marks a peculiar anniversary. As of the 2nd of February, for the first time in my life, I have been at the same job for more than a year. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-23-tips-on-scientific-writing/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-23-tips-on-scientific-writing/ At the moment, I am providing a lot of feedback on graduate student writing and it feels like I see the same types of errors that I (and I know many others) made when they started scientific/academic writing. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-20-mcg-reading-mcpherson-mcdermot-2023/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-20-mcg-reading-mcpherson-mcdermot-2023/ This week for the Music Cognition Reading Group we read Relative pitch representations and invariance to timbre by Malinda McPherson and Josh McDermott. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-09-orgflow-0-saying-no/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-09-orgflow-0-saying-no/ As foreshadowed in the introductory post in this series, the orgflow system is not meant to make you more productive. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-09-orgflow-how-i-organize/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2023-01-09-orgflow-how-i-organize/ We have introduced a new monthly standing meeting at the Music Cognition Group where the focus is meant to be on how to work. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-09-19-smpc-anti-racism-call-for-first-equity-officer/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-09-19-smpc-anti-racism-call-for-first-equity-officer/ Last week members of SMPC got an email for several board positions, one of which is the new Equity Officer (a recently converted member at large). https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-09-17-summer-consortiums-and-workshops-2022/ Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-09-17-summer-consortiums-and-workshops-2022/ I’ve have the pleasure of spending the last two weeks traveling for work. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-08-15-some-uk-and-european-resources-for-north-american-music-scientists/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-08-15-some-uk-and-european-resources-for-north-american-music-scientists/ Last week at SMPC 2022 I participated on a panel that tried to dole out as much advice as possible to graduate students in the field of music science / music cognition as what they might want to do after grad school. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-07-08-personal-gtd-categories-for-navigating-the-day-to-day/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-07-08-personal-gtd-categories-for-navigating-the-day-to-day/ After asking Twitter which categories they used to basically “group” together the many “things” in which they have to do, I was mostly met with people (in private) being like “I have no idea even what you are asking”. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-05-05-considering-plan-d-data-science-after-academia/ Thu, 05 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-05-05-considering-plan-d-data-science-after-academia/ This week I gave an invited talk as a part of the Australian Music and Psychology Society’s Amplify Your Research speaker series. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-03-30-five-books-for-your-1st-year-as-a-phd-student-in-music-and-science/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-03-30-five-books-for-your-1st-year-as-a-phd-student-in-music-and-science/ When you first dive into the field of music and science as a graduate student, you might be tempted to dive straight into your niche and start reading anything and everything related to your thesis topic. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-03-23-habit-tracking-success/ Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-03-23-habit-tracking-success/ It’s important to invest in yourself, regardless of your employment situation. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-01-27-ta-ta-goldsmiths-hallo-amsterdam/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2022-01-27-ta-ta-goldsmiths-hallo-amsterdam/ Today is my last day working as a Postdoc in the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-11-15-invasion-of-the-non-musicians/ Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-11-15-invasion-of-the-non-musicians/ At the end of last week Ted Gioia shared a blog post that reminded him of “the STEM-ification of musicology and how desperately we need more interdisciplinary dialogue about music”. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-11-04-october-updates/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-11-04-october-updates/ What’s new this past month? I’ve gone from under-employed to working what seems to be like full time, which is a welcome change of pace. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-09-30-part-time-september/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-09-30-part-time-september/ I think I am finally settled into the groove of working part-time. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-08-28-app-less-august/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-08-28-app-less-august/ I spent the last month trying my best to avoid the scrolling apps. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-06-16-the-end-of-trompa/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-06-16-the-end-of-trompa/ Last Month TROMPA had its 36th month meaning the project is “technically” over. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-06-08-reviewing-for-sysmus-2021/ Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-06-08-reviewing-for-sysmus-2021/ Having just completed a few abstract reviews for SysMus 21, I have a two thoughts I think are worth sharing. