A technical tutorial on creating US maps with R, including Alaska and Hawaii as properly scaled insets using the sf and tmap packages.
Analyzing CRAN packages to find non-English R packages, focusing on French documentation and encoding fields in DESCRIPTION files.
A method for faster generalized linear models on large datasets using a single database query and one Newton-Raphson iteration.
A roundup post celebrating the CRANniversary of the ggraph R package, highlighting its features and community tutorials for network visualization.
RSiteCatalyst v1.4.14 release notes detailing a single bug fix and encouraging community contributions via GitHub.
An update on the 'Geocomputation with R' book, covering progress on chapters about spatial data, analysis, and future plans for advanced methods.
Explains a bug in R's tidyverse where !! and !!! quasiquotation breaks when parsed/deparsed, affecting debugging and function editing.
A humorous R programming tutorial combining tibbletime, tidyquant, and magick packages to create playful data visualizations with pop culture references.
A data scientist's 2017 year in review, highlighting top R, Python, and data visualization resources and projects shared each month.
Announcement of R 3.4.3, a bug-fix release for the R programming language, addressing time zones on macOS and Unicode handling.
A curated list of resources and tutorials for using Docker with R to create reproducible research environments and containerized applications.
Tips for writing better R-focused blog posts, covering social sharing, package examples, and syntax highlighting.
Slides and resources from a talk on R programming and data science presented at the EARL Boston conference.
Introducing heatmaply, an R package for creating interactive, shareable cluster heatmaps for data visualization and online publishing.
A data scientist explores using the Papyrus font in R and ggplot2, analyzing Avatar box office data with custom visualizations.
A guide showing the 'mousey' (GUI) methods for checking software versions in R/RStudio, acknowledging they are not best practice but helpful for beginners.
Announcement of R 3.4.2 release, detailing bug fixes, performance improvements, and notes on Windows binary maintenance.
Announces the official RStudio cheat sheet for the purrr package and compiles a list of community tutorials and resources for using purrr in R.
A curated collection of resources and tools for learning and using Regular Expressions (RegEx) in the R programming language.
A technical guide on using the rgoodreads R package to analyze personal Goodreads reading data and critique the 5-star rating system.
