I recently attended the 2018 Association of Public Data Users (APDU) conference. This was my second time attending the conference, and I enjoyed learning more... The post Notes from the 2018 APDU Conference appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Today I am happy to announce that my proposal to the R Consortium was accepted! I first announced that I was submitting a proposal back... The post R Consortium Proposal Accepted! appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Last year I announced a collaboration with the Census Bureau to help with their new online training platform. This website, called “Census Academy”, is designed to... The post Census Academy Update! appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Last year I decided to take out the domain Choroplethr.com. I used it to host information about Choroplethr, my suite of R packages for mapping... The post New Version of Choroplethr.com! appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

A new version of Choroplethr is now on CRAN! You can get it by typing the following from the R Console: [crayon-5b341e0528211012241032/] I encourage all... The post Choroplethr v3.6.2 is now on CRAN appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

I just received a note from Hadley Wickham that a new version of ggplot2 is scheduled to be submitted to CRAN on June 25. Here’s... The post New Version of ggplot2 appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

I recently submitted a Proposal to the R Consortium. I decided to share this proposal on my blog for two reasons: To raise awareness of... The post My Proposal to the R Consortium appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Yesterday I wrote that I’ve received a number of choroplethr bug reports recently that I simply cannot reproduce. Due to a large number of people... The post Update: “Difficult to Reproduce Choroplethr Bug” Isolated and Fixed appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Since November 2017 I have received three bug reports from users who see this error when running any command in the choroplethr package: Theme element panel.border missing   Error in if (theme$panel.ontop)... The post Difficult to Reproduce Choroplethr Bug: Can You Help? appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

In November I announced a new collaboration with the Census Bureau around data science training. Today I’d like to provide an update on this project.... The post Update on My Collaboration with the Census Bureau appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

A few weeks ago I announced my latest project: Data Science instruction at the Census Bureau. In addition to announcing the project, I also snuck... The post R Programmers: What is your biggest problem when working with Census data? appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

A few weeks ago I announced my latest project: Data Science instruction at the Census Bureau. In addition to announcing the project, I also snuck... The post R Programmers: What is your biggest problem when working with Census data? appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

A few weeks ago I announced my latest project: Data Science instruction at the Census Bureau. In addition to announcing the project, I also snuck... The post R Programmers: What is your biggest problem when working with Census data? appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Today I am delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration. I will be working with the US Census Bureau as a Data Science Instructor! Over... The post New Project: Data Science Instruction at the US Census Bureau! appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Today I am delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration. I will be working with the US Census Bureau as a Data Science Instructor! Over... The post New Project: Data Science Instruction at the US Census Bureau! appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Today I am delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration. I will be working with the US Census Bureau as a Data Science Instructor! Over... The post New Project: Data Science Instruction at the US Census Bureau! appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Today I am delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration. I will be working with the US Census Bureau as a Data Science Instructor! Over... The post New Project: Data Science Instruction at the US Census Bureau! appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Ezra Haber Glenn, the author of the acs package in R, recently posted about the Free Software Foundation’s “Social Benefit” Award on the acs mailing... The post Free Software Foundation “Social Benefit” Award Nominations appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Ezra Haber Glenn, the author of the acs package in R, recently posted about the Free Software Foundation’s “Social Benefit” Award on the acs mailing... The post Free Software Foundation “Social Benefit” Award Nominations appeared first on AriLamstein.com.