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Slides from my Talk at the CDC
Two weeks ago I had the honor of giving a talk about my open source work at the CDC. Last week I gave the talk again as an open-enrollment webinar. In case you missed that talk, you can view the slides here. You can also download the slides by entering your email below. [content_upgrade cu_id=”5296″]Download […]
Continue readingLive 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 readingNew Facebook Group: Profitable Portfolios Community
Today I am happy to announce a new Facebook group: The Profitable Portfolios Community. This group is anyone who wants to create a portfolio of data science projects. Creating a portfolio is one of the best things that I’ve done for my career: it’s allowed me to explore projects I care about in depth, and has connected […]
Continue readingLearn Shiny in an Afternoon!
Today I am happy to announce my newest course: Create a Census Explorer with Shiny and Choroplethr! To learn more, watch this video: Shiny has revolutionized the way that I view data analysis. Instead of creating a static report, I can now create a web app that lets users explore datasets on their own. Learning to create […]
Continue readingWant to learn how to make maps in R?
Once upon a time I wrote an open source package that makes it easy to create choropleth maps in R. I called the package choroplethr. Then I created a free email course to teach people how to use the software. That course is called Learn to Map Census Data in R, and has been taken by thousands […]
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