Podcast

R for the Rest of Us Podcast Episode 7: Silvia Canelón

April 18, 2023

In this episode, I talk with Silvia Canelón, a postdoctoral research scientist in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania. Silvia why she loves using xaringan to create captivating, audience-friendly presentations directly from R markdown . Making presentations with R Markdown not only saves her time, but also eases the stress associated with updating and distributing presentations. Learn more about Silvia by visiting her website ....

R for the Rest of Us Podcast Episode 6: Aaron R. Williams, Livia Mucciolo and Safia Sayed

April 5, 2023

In this episode, I talk with Aaron R. Williams, Livia Mucciolo and Safia Sayed about their experience using parameterized reporting to make State Fiscal Briefs. They discuss their approach and share advice for those contemplating parameterized reporting. Connect with Aaron on LinkedIn and Twitter , Livia on LinkedIn , and Safia on LinkedIn . Learn More If you want to receive emails when we publish new podcast episodes, sign up for the R for the Rest of Us newsletter . And if you're ready to...

R for the Rest of Us Podcast Episode 5: Alison Hill

February 20, 2023

In this episode, I talk R Markdown with Alison Hill, the Director of Knowledge at Voltron Data. Before taking on this position, she held data science and education positions at IBM and RStudio. Alison has a passion for helping individuals improve the efficiency, accuracy, and reproducibility of their work through the use of R Markdown. During our chat, she shares her personal journey of learning R and the benefits of using R Markdown. You can learn more about Alison's work on her website ....

R for the Rest of Us Podcast Episode 4: Abdoul Madjid

January 5, 2023

In this episode I speak with Abdoul Madjid about his journey to R. To learn more about Abdoul, you can find him on Twitter and on Mastodon . His data visualization, done as part of Tidy Tuesday , is on GitHub . Learn More If you want to receive emails when we publish new podcast episodes, sign up for the R for the Rest of Us newsletter . And if you're ready to learn R, check out our courses . Audio Version Video Version The video version has a walkthrough of how he made his COVID-19 map using...

R for the Rest of Us Podcast Episode 3: Tom Mock

December 13, 2022

In this episode, I speak with Tom Mock. Tom works at Posit (formerly RStudio) where he helped customers use that company's suite of products. Tom also loves building tables. I spoke with Tom about how he learned R, how he uses it today, and why he is so into making tables in R. You can connect with Tom on Twitter . Learn More If you want to receive emails when we publish new podcast episodes, sign up for the R for the Rest of Us newsletter . And if you're ready to learn R, check out our...

R for the Rest of Us Podcast Episode 2: Nassos Stylianou and Clara Guibourg

November 8, 2022

In 2017, BBC data journalist Nassos Stylianou was working with a backend developer on a particularly large data set. Nassos was primarily an Excel user at the time, but this data was too large for Excel. Seeing the developer work through the data with ease, a light bulb went off for Stylianou: if he and his data journalism team learned to use R, they could do this type of analysis on their own. This realization began a journey into R. This journey, which started with needing to analyze data...

R for the Rest of Us Podcast Episode 1: Cédric Scherer and Georgios Karamanis

August 22, 2022

In this first episode of the R for the Rest of Us podcast, I speak with designers Cédric Scherer and Georgios Karamanis about how they learned data viz, why they use R for their work, and how they get inspired. To learn more about Cédric, find him on Twitter . Georgios is on Twitter as well. Learn More If you want to receive emails when we publish new podcast episodes, sign up for the R for the Rest of Us newsletter . And if you're ready to learn R, check out our courses . Audio Version Video...