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A blog about all things visualisation, data science, and open source software. Some of these blog posts can also be found on R-bloggers, and many have been featured in the R Weekly highlights.

Best (artistic) practices in R

Generative art is the process of creating artwork through a set of pre-determined rules often with an element of randomness. This blog post will outline the best practices I follow when creating generative art in R.

March 3, 2022

A Story of Statistical Writing and Life Expectancy

Last year I was a finalist in the 2021 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. This blog post introduces my article published in Significance and gives some tips for statistical writing.

February 4, 2022

A Year of #TidyTuesday

One of my goals for 2021 was to participate in the #TidyTuesday challenge on a regular basis. This blog post reflects on the past year of data visualisations.

December 29, 2021

Thinking about #TidyTuesday (and the Spice Girls)

Earlier this week, whilst curating for @WeAreRLadies, I tweeted a thread on my thought process for this week’s #TidyTuesday challenge. This blog post expands on the thoughts in that thread.

December 18, 2021

30 Day Map Challenge 2021

The #30DayMapChallenge is a daily mapping, cartography, and data visualization challenge aimed at the spatial community.

December 1, 2021