Publications by Kenith Grey
Run Remote R Scripts with Mobile Device using E-mail Triggers
Have you ever been on the road and wished you could run an R script from your mobile device and see the results? Maybe you’re a business person who needs a quick update on a project or production schedule. Or, possibly you need an up-to-the-minute report out for a meeting, and you don’t have a “cloud based solution to get you the important ...
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Super Dark IDE Theme, R-Studio, Inverted Color
A dark IDE theme may increase visual comfort and productivity for those spending extended amounts of time coding, writing, and reading at a computer terminal. Why? If your 9 to 5 has you chained to a computer, you’ve likely experienced eye strain. Typical symptoms include soreness, irritation, and difficulty focusing your vision. All of which w...
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Learning and Teaching R | Get to the Plot
As an experienced R user, I have seen numerous social media posts and perhaps even a few stackexchange requests over the years asking the question, “how do I learn R?”. This is a great question. A related one is, “how do I teach or coach R?” To the would-be student, I ask, “What attracted you to R in the first place?” I suspect it was...
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MailR SMTP Setup (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo) | STARTTLS
The mailR package allows you to easily send e-mails with R, but you need the right mailR SMTP settings. Getting the SMTP settings just right to establish a connection to e-mail hosts like Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo can be challenging. This is especially true when there are some settings you need to change on the host side to make everything work. I...
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MobileTrigger Setup: Run R Scripts, Models, Reports with Mobile Device
Say hello to the MobileTrigger package. With it, you can run R scripts, models, and reports from a mobile device using e-mail triggers. In its debut offering, version 0.0.31 of the package provides List and Run trigger functions. The list function allows you to see available scripts, models, and reports. Complimenting list, the run function allow...
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R Markdown Reports On Demand with MobileTrigger
R markdown is great for building reports that are easily re-rendered based on new or evolving data. But when you're on the road and can't run your R markdown report, what do you do? Usually, I'd say enjoy the fact that you're on the road or holiday and leave it for an official day at the office. But sometimes your boss, peers, or direct reports n...
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