Sharon Machlis
Executive Editor, Data & Analytics
Sharon Machlis is Director of Editorial Data & Analytics at Foundry (the IDG, Inc. company that publishes websites including Computerworld and InfoWorld), where she analyzes data, codes in-house tools, and writes about data analysis tools and tips. She holds an Extra class amateur radio license and is somewhat obsessed with R. Her book Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism was published by CRC Press.
Create your own Slack bots -- and web APIs -- in R
Make your own API and connect it to a Slack custom slash command -- all in R. This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to find a current stock price, but the basic framework can be used for all sorts of data.
Trump eyes end to an H-1B system that favors largest outsourcers
The companies most hurt by the random H-1B distribution system are those that submit only a few applications. Many are smaller firms.
Trump's ban becomes an H-1B fight
The U.S. technology industry warned President Donald Trump that his immigration order will hurt the U.S. economy by making it more difficult for businesses to attract overseas workers.
How to really customize your Alexa Flash Briefing
Is your favorite news source not yet available for an Alexa Flash Briefing? We show you how to add your own. (Hint: The toughest part is finding an RSS feed in the proper format.)
Trump's 'extreme' anti-terrorism vetting may be H-1B nightmare
Many people from 'dangerous and volatile regions' work in the U.S. on H-1B visas, and Trump's plan would penalize these workers because of their birthplace.
Free data visualization with Microsoft Power BI: Your step-by-step guide
This step-by-step guide, including video, shows you how to analyze a file with more than two million records of U.S. airline flight delays using Microsoft's free Power BI platform.
Data files for our step-by-step guide to Microsoft Power BI
If you want to play along with our hands-on Power BI tutorial, get the files here.
11 Excel tips for power users
Tables can be very important tools for data display. We offer 11 tips and tricks to help Excel users make tables more effective, reshape data, easily look up data and more.
How many H-1B workers are female? U.S. won’t say
The U.S. government has information about the gender of H-1B visa applicants, but refuses to release it, saying doing so would be burdensome.
Download U.S. Census data on IT workers
The original Census Bureau file used by Computerworld in our story about gender in IT included more than 15 million records of all ACS survey respondents.
Microsoft Visual Studio adds R support
The release includes an R editor, code auto-completion, debugging, built-in GitHub support and other features.