In the tech field, we are always learning. Sometimes it feels like we will never reach the end of our field, which is true. Tech develops and advances very fast. New advances and tools are developed every day. And an essential part of our daily work or being a developer/data scientist is to keep up with all the news and always be up-to-date.
But, often, trying to stay up-to-date with the tech world, hone your skills, and do your daily job is not easy. As a result, we tend to prioritize doing the job, relaxing, spending time with our families and friends to browse the web, looking for the latest news, and learning something new. That choice is a valid one, and I, too, make it almost all the time.
That’s why one of my favorite things is newsletters. I won’t need to go look up information every day; I just need to check my email regularly to gain all the information I need about the field and maybe learn something new on the go. If I want to talk about Data Science in particular, then trying to keep up with all aspects of the field can be somewhat impossible.
9 Discord Servers for Math, Python, and Data Science You Need to Join Today
In this article, I will share with you 10 of my favorite data science-related newsletters. Newsletters to keep up with the latest in data science research, data science tools, new visualization tools, visualization inspiration, and even ones to hone and improve your programming, version control, and Python skills.
So, let’s get started.
№1: HackerNoon
Let’s kick the list off with a newsletter for developers from all stages regardless of their specialty, the HackerNoon newsletter. This is a weekly that aims to increase the spread of knowledge and innovation about professional software development. This newsletter contains various information, from stories of engineers to new tools and detailed tutorials. In addition, HackerNoon offers different hashtags that you subscribe to individually based on your interest.
№2: Git Rev News
Next up, we have Git Rev News, a newsletter build by Git volunteers to help developers hone their version control skills. The main goal of this newsletter is to help people learn more about Git and gain interest in it, and want to participate in it. It also aims to showcase the Git ecosystem and community. Sometimes the newsletter includes job openings and some freelance gigs related to Git.
№3: Better Developers
The Better Developers newsletter is one of my absolute favorite ones, and is written and maintained by one of the best Python trainers out there, Reuven M. Lerner. Reuven has an amazing teaching style; he can explain complex concepts in easy-to-understand terms. So, if you’re new to Python or want to better your Python skills, look no further than this amazing weekly newsletter.
№4: Storytelling Data
Data visualization is an essential aspect of data science. I would argue it’s the most important aspect. If you fail to present your findings, then people – your boss, superior, or client – may not realize how much effort you put in or even know if you applied the correct algorithm. Knowing how to use visualization to present your findings better and to help you explore the data is essential for every data scientist. The Storytelling Data newsletter will help you create better visualizations.
№5: Flowing Data
Another great newsletter for data visualization is FlowingData. This newsletter focus on charts, their types, when to use each, and how to make them better, more descriptive, and more efficient. The newsletter offers a combination of highlighting some data visualizer work and visualization guides for beginners and people seeking to better their visualizations skills.
№6: DataVizToday
Our third and last data visualization newsletter on this list is DataVizToday. This newsletter is host by data viz designer Alli Torban. She is a great visualizer that aims to share visualizing tips, tricks, latest tools, and methods that she discovered while on the job. So, if you’re a data scientist, analyst, journalist, or designer and want to improve your visualization and creativity, this newsletter is for you.
№7: Data Machina
One of the most known newsletters in the data science field, and for a good reason, is Data Machina. Data Machina addresses many data science topics, from focusing on special Programming languages, like Python and R, to algorithms and more advanced topics like blockchain and big data. Data Machina is a newsletter sent every two weeks, and it’s often filled with useful information.
№8: O’Reilly Data/ Programming
O’Reilly is one of the well-known publishers in the tech field with all its specialties. O’Reilly offers 4 different weekly newsletters that focus on programming, data science, economy, and infrastructure that you can subscribe to individually or all at once. But, for this article, I want to focus on the programming and data science ones. So, learn more about programming paradigms and what’s hot in the data science field by following these newsletters.
№9: KDnuggets
I can’t talk about data science newsletters without mentioning the KDnuggets newsletter. The KDnuggets newsletter has over 60K subscribers, and it focuses on all things that matter to any data scientist. From research news to the latest conferences, workshops, events, and webinars discussing data science topics. Not just that, it also includes career advice, interview prep, and sometimes job openings.
Data Visualization 101: 7 Steps for Effective Visualizations
№10: Data Elixir
Last but not least is the Data Elixir newsletter. This weekly 30K+ subscriber newsletter covers a wide range of topics addressing insights, tools, techniques, resources, and data visualization tips.
Final thoughts
As data scientists, we are always learning, always improving, and always searching for new skills, tools, and algorithms to learn and implement. But, unfortunately, we are often required to do that while doing our daily jobs perfectly and not affecting our personal lives.
We can have the information reach me by subscribing to a newsletter and just checking my mail every so often. Newsletters are a great source for new information and maybe a way to refresh existing information. But, there are many, many, many newsletters out there, and subscribing to a whole bunch of newsletters is also not an ideal case.
However, you don’t want your email to be attacked by 100 mail from random newsletters that day. However, that doesn’t mean that you can subscribe to a handful of newsletters to keep your knowledge fresh and help you stay up-to-date with the latest in the data science field. So, I hope you find one or more of the newsletters I proposed helpful and decide to subscribe to and gain new knowledge from them.