What’s New in R: May 19, 2025

May 19, 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of ​What’s New in R ​! This week, we’re featuring a guide on using LLMs to summarize work, a dashboard for WHO data, and a tutorial on storytelling with R and Quarto. Let’s dive in! Remembering what I did this week with LLMs Garrick Aden-Buie explores the use of large language models (LLMs) to create concise work summaries. In his blog post, he shares how he uses several R packages to create summaries of what he accomplished during the previous week. Read More →...

What’s New in R: May 12, 2025

May 12, 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of What’s New in R ! This week, we’re featuring a guide on getting your Quarto projects out into the world with GitHub Pages, a personal journey into R programming, and a new package for working with colors. Let’s dive in! Sketchy Waffle Charts in R Nicola Rennie has written an intriguing blog post about creating sketchy waffle charts in R. This creative visualization approach adds a hand-drawn aesthetic to traditional waffle charts, making them both engaging...

What’s New in R: May 5, 2025

May 5, 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of What’s New in R ! This week, we’re featuring a guide on getting your Quarto projects out into the world with GitHub Pages, a personal journey into R programming, and a new package for working with colors. Let’s dive in! Dissemination using Quarto and Github Pages James Bartlett has created a comprehensive guide on how to disseminate Quarto projects using GitHub Pages. GitHub Pages is a great (and free!) way to share your Quarto websites, books, and more...