If you’re looking to switch or just want to expand your skills, this…
Software
Programs and online applications to help you make use of data.
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Switching from Python to R
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Spreadsheet esports
You’ve probably heard of esports, where people compete against each other in multiplayer…
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Improved color palettes in R
Achim Zeileis and Paul Murrell provide a rundown of the more user-friendly color…
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Scraping data without programming
Maybe you’ve wished you could quickly grab the data on a webpage and…
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Scrolly video JavaScript library
ScrollyVideo.js is a JavaScript library that makes it easier to incorporate videos in…
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Deleting your tweets with R
Twitter isn’t in a great place right now, so maybe you want to…
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Wide range of data exploration tools
Simon Willison asked a straightforward question about the tools people use:
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Color palette generator
In the never-ending quest to find the perfect color scheme for any given…
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RStudio changes name to Posit
RStudio, the company behind the IDE of the same name, are changing their…
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Charting software that pre-dates Excel
RJ Andrews digs up the PC archives of charting software. Scrolling through the…
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R packages useful for sports analytics
If you’re into R and analyzing sports data, you’ll want to save this…
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A color tool for accessible schemes
Leonardo is an open source project from Adobe that helps you pick accessible…
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Procedural dungeons in R
Matt Dray is developing a package in R that runs a text-based game.…
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Agent-based modeling in JavaScript
Atomic Agents is a JavaScript library by Graham McNeill that can help simulate…
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Ross Ihaka, co-creator of R, reflects on the language
NZ Herald talked to Ross Ihaka, one of the creators of R:
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Seeing just the questions
As a way to explore how people use questions in their writing, a…
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Colors for All, R package
If you use color as a visual encoding, you should make sure every…
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Spike maps in R
Spike maps use the height of spikes to encode data geographically. The format…
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A Succinct Intro to R
Before you get into analysis and visualizing data with R, you need to…
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SVG pattern repository
For when you want to fill SVG polygons with patterns instead of or…