Publications by Ari Lamstein
How to “get good at R”
Recently a few people in my membership site have asked me the following question: How can I get good at R? This has come up enough times for me to outline my thoughts on the subject. That way I can simply forward people to this post the next time the question comes up. My advice is geared towards people who want to build an online portfolio th...
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How long until an R portfolio makes money?
A reader just asked me a fascinating question: Could you give a rough estimate of how much time you had to invest until your portfolio started to show a nice return of investment? To answer this question we’ll need to subtract a start date from an end date. However, these dates are a bit tricky to pick. The Start Date There are two possible s...
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Questions for the Census Bureau?
Source: http://www.census.gov/about/cbo-photos.html Next week I will be traveling to Washington to meet with someone at the US Census Bureau. While I’ve had several phone calls with people at Census, this will be my first face-to-face meeting with someone who works there. As you might imagine, I have a long list of things I want to cover! In fa...
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New Facebook Group: Data Science Portfolios
Today I am happy to announce a new Facebook group: Data Science Portfolios. This group is for anyone interested in creating a portfolio of data science projects. Creating a portfolio is one of the best things that I’ve done for my career: it’s allowed me to explore projects I care about in depth, and has connected me with potential customer...
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Upcoming Webinar: Positioning Your Data Science Portfolio
Philip Morgan This Wednesday at 10am I will be hosting a webinar with Philip Morgan on Positioning Your Data Science Portfolio. If you are interested in creating a Data Science Portfolio that positions you as an expert in your field, then I encourage you to attend. Click Here to Register An Unpositioned Portfolio I had been developing a portfo...
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Choroplethr v3.5.3 is now on CRAN
A new version of choroplethr is now on CRAN. You can get it by typing the following: install.packages("choroplethr") packageVersion("choroplethr") [1] '3.3.1' Motivation This new version was motivated by a few warnings that had started appearing since the latest update to ggplot2: library(choroplethr) data(df_pop_state) state_choropleth...
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Choosing Software to Publish your Data Science Portfolio
I’ve recently spoken to several people who Have decided to create a portfolio of their data science projects Are new to online publishing They frequently have questions about the actual mechanics of publishing their portfolio online. A common email I get is this: I want to create a portfolio to highlight my data science projects. What’s t...
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Live Training: Using Email for your Data Science Portfolio
This Friday at 9am PT I will be running a live training titled Using Email for your Data Science Portfolio. Within the world of online communication, email is the best way to build relationships with people who value your work. This training will explain why this is, and how you can apply it to your own portfolio. Here’s a simple example f...
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Live Event: Blogging for Data Scientists
John Sonmez This Thursday at 10am I will be doing a live event with John Sonmez, the founder of SimpleProgrammer. The presentation is titled Blogging for Data Scientists. John was a major influence on me when I started publishing online in 2015. At that time I wasn’t sure if it made sense for me to create a blog, or a website of any kind. Ta...
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Live Presentation: My Talk at the CDC
Last Thursday I had the honor of giving a talk about my open source work to the CDC’s R Users Group. A big thank you to the CDC for having me! As the creator of a software package that maps open data, it was wonderful to speak at the CDC: not only do they publish interesting data, they also frequently need to map that data! My presentation was...
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