I am a reformed physicist whose current work lies in the intersection of Bayesian statistics, machine learning, modelling, simulation, and combinatorial optimization. I primarily use Mathematica for my everyday analysis and rapid prototyping needs, but I have been known to dabble with R, python, STAN and other platforms for particular projects. As a Mac user from way back (before it was fashionable/cool) I'm interested in improving my Objective-C/Swift/Cocoa skills, but I never seem to get the time ...