Conference: Black In Data Week
#BlackInDataWeek is a free, online data conference taking place November 16-21, 2020
It's a week-long celebration to (1) highlight the valuable work and experiences of Black people in the field of Data, (2) provide community, and (3) educational and professional resources.
Display Pretty R tables in GitHub
Learn how to display your pretty R tables in GitHub by hosting your .Rmd html output with GitHub pages.
Create Easy US Maps in R - Thanksgiving Edition
See which US states are most excited about Thanksgiving. Explore Google search popularity for the keyword “thanksgiving” using gTrendsR while creating easy US maps in R using the usmap package.
Magazine Review: Wizard Zines
Wizard zines hosts a collection of awesome programming zines and posters by Julia Evans. The zines cover a wide range of technical topics like Linux, networking, debugging, containers, SQL, Git and more!
Image credit for SQL statement processing: wizard zines website.
Book Review: The Big Book of R
The big book of R is an open-source web page created by #rstats community member Oscar Baruffa. The page functions as an easy to navigate, one-stop shop for available books on the R programming language.
Tool Review: Data Illustrator
Data Illustrator is an easy and powerful data visualization tool that bridges the gap between traditional BI tools and design tools.
My pelotonR Package Debut!
I just released my first open-source package: pelotonR! The package was created to provide users with sample access to Peloton data through R. Learn more at the website: https://lgellis.github.io/pelotonR/
App Review: TwitterBot
Check out your twitter bot created in R by Thomas Serrano and shared by Bryan D Martin!
Data Science Books for Kids
Sharing some of my favorite data science and data foundation books for young kids!
At Home Data Activities for Young Kids
A week full of very easy data gathering and visualization activities to do with your young kids!
Map Plots Created With R And Ggmap
A tutorial demonstrating how to create geographical maps in R using ggmap. Technologies include: R, Watson Studio and IBM Cloud.
Patchwork R package goes nerd viral
A few weeks ago, my tweet on the R patchwork package went nerd viral. I analyze the tweet performance and possible impact on the patchwork package downloads. I’ll arrange the resulting graphs with patchwork!
As a bonus, I’ll show y’all how I added an image to the patchwork layout by placing it within a ggplot graph and fixing the coordinates to avoid weird scaling issues.
Postgres Conference 2020 - Keynote!
I am very excited to let y’all know that my work bestie, Tiffany Cross, and I will be delivering a keynote talk at the Postgres Conference in March. The title of our talk is: “Data Democratization: Enabling Citizen Data Scientists”.
How to solve a business problem using data
A step by step approach to breaking down your business problem into a less intimidating data problem.