Oscar Baruffa’s Tweets

Apr 26

Starting today, my #RStats #data & careers newsletter subscribers get a free copy of Project Management Fundamentals for Data Analysts. With ~150 sales some 5 star reviews, I think it's a good read ;). A big thank you to supporters of the book!

Newsletter signup - Oscar Baruffa

Newsletter subscribers get a free copy of Project Management Fundamentals for Data Analysts! Curious out what you’ll be getting? Here’s some of the latest posts :).

Katie Bauer

@imightbemary

Jul 30

hey brand new data team manager! you'll be overseeing the quality of your craft, keeping people on track to meet deadlines, and also coming up with the overall vision for your function. also, you'll have no one who understands your job to guide you through this huge career change

This is a superb collection, can't wait to start reading them all!

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Emilie Schario

@emilieschario

· Jul 28

Years ago I started collecting my favorite data-related links in a GitLab snippet and thanks to my incredible team members at @AmplifyPartners it has become way more! Really excited for moderndatateams.com to be live!

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Jul 26

Anyone got a recommendation for a decent mid-range Android phone? Mines been pushed waaaaaay past its expected life and is begging for the sweet release of the great beyond

Jul 24

Pretty wild thread 😯

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Robin Cole

@robmarkcole

· Jul 23

Beware buying text books (or anything else for that matter) on @amazon twitter.com/fchollet/statu…

Jesse Mostipak

@kierisi

Jul 21

🛋 Come conf on the couch with us! We've got the #rstudioconf Discord server ready for you 👇

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Jul 20

I've been following the great work

@GlobalFishWatch

have been doing and it's a nice surprise to see them release an #RStats package

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Tyler Clavelle

@tclavL

· Jul 20

New #rstats package alert! Today, we're releasing gfwr, an R

for accessing data from the new @GlobalFishWatch APIs.

1/6 github.com/GlobalFishingW

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Part 3 of 3 of the

300 milestone update is now available. This is the final batch of new #RStats additions to the collection!

Part 3 of 3: 300+ milestone for Big Book of R - Oscar Baruffa

This post is the final installment of a 3-part series highlighting 35 new entries to Big Book of R. Read part 1 and part 2. The site now has well over 300 free R programming titles. Onto the third...

and here's part 3!

Part 3 of 3: 300+ milestone for Big Book of R - Oscar Baruffa

This post is the final installment of a 3-part series highlighting 35 new entries to Big Book of R. Read part 1 and part 2. The site now has well over 300 free R programming titles. Onto the third...

Here's part 2

Part 2 of 3: 300+ milestone for Big Book of R - Oscar Baruffa

This is part 2 of a 3 part series highlighting a selection of 35 new entries into Big Book of R. Read part 1 and part 3. The site now has well over 300 free R programming titles. Onto the second...

Part 2 of 3 of the

update for the 300+ book milestone #RStats

Part 2 of 3: 300+ milestone for Big Book of R - Oscar Baruffa

This is part 2 of a 3 part series highlighting a selection of 35 new entries into Big Book of R. Read part 1 and part 3. The site now has well over 300 free R programming titles. Onto the second...

heres part 1

Just saw that today is #WorldEmojiDay, so it's relevant that I repost this collection of emoji-based #dataviz 📊😎

: Constraints breed creativity - Oscar Baruffa

#EmojoViz

A little while ago I noticed some really interesting graphs composed entirely of emoji and I’ve been keen to gather a bunch of examples together. I like “EmojiVIz” because it’s engaging, succinct and...

Jul 17

Cool to see the progression of this mapping in #RStats

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Andrew B. Collier

@datawookie

· Jul 17

Adding #railwaystation locations to #railway lines on map of #UK. Generated using #rstats. A close examination reveals that there are some discrepancies, which is mostly due to the coarse resolution on the railway network data. Still, the density of stations is impressive!

Jul 16

🚨This is an amazing milestone for

@BigBookofR

. We've blasted through the milestone of 300 free #RStats books!🚨 In this post, I highlight the first 10 of 35 new entries. More highlights coming soon. 📚📚📚📚📚

Part 1 of 3: 300+ milestone for Big Book of R - Oscar Baruffa

We’ve done it folks! Over 300 free R programming books are now available at www.BigBookofR.com. Of the 343 entries available, 20 are paid products and the rest are all 100% free. Thanks to all the...

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Jul 15

Wow, a bumper update to

@BigBookofR

is on it's way. Will take it to well over 300 free #Rstats titles

Jul 14

Awesome!

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RStudio

@rstudio

· Jul 14

While we hope to see you in person at #rstudioconf, we want to include as many of you as possible. We invite you to join us virtually!

We will livestream talks on the conference site.

Get ready! Start adding to your calendar. See the schedule here: rstudio.com/conference/

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David Keyes

@dgkeyes

Jul 13

Is there a way to highlight lines of code in bookdown similar to how it's done in xaringan? #rstats

Jul 12

The Programmer's Brain by

@Felienne

just arrived :) manning.com/books/the-prog

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Back cover, not the same text but blurb taken from online description: Your brain responds in a predictable way when it encounters new or difficult tasks. This unique book teaches you concrete techniques rooted in cognitive science that will improve the way you learn and think about code.

