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 Duke University, Durham
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Joined October 2008
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Data Curation Network@WeAreDCN8 Jun 2023
Happening in one week! Join us for a webinar on June 15 from 12-1pm. We hope to see you there! 😎 Register: z.umn.edu/dcn-retro-webinar Read more: datacurationnetwork.org/2023…
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Kyle Walker
@kyle_e_walker31 May 2023
Visualizing the US population age 85 and up by county, thanks to the brand-new 2020 US Census data and the latest release of #tidycensus for #rstats. To learn how to analyze Census data and make maps yourselves, reserve a spot in my workshops in June: walker-data.com/workshops.ht…
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Allison Horst@allison_horst31 May 2023
Hi R folks! Want to add some JavaScript to your data science summer? 🌞⛱️ We've got resources to get you swimming w/ data wrangling, viz, & analysis in JS🧡 - 📈Observable Plot from ggplot2: bit.ly/3WKnB9Y - 🛠️Data wrangling in Arquero: bit.ly/3oNArHM 🧵1/3
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Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel@minebocek22 May 2023
Thinking about tools for next academic year's teaching? Or taking a break from thinking about teaching and trying to get some papers out? Here are some of my favourite and most used #QuartoPub features as an academic.
Quarto@quarto_pub22 May 2023
Quarto offers a myriad of features, some of which are especially useful for academics! In this 20-minute video, @minebocek walks you through some of these features that she uses almost daily for writing papers and teaching #rstats. quarto.org/docs/blog/posts/2…
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posit::glimpse()@posit_glimpse26 Apr 2023
We are happy to announce that Quarto 1.3 has been released! 🎉 Just some of the awesome new features: ✏️ Code annotation 📒Multi-format publishing 🐍 Jupyter Notebook cell embedding 📘Publish Quarto to Confluence quarto.org/docs/blog/posts/2… #QuartoPub #RStats #Python

Quarto 1.3

Quarto 1.3 brings new features, improvements, and fixes.

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Ben Schmidt / @[email protected]@benmschmidt13 Apr 2023
Read and explore this rich interactive of 20 *million* research articles from PubMed, a project we're releasing today with @ritagonmar and @hippopedoid. It's a *beautiful* embedding structure, a fascinating, complete corpus. Some highlights (thread) static.nomic.ai/pubmed.html
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vicki@vboykis11 Apr 2023
This is a LOT of good advice from super senior people. Take it! 👁️
Luca (also on the other platforms)@__lucab11 Apr 2023
Giving good presentations is one of the most important skills a data scientist can develop to drive impact, especially at the senior/staff level, so @imightbemary and I teamed up to write a guide about giving presentations. BetterDSPresentations.com
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Allison Horst@allison_horst4 Apr 2023
Hi all! If you want to... 🛠️Learn some basic JavaScript for data wrangling & analysis 📒Get started working in @observablehq 📈Build interactive charts w/ Observable Plot ✨ Register for our free intro course! 4x 1-hr sessions starting Apr 19 bit.ly/433xxhl
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Data Curation Network@WeAreDCN24 Mar 2023
Check it out! Our Retrospective Report is now live. And, of course, it's OA! 🥳
Michigan Publishing@M_Publishing23 Mar 2023
Now available and totally #OpenAccess: The Art, Science, and Magic of the #DataCuration Network. This in-depth case study provides an overview of the critical work of launching a sustainable, collaborative network. @WeAreDCN Read it here: doi.org/10.3998/mpub.1278279…
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Kyle Walker
@kyle_e_walker22 Mar 2023
Last month, I gave a series of free workshops on ACS / spatial data in #rstats and #Python with @UMSSDAN If you missed them, not to worry! Check out these free materials: Workshop videos on YouTube: youtube.com/@ssdan/videos Workshop code and slides: github.com/walkerke/umich-wo…

SSDAN

The Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) is a university-based organization that creates demographic media (such as user guides, web sites, and hands-on classroom computer materials) that...

