Tag Archives: reports

GitHub Package Ideas I Stole

Posted on August 31, 2013 by tylerrinker

One of my favorite sources of good ideas is looking at the GitHub repositories of others and modeling my repos after the good ideas I see others doing. Here's Steve Jobs on stealing ideas: In the past few weeks I've … Continue reading →

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The Mechanics of Data Visualization

Posted on July 2, 2013 by tylerrinker

I recently presented about the mechanics of data visualization at the CLaRI Literacy Conference to a group of researchers, teachers and school administrators. The presentation is based on the work of Few (2012; 2009). While the presentation itself is not about … Continue reading →

Posted in ggplot2, reports, slidify, Uncategorized, visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Animations Understood

Posted on May 11, 2013 by tylerrinker

When I first saw a graphic made from Yihui’s animation package (Xie, 2013) I was amazed at the magic and thought “I could never do that”. Passage of time… One night I found myself bored and as usual avoiding work. … Continue reading →

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Workflow w/ reports package

Posted on February 24, 2013 by tylerrinker

NOTE: THIS IS NOW A PACKAGE SEE THIS LINK FOR DETAILS Let me start with a video for people who just want to see what I’m demo-ing first: I’ve been interested in speeding up workflow lately and spending a lot … Continue reading →

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