All posts by Ari Lamstein
Live Presentation: My Talk at the CDC
Last Thursday I had the honor of giving a talk about my open source work to the CDC’s R Users Group. A big thank you to the CDC for having me! As the creator of a software package that maps open data, it was wonderful to speak at the CDC: not only do they publish […]
Continue readingLive Event: Blogging for Data Scientists
This Thursday at 10am I will be doing a live event with John Sonmez, the founder of SimpleProgrammer. The presentation is titled Blogging for Data Scientists. John was a major influence on me when I started publishing online in 2015. At that time I wasn’t sure if it made sense for me to create a blog, or a website […]
Continue readingLive Training: Using Email for your Data Science Portfolio
This Friday at 9am PT I will be running a live training titled Using Email for your Data Science Portfolio. Within the world of online communication, email is the best way to build relationships with people who value your work. This training will explain why this is, and how you can apply it to your own portfolio. Here’s a simple […]
Continue readingChoosing Software to Publish your Data Science Portfolio
I’ve recently spoken to several people who Have decided to create a portfolio of their data science projects Are new to online publishing They frequently have questions about the actual mechanics of publishing their portfolio online. A common email I get is this: I want to create a portfolio to highlight my data science projects. What’s the […]
Continue readingChoroplethr v3.5.3 is now on CRAN
A new version of choroplethr is now on CRAN. You can get it by typing the following: Motivation This new version was motivated by a few warnings that had started appearing since the latest update to ggplot2: These warnings did not effect the actual functionality of choroplethr. But the issue that caused them has been resolved. […]
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