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Kyle Walker
@kyle_e_walker9 Mar 2023
I tweet a lot about Census data in the US, but there are many fantastic #rstats packages to help you get demographic insights from all over the world. A thread on R packages for 10 countries you should check out:
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Data Visualization Society@DataVizSociety28 Feb 2023
Join @CedScherer on March 9th for a masterclass on Designing Charts in R. The course will cover all relevant steps from importing the data set to creating and exporting high-quality graphics entirely produced with code. Spots are limited. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/dvs-masterc…
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Mara Averick@dataandme27 Feb 2023
🔭 Get to know the immensely powerful r-universe: 🪐 “Discovering and learning everything there is to know about R packages using r-universe” by @opencpu buff.ly/3J6H1AR #RStats
Level 1: searching the entire R ecosystem. The langing page on https://r-universe.dev takes you directly to the global search engine. Shows screenshot of the landing page with search bar that has prompt to search for a package, author, topic, or keyword.

ALT Level 1: searching the entire R ecosystem. The langing page on https://r-universe.dev takes you directly to the global search engine. Shows screenshot of the landing page with search bar that has prompt to search for a package, author, topic, or keyword.

Level 2: browsing work from a maintainer or organization. Shows screenshot of packages tab for ropensci.r-universe.dev which displays cards for various ropensci packages with their descriptions and tags.

ALT Level 2: browsing work from a maintainer or organization. Shows screenshot of packages tab for ropensci.r-universe.dev which displays cards for various ropensci packages with their descriptions and tags.

Level 3: individual package information. Shows summary information for sf package from r-spatial, including hex logo, author, description, binaries, and how to install.

ALT Level 3: individual package information. Shows summary information for sf package from r-spatial, including hex logo, author, description, binaries, and how to install.

All the documentation. To let you start using packages as quickly as possible, r-universe renders all available documentation and presents this as clear and concisely as possible on the homepage. Below is screenshot of Readme and manuals section for sf package (simple features for R).

ALT All the documentation. To let you start using packages as quickly as possible, r-universe renders all available documentation and presents this as clear and concisely as possible on the homepage. Below is screenshot of Readme and manuals section for sf package (simple features for R).

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Observable
@observablehq23 Feb 2023
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FOSS4G North America@foss4gna23 Feb 2023
We are excited to announce that #FOSS4GNA will be happening this year in Baltimore from October 23-25th this year. More details to come in the next few weeks. #FOSS4G #OSGeo #OSGeoUS
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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social@Cghlewis23 Feb 2023
I have never used the lubridate::parse_date_time() function until now. How awesome is this? #rstats
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Allison Horst@allison_horst22 Feb 2023
Data Mishaps Night is tomorrow! It's fun, educational, heartbreaking and heartwarming. If you work with data, definitely consider going.
Caitlin Hudon
@beeonaposy22 Feb 2023
Y'all, Data Mishaps Night is happening TOMORROW at 7pm CT on Zoom!! 🍌 Join us to hear 14 speakers talk about data mistakes and lessons learned the hard way, in a fun, supportive atmosphere. See you there! Register (it's free!) here: datamishapsnight.com/

Data Mishaps Night

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Rohan Alexander@RohanAlexander22 Feb 2023
The 3rd Toronto Conference on Reproducibility is tomorrow - Thu, 23 Feb, 9-5pm (EST). All welcome. Hybrid. Free. Most talks recorded. Program and registration: canssiontario.utoronto.ca/ev…
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Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute@TriangleSCI20 Feb 2023
RFP for #TriangleSCI 2023 is now up! Put together a team and submit your proposal by April 27 to participate in the program in Chapel Hill, NC, USA, in October. Expenses for invited participants are covered through a generous grant from the @MellonFdn trianglesci.org/2023/02/20/s…
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Observable
@observablehq14 Feb 2023
Join us tomorrow for an inside look at some of the latest popular notebooks on Observable during the Examples in Data Visualization Meetup. RSVP: meetup.com/observablehq/even… February 15th, 9am PST / 12pm EST #dataviz #datavisualization
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