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This is a space to place thoughts that would look too out of place on the regular blog. Unfinished thoughts, initial takes, and personal posts are placed here.

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TJ Palanca

On Newborn Parenting
1 min
We recently added a beautiful baby girl to our family, and it’s been a wild…
Feb 25, 2023

How the 2008 Financial Crisis Still Affects Us
4 min
Stitching together the threads of the 2008 financial crisis, and how it still…
Nov 8, 2022

Decision Reversibility
0 min
You can always make fast decisions if decisions are reversible. Don’t get…
Dec 1, 2021

Switching roles
In the wave of the great resignation, make sure you’re on the right foot.
0 min
This is a space to place thoughts that would look too out of place on the…
Nov 28, 2021

Cryptocurrencies
1 min
crypto
finance
Crypto is a very promising field but the incentives in the system make it…
Nov 25, 2021

The Map is not the Territory
1 min
data
data science
The map is not the territory; seek ground truth whenever possible to…
Sep 18, 2021

A data team’s product is decisions
3 min
data teams
Making your data team’s main product decisions, as opposed to reports…
Oct 11, 2020

Dealing with model uncertainty in data products
3 min
Uncertainty can stall the development of data products, particularly in…
Aug 6, 2020

On Scientific Studies, P-Hacking, and Media Irresponsibility
0 min
video
comedy
social commentary
statistics
science
John Oliver lays down the problems with public perceptions of scientific…
May 22, 2016

On Academics and Bridging the Gap
0 min
links
academic
Academics can change the world – if they stop talking only to their peers
Mar 11, 2016

On the Economics and Data of Love, Dating, and Relationships
0 min
talks
data
dataviz
humor
economics
personal
Last Valentine’s Day, I was asked by my former college organization to deliver…
Aug 27, 2014

On the Best Webcomics for your Inner Nerd
2 min
thoughts
nerd
comedy
humor
If you’re looking for a place to get laughs, there are various free webcomics…
Dec 1, 2013

On the Risk-Return Relationship of your Love Life
3 min
data
thoughts
humor
dataviz
personal
Chinese astrology tells of certain animal signs that, because of their…
Nov 6, 2013

On Why You Shouldn’t Save While You’re Young
5 min
finance
personal
economics
“Save while you’re young” is one of the most common pieces of financial advice…
Oct 15, 2013

On Crappy Opinion Polls and Belt Tightening
3 min
data
logic
economics
research
Online opinion surveys, especially about objectively determinable facts, are…
Oct 12, 2013

On W.H. Taft Residences
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride
3 min
news
business
research
accounting
A building along Taft Avenue, W.H. Taft Residences, is still under…
Oct 9, 2013

On Buying from Abroad through Philpost Express Mail Service (EMS)
6 min
thoughts
philippines
news
personal
Ordering online from the Philippines is a difficult journey through inaccurate…
Sep 10, 2013

On the Great Gatsby Curve and Electric Fences in South Africa
4 min
thoughts
economics
personal
The Great Gatsby tells the story of a man who claws his way from rags to…
Sep 8, 2013

On Annoying Elevator Companions
3 min
rant
thoughts
humor
personal
Elevator rides, despite being tediously mind-numbing moments spent avoiding…
Aug 4, 2013

On What Manila Could Have Been
4 min
manila
philippines
history
economics
Manila wasn’t always like this, however. It had a proper urban plan set out…
Jul 14, 2013

On Annoying Drivers
2 min
philippines
rant
humor
personal
I hate slogging through Manila traffic. It’s a horrible waste of time to spend…
Jun 20, 2013

On Economics Education
0 min
politics
personal
Here’s what four years of economics education has done to my political…
Oct 13, 2012

On Ngrams Part 2: The Philippine Economy
0 min
data
dataviz
books
philippines
This installment reveals that growth is now more important than development…
May 22, 2012

On Ngrams: Philippine History Quantified in Books
0 min
data
dataviz
books
philippines
I’ve been messing around with the Google Ngram Viewer which was highlighted in…
May 14, 2012

On Prize-Linked Savings
1 min
business
economics
It’s basically a no-lose lottery; you get the chance to hit a big payday, but…
May 8, 2012

On that Moment of Choice
1 min
psychology
commentary
economics
No matter how rationally we try to act, that one moment of choice is still a…
May 2, 2012

On Stochasticity
1 min
thoughts
psychology
commentary
economics
Sometimes the noise is more important than the signal.
Apr 20, 2012

On Interest Rates and Mortality
0 min
psychology
commentary
economics
A limited time on this earth makes time precious.
Apr 20, 2012

On Graphs: Finals Week
0 min
humor
dataviz
school
This finals week was definitely the most gruelling of my college life.
Apr 20, 2012

On Man’s Insignificance
2 min
science
video
From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of particular…
Apr 19, 2012

On Prices
Informative, Summative, and Coordinating
0 min
politics
social commentary
business
economics
It is only through the voluntary coordination of the efforts of various…
Apr 19, 2012

On Quotes from F.A. Hayek
0 min
thoughts
politics
business
quotes
economics
“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they know…
Apr 19, 2012

On the Concorde
0 min
personal
aviation
The Concorde. It’s a beauty; it’s just about the most beautiful man-made thing…
Apr 19, 2012

On Video: Trial, Error and the God Complex
0 min
psychology
economics
video
It seems so obvious when you listen to him, but it’s when you look around and…
Apr 19, 2012

On the Opinion Entitlement Fallacy
2 min
thoughts
personal
The process of argumentation has, for me, always been a journey towards the…
Apr 19, 2012
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