In The Programmer’s Brain: What every programmer needs to know about cognition you will learn:

Fast and effective ways to master new programming languages
Speed reading skills to quickly comprehend new code
Techniques to unravel the meaning of complex code
Ways to learn new syntax and keep it memorized
Writing code that is easy for others to read
Picking the right names for your variables
Making your codebase more understandable to newcomers
Onboarding new developers to your team

Learn how to optimize your brain’s natural cognitive processes to read code more easily, write code faster, and pick up new languages in much less time. This book will help you through the confusion you feel when faced wit

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Jul 9

There's some real gems here

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DataisPlural_Bot

@DataispluralBot

Automated

· Jul 9

Four years of rejected license plates. data-is-plural.com/archive/2015-1 #OpenData

Jul 8

goodness me I hope I get to quote tweet this one day

I can't shake this feeling that one day I might be wildy rich because I've made some simple service that converts data from one form into another

I've written up some thoughts on how to deal with difficult stakeholders. I'd love to hear yours

Dealing with difficult stakeholders - Oscar Baruffa

Ever heard these statements? “This is way down our priority list” “We’re too busy” “I just don’t see the value” There will be many times when you’re trying to implement something that requires the...

Jul 4

#RStats tip that I got from

@gavinprm

and now use daily. If you want to close all your

@rstudio

source files, except the one you're on, use Ctrl + Alt +Shift +W. No more closing every single script and view to clean things up.

Aaron Hawn

@Aaron_Hawn

Jul 1

Hey #Rstats community! I'm looking to build a portfolio website and I'm looking for suggestions and examples! Do you have one you are proud of? Share a link! Do you have suggestions on projects or examples to include? Share those too! Starting from scratch, so I'm open to all!

Jun 28

Analytics folks, read this :)

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Aaron Berman

@AaronDBerman

· Jun 28

I'm recently reminded that the tips I learned editing the President's Daily Brief can help anyone writing on complex issues, like for busy executives, or for random people on Twitter. So here are they are, with Star Wars examples. These are simple, but hard.

1/n

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Zoë Turner

@Letxuga007

Jun 27

If you are interested in healthcare check out collaborative projects: #RStats - github.com/nhs-r-community #Python - github.com/pycom There are lots of projects to get involved in and we are a friendly bunch who'll be available to help with things like GitHub.

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Developing a portfolio when you have no work experience - Oscar Baruffa

· Jun 27

If you're building a #DataAnalyst portfolio with no work experience, here's a guide to help you develop good projects. It covers: - Picking industry - Analyzing job ads - Optimizing projects - Finding #data #Python #excel #rstats #tableau #PowerBI oscarbaruffa.com/no-experience-

If you’re applying for a first Data Analyst role and have no work experience at all, then it’s very likely you’ll need to create a portfolio to develop and demonstrate your analytical skills. It’s...

Jun 23

Did a GPT-3 write this?

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JD Long

@CMastication

· Jun 23

Ok, I'll bite: what is Azure Synapse? Because this is not overly helpful:

Replying to

and

One of the biggest things conference organizers can do for accessibility is to get presenters to submit their slides a few days in advance and get them posted on the website.

isabel zimmerman

@isabelizimm

Jun 23

READY TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE SLIDES IN QUARTO??? no 🧵 bc it is THAT EASY ⬇️ — — — format: revealjs — — — ## slide title ## next slide title!

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Jeroen Ooms

@opencpu

Jun 23

We now track development of over 10.000 R packages on r-universe.dev including almost all actively maintained CRAN packages 🎉

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Jeroen Ooms

@opencpu

· Jun 16

After some refactoring of r-universe.dev, we started the ingesting 9000+ CRAN packages which are developed on GitHub/Gitlab/Bitbucket: github.com/r-universe-org

Emma Vitz

@EmmaVitz

Jun 22

I genuinely love public speaking & think it's underrated for introverts. You get to prepare in advance, talk about a topic of your choice (mostly) and then people come up to you and talk to you about that topic. It's a very structured, big bang for your buck way of networking.

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Brian Bilston

@brian_bilston

Jun 20

Here’s a poem called ‘Refugees’. Please bear with it. #WorldRefugeeDay

REFUGEES

They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they really are
Chancers and scroungers
Layabouts and loungers
With bombs up their sleeves
Cut-throats and thieves
They are not
Welcome here
We should make them
Go back to where they came from
They cannot
Share our food
Share our homes
Share our countries
Instead let us
Build a wall to keep them out
It is not okay to say
These are people just like us
A place should only belong to those who are born there
Do not be so stupid to think that
The world can be looked at another way

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Jun 21

Job seekers, if your github profile is empty or sparse, rather dont link to it

The

is taking place this week starting today, and I am willing to sponsor 2 Kenyan students to attend the main conference (minus tutorials) starting tomorrow. If interested, DM me ASAP. NB: You have to be a student and interested in learning #rstats.

Jun 19

A short blog post about whether I think online #data certifications are worth pursuing. In short, my answer is Yes.

Are online certifications worth pursuing? - Oscar Baruffa

June 2022 Many people entering the data field will weigh up the option of taking an online certification. Some of the more popular Data Analyst ones that I’m aware of are the Google Data Analytics...