Palmer Jones is an Applied AI Solutions Architect at AirOps. Essays and interactive tools on applied AI, answer-engine optimization, sports analytics, and data visualization.https://www.palmercjones.com/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/common-surnames/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/common-surnames/Jones is the fifth most common surname in the United States, which I notice more than most people because it is mine. About 1.4 million Americans share it. That…Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCuriositiesnamesdatahistorydemographicshttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/cfb-recruiting-pipeline/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/cfb-recruiting-pipeline/Felix Ojo was the top-rated offensive tackle in the 2026 recruiting class and the No. 5 prospect overall, with scholarship offers from 49 schools . That list…Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSports & Datacollege footballdatamapsrecruitingnilhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/cfb-recruiting-map/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/cfb-recruiting-map/Notre Dame's recruiting map looks like a flight schedule. Arcs run from South Florida to Southern California , coast to coast, all ending in South Bend. Pull up TCU…Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSports & Datacollege footballdatamapsconference realignmenthttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/nespresso-vertuo-barcode/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/nespresso-vertuo-barcode/Working in supply chain, I probably think about barcodes more than the average person. So when I spotted something unusual on a Nespresso pod during a recent trip…Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCuriositiesbarcodessupply chainnespressotechnologyproduct designcoffeehttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/connect-four-ai-game/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/connect-four-ai-game/Most conversations about AI flatten everything into a single bucket. “AI did this.” “AI decided that.” “AI is thinking.” In reality, modern AI-powered products are…Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTApplied AIaillmsdecision-treesminimaxweb-developmenteducationhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/from-royalty-to-obscurity/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/from-royalty-to-obscurity/When we think about monarchies coming to an end, our minds often jump to dramatic, violent events. Most notably, popular culture has fixated on the tragic ends of…Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTCuriositieshistorymonarchyEuroperoyaltyhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/common-llm-terminology-simplified/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/common-llm-terminology-simplified/The terminology around AI, especially Large Language Models (LLMs), is changing so quickly, I thought it'd be a good idea to make some simple definitions of common…Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTApplied AIAILLMBusinessTerminologyhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/college-basketball-in-state-players/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/college-basketball-in-state-players/College basketball offers a wide range of statistics to analyze team performance. One interesting metric is the percent of in-state minutes played , highlighting…Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTSports & Datacollege basketballPurduesportsstatisticsNCAAsports statisticshttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/content-machine/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/content-machine/Content Machine: A Free AI-Powered Content Generator I've recently launched Content Machine , a free tool designed to streamline the content creation process.…Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTApplied AIAI ToolsContent GenerationMarketingAEOSEOBlogginghttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/deepseek-explained/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/deepseek-explained/DeepSeek has recently gained attention for its AI models that rival industry leaders like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This post, inspired by Computerphile’s video, breaks…Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTApplied AIAIMachine LearningDeepSeekChatGPTOpenAIOpen Sourcehttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/breeze-airways-profitable-quarter/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/breeze-airways-profitable-quarter/Inspired by The Points Guy's article, I wanted to reflect on Breeze Airways’ impressive milestone: their first full quarter of operating profit in Q4 2024. This…Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTAviation & TravelBreeze Airwaysaviationairlinesairportsbusinesstravelhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/a321xlr-introduced/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/a321xlr-introduced/One of the most exciting aviation developments to look for in 2025 is the adoption of the new Airbus A321XLR aircraft variant. While this Extra Long Range variant…Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTAviation & Travelaviationairbusflightsmapsnewstechnologyhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/txk-airport/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/txk-airport/What’s the best airport you’ve ever visited? I recently had the pleasure of departing from Texarkana Regional Airport (TXK) , a small airport that recently received…Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTAviation & Travelairportstravelgalleryreviewhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/sec-bigten-enrollment-endowment/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/sec-bigten-enrollment-endowment/With conference realignment in full swing, how do new Big Ten and SEC schools fit in with their peers in terms of total enrollment and endowment ? Check out the…Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTSports & Datacollegesuniversitiesschoolsconferencesenrollmentendowmenthttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/college-football-coach-championship-trends/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/college-football-coach-championship-trends/There's a healthy crop of college football coaches who are actively seeking out their first championship win. But, if any of them were to win it all this year, how…Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTSports & Datafootballcollege footballstatisticssports sciencechartsdatahttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/ranked-choice-voting/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/ranked-choice-voting/The 2024 elections showcased the importance of strategic voting , where voters often prioritize a candidate’s electability over their own preferences. A prominent…Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTCuriositiesvotingelectionsopinionranked choice votinghttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/pinnacle-mountain-stl-print/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/pinnacle-mountain-stl-print/Following up from my previous post about making a stl file from a geographical feature, I wanted to give an update on the project. See the final result and the…Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTCuriosities3D Modeling3D Printingstlgeographymapstopographyhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/heads-or-tails/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/heads-or-tails/I wanted to find out if it was possible to make a browser-based game hosted on this site, so I decided to make a proof of concept. To keep it simple, I decided the…Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTCuriositiesgamesfirebasehtmljavascripthttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/merry-isthmus/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/merry-isthmus/While we all know and love islands and peninsulas, there’s one unique geographical feature that is rarely discussed… the isthmus! To celebrate this unique feature,…Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTCuriositiesgeographylististhmusmapshttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/web-scraping-smu/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/web-scraping-smu/Inspiration With the recent conference shakeups in college football, some teams will now travel much further this year than ever before. One prominent example of…Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTSports & Datamapsweb scrapingpythonfoliumcollege footballsmuhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/pinnacle-mountain-tif-to-stl/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/pinnacle-mountain-tif-to-stl/Introduction I've always had an interest in geography, so I thought it'd be fun to generate a 3D model of a geographic feature. Pinnacle Mountain) is a prominent…Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTCuriosities3D Modeling3D PrintingQGISDEMto3DUSGS The National MaptopoBuilderhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/web-scraping-gb/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/web-scraping-gb/Inspiration I wanted to learn how to create a dynamic map , as well as scrape and format data from the web … so why not do both in one project! George Birge is a…Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTCuriositiesmapsweb scrapingpythonfoliumgeorge birgemusichttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/gs1-128-101/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/gs1-128-101/These days, almost everyone has experience with simple barcodes. Whether for labelling items at a grocery store or identifying the tracking number on packages, you…Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTCuriositiesGS1-128barcodesQR codessupply chainwarehousingdistributionhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/fantasy-football-in-1966/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/fantasy-football-in-1966/While Fantasy Football may seem like a mainstay to football fans today, it didn’t really gain widespread popularity until the late 1990s and early 2000s. The oldest…Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTSports & DatasportsfantasyfootballfootballPythonpandasjupyter notebookhttps://www.palmercjones.com/writing/setting-up-this-site/https://www.palmercjones.com/writing/setting-up-this-site/I wanted to use the first post as a way to share how I set up this site. I was able to host this static site for an average cost less than $1/month . Choosing a…Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTCuriositiesJekyllhostingbloggingtutorialGitHubPorkBun