Daniel Bourke

28 and something ideas for 28 and something years

A series of life updates and a collection of unsolicited advice on wealth, health, love and life collected over my 27th year.

person walking tight rope between buildings

Charlie Walks

Charlie Walks: A Novel Chapter 7

Charlie walks the tightrope between head and heart. Between one path and another.

Charlie Walks

Charlie Walks: A Novel Chapter 6

Charlie goes to a project downtown. Meets the security guard downstairs, gets the tag, goes up.

Charlie Walks

Charlie Walks: A Novel Chapter 5

Charlie writes a letter to Pauly. Tells a story about what he's learned from his secret project.

Charlie Walks

Charlie Walks: A Novel Chapter 4

Charlie tests his secret project. Comes away with ideas. Goes for a walk.

Charlie Walks

Charlie Walks: A Novel Chapter 3

Charlie goes into the office. Runs into Sarah out the front. Works on his secret project.

laptop on desk with writing notepad next to it candle burning to create light against wall, flamingo poster on wall

Charlie Walks

Charlie Walks: A Novel Chapter 2

Charlie comes home to a messy desk. Sits down to write. Thinks of Sarah.

writing on Post It notes: 1. I've died twice and 2. I'm a...

Charlie Walks

Charlie Walks: A Novel Chapter 1

Charlie starts a new job. Meets Sarah. And tells her what he hasn't told anyone yet.

Health

I didn't eat food for 3 days, here's what happened

An experiment in doing nothing and consuming nothing except water, salt and sunlight for 3 days.

Richard Feynman with a magic ball in front of a class teaching

Good explanations are nothing short of magic

To take heaven and connect it to Earth in a way others can understand. What a skill. Good explanations are nothing short of magic, because that’s what they offer: a connection between the divine and reality. I’ve noticed many YouTube channels publishing clips channels. A small dose of

Video Game Education

The Benefits of Tinkering at Scale.

Getting Started

Start where you are

As you were. As a friend. As an old enemy.

Creating

The amateur's advantage

An amateur pursues a craft for the love of it. They're armed with the superpower of not requiring the approval of others.

Creating

Create beauty at all costs

The world can never have enough beauty.

Machine Learning

Learn TensorFlow for Deep Learning (code-first course)

Like to code? Looking to learn deep learning? Like to learn hands-on? This course will teach you deep learning and help you learn TensorFlow through 60+ hours of code-along videos.

Machine Learning

How the biggest companies in the world design Machine Learning-powered applications

Think machine learning might be helpful for your project? Here's how the best do it.

Decision Making

Shedding old skin

A snake slithers out of its old skin without effort. A caterpillar decides it’s time to become a butterfly, encases itself in a cocoon, rests, and emerges with colourful wings. All of nature happens this way. No effort. Like air entering and leaving your lungs, happening by itself. Want

Creating

Multiply yourself

40,049 students from 164 countries around the world and counting.

Life and Living

All I want to be is present

What's it all about?

Decision Making

How fast is your OODA loop?

Originally developed for Air Force combat, the OODA loop (observe, orient, decide, act) can be applied in any battle. Even when the opponent is oneself.

Life and Living

No competition

Set the system up so you always win.

Life and Living

Alive but already dead

What are you scared of? She asked. Nothing. Really? Yes. Not even death? No, I paused, kept going. Well, I’m scared of dying not of death, so I guess there is one thing. Explain. To me, when death comes it’ll be like the time before you were alive.

Communication

People reflect the light you shine on them

When I drove Uber, I’d play a game. How much can I learn about this person?Every 10-minutes (give or take depending on the destination) there’d be a new person sitting beside me and I’d take them to where they wanted to go. In that 10-minutes, I’

Stories

The girl with the C R E A T E tattoo

You’ve been here before haven’t you? Yes I have. Black this time. All black. Shoes, stockings or socks I can’t tell to the knees, black skirt above the knees, black sleeveless top. It sucks me in like a black hole. I tell her. I like your style.

Machine Learning

CS329s Machine Learning Deployment Tutorial

If you're smart enough to build machine learning models, you're smart enough to deploy them.