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-05-13-pre-dom-preprint/ Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-05-13-pre-dom-preprint/ Earlier this year a collaboration paper I worked on was accepted at Music Perception. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-05-11-understanding-melodic-dictation-via-experimental-methods/ Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-05-11-understanding-melodic-dictation-via-experimental-methods/ Last month I received a copy of The Routledge Companion to Aural Skills Pedagogy featuring a chapter titled “Understanding Melodic Dictation via Experimental Methods” by yours truly! https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-05-11-goldsmiths-x-soundout-postdoc/ Tue, 11 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-05-11-goldsmiths-x-soundout-postdoc/ Today’s an exciting day as I signed a contract for my next year-ish of employment. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-04-11-website-makeover/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2021-04-11-website-makeover/ After a few months of not blogging, I’m hoping to return to writing with a bit more regularity. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/the-melosol-corpus/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/the-melosol-corpus/ Earlier this month I learned some of the research from my dissertation was accepted for publication! https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/back-to-musicology/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/back-to-musicology/ Sound the TROMPA After a few weeks looking for work, in September I will be starting as Senior Research Associate on the TROMPA project! https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-06-29-begin-the-fugue-part-i/begin-the-fugue-part-i/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-06-29-begin-the-fugue-part-i/begin-the-fugue-part-i/ The past few months have been pretty exhausting. On top of all things lockdown and the global pandemic, a little over a month ago I was told that my job was “at risk” of redundancy. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-06-29-begin-the-fugue-part-ii/begin-the-fugue-part-ii/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-06-29-begin-the-fugue-part-ii/begin-the-fugue-part-ii/ Vocationtional Vicissitudes After existing in this bootcamp space for the past few months, I feel like I am walking away with a very fresh take on what it means to teach in a vocational, rather than a liberal arts setting. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-06-29-begin-the-fugue-part-iii/begin-the-fugue-part-iii/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-06-29-begin-the-fugue-part-iii/begin-the-fugue-part-iii/ What’s Next Having coached many people to apply and get their first jobs in the world of data science, I have now seen A LOT of job postings and understand that a JD (job description) is more of a wish list of an ideal candidate rather than a required listing of skills. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-06-09-life-after-a-phd-in-systematic-musicology-how-you-might-prepare-for-industry/life-after-a-phd-in-systematic-musicology-how-you-might-prepare-for-industry/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-06-09-life-after-a-phd-in-systematic-musicology-how-you-might-prepare-for-industry/life-after-a-phd-in-systematic-musicology-how-you-might-prepare-for-industry/ This post originally appeared on the SysMus blog on June 9th, 2020. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-05-29-regression-modeling-strategies-review/regression-modeling-strategies-review/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-05-29-regression-modeling-strategies-review/regression-modeling-strategies-review/ A couple of weeks ago I attended Dr. Frank Harrell’s Regression Modeling Strategies course. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/rstudio-instructor-certification-thoughts/ Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/rstudio-instructor-certification-thoughts/ I have always tried to live by the adage that if you are going to do something, you should try to do it well. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-02-06-blog-on-blogs/blog-on-blogs/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2020-02-06-blog-on-blogs/blog-on-blogs/ We’re nearing the point of saturation when it comes to data science blogs. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/math-typesetting/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/math-typesetting/ Mathematical notation in a Hugo project can be enabled by using third party JavaScript libraries. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/prelude-to-a-career/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/prelude-to-a-career/ It’s been two months since I’ve last blogged! In the time since SMPC, I’ve done a fair bit of traveling and officially closed the graduate student chapter in my life. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-07-31-smpc-for-students/smpc-for-students/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-07-31-smpc-for-students/smpc-for-students/ Next week is SMPC!!! I’m super excited for it (as always), but this year I’m justifiably a bit more excited because this will be my first experience going to a conference as a member of the Executive Board representing the student members of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-06-27-thoughts-on-doing-a-master-s-degree-in-music-science/thoughts-on-doing-a-master-s-degree-in-music-science/ Mon, 08 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-06-27-thoughts-on-doing-a-master-s-degree-in-music-science/thoughts-on-doing-a-master-s-degree-in-music-science/ I read somewhere on the internet that if more than three people email you with the same question, it’s worth writing your answer up in a blog post. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-06-14-thank-you-toynbee/thank-you-toynbee/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-06-14-thank-you-toynbee/thank-you-toynbee/ After a year, my time is now up as a Residential Volunteer Worker at Toynbee Hall. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-06-12-embracing-career-diversity/embracing-career-diversity/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-06-12-embracing-career-diversity/embracing-career-diversity/ Things Are Different Now Hello, first-blog-post-since-I-defended-my-Ph.D! It’s wild to think that after five or so years (between starting the the MSc. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/archives/ Tue, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/archives/ https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-06-14-thank-you-toynbee/2019-04-23-toynbee-hall-datathon/toynbee-hall-datathon/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-06-14-thank-you-toynbee/2019-04-23-toynbee-hall-datathon/toynbee-hall-datathon/ Background Not everyone might be aware, but in addition to living that dissertation life this past year, I have also been volunteering at Toynbee Hall as part of their newly re-started Residential Volunteer Worker program. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-03-27-sempre-grad-conference-2019/sempre-grad-conference-2019/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-03-27-sempre-grad-conference-2019/sempre-grad-conference-2019/ Since I am planning on spending the whole day today writing, I figured: What better way to warm up to some writing than with some writing? https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-03-22-digital-representations/digital-representations/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-03-22-digital-representations/digital-representations/ I obviously could not resist writing a blog post about yesterday’s Google Doodle twitter buzz. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-03-13-wikiwednesday/wikiwednesday/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2019-03-13-wikiwednesday/wikiwednesday/ One of the biggest issues that I lament about regarding Twitter is how there is so much great information just falling through my feed, never to be recovered again. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2018-12-20-cataloging-memories-with-music/cataloging-memories-with-music/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2018-12-20-cataloging-memories-with-music/cataloging-memories-with-music/ The past few times that I have sat down to work on my dissertation I have run into a writer’s block. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/examining-musical-sophistication/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/examining-musical-sophistication/ Replication Replication. Is it popular and important for research in psychology? https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/project-management-with-git-and-r/ Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/project-management-with-git-and-r/ Staying Organized The semester is finally over meaning it’s time to put some serious dents into my research projects. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2018-04-09-to-dos-and-boundaries/to-dos-and-boundaries/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2018-04-09-to-dos-and-boundaries/to-dos-and-boundaries/ As I write this sentence I know exactly how much time until my next break (45 minutes and 39 seconds if you’re interested). https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2018-01-29-hire-me-as-a-data-scientist-part-iv/hire-me-as-a-data-scientist-part-iv/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2018-01-29-hire-me-as-a-data-scientist-part-iv/hire-me-as-a-data-scientist-part-iv/ Since this is my last post in the beer review series, I’ll keep this short and sweet in terms of analysis. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2018-01-28-hire-me-as-a-datascientist-part-iii/hire-me-as-a-datascientist-part-iii/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2018-01-28-hire-me-as-a-datascientist-part-iii/hire-me-as-a-datascientist-part-iii/ Two questions down, two to go! For the third post I’ll explore the question: https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2017-11-16-looking-for-musicologists-on-twitter/looking-for-musicologists-on-twitter/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/2017-11-16-looking-for-musicologists-on-twitter/looking-for-musicologists-on-twitter/ For the most part, Twitter is full of garbage. But I’m an optimist and a firm believer in Sturgeon’s Law so by that logic there must be some good on it. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/calculating-imultisets-in-r/ Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/post/calculating-imultisets-in-r/ November is pretty much the worst month for people in higher education. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/academic/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/academic/ For a list of my publications, see my Google Scholar. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/industry/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/industry/ I also am involved on project related to data education, audio branding, and data science. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/service/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/service/ It’s important to give back to the communities that helped me get where I am today. https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/teaching/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://davidjohnbaker.rbind.io/teaching/ A major part of my professional identity is being an educator.