Last June I attended the Machine Learning and Data Science Summit on the Microsoft campus in Redmond.  It was a conference that changed my life.

I was so inspired, in fact, that I declared http://www.franksworld.com/2016/06/ (June 2016) “http://www.franksworld.com/tag/machine-learning-month/ (Machine Learning Month)” over at http://www.franksworld.com/ (Frank’s World). I even http://www.franksworld.com/2016/06/01/kicking-off-machine-learning-month-at-franksworld-com/ (live-streamed the kick off) of http://www.franksworld.com/tag/machine-learning-month/ (Machine Learning Month).

Given that you’re reading this post on a podcast I started with Andy Leonard just under a year later, I’d say that the event has had a lasting impact beyond the first 30 days.

Last month, while en route to give a talk on Data Science in St Louis, I https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/data-science-seeing-light-frank-la-vigne (reflected on the journey that I’ve been on during the last year in this LinkedIn article).

If brevity is more your style, then I can sum up my experience last June in the following GIF.