And now for something completely different… I like to take photographs. I used to post a lot of street art photos on Instagram (that I’m leaving for good before the year is over). This one happened by accident. A raindrop fell on the lens of the iPhone camera. So no filters needed! #VisitHelsinki

No new book chapter. But here's a function to turn color names into hex codes. The image is missing: library(tidyverse) color_to_hex(c("cyan4", "blue")) A tibble: 2 × 2 color hex <chr> <chr> cyan4 #008B8B blue #0000FF 2 rows #ggplot2 #DataViz #Writing #RStats 💙📚 📊

Writing ggplot2 extended continues... The latest published (first version) chapter is about visualizing data summaries. The {DataExplorer} package by Boxuan Cui is the main character of this one: ggplot2-extended-book.com/data#sec-sum... #ggplot2 #DataViz #Writing #RStats 💙📚 📊

The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.

I must say this as clearly as possible: if you have, in the last ten years, thought "I just don't get tech" or that you're "getting old" or "you're not technical," you are the victim - so much of the tech industry is now oriented around making you do stuff rather than doing stuff for you.

You are not "too old," you don't "just not get it." Things have stopped being made intuitively by default. You are the victim, you are being gaslit into believing you are deficient when using software made by companies that have failed you.

I updated my GitHub profile! It was about time (the last update was from 2022) too... By the way, the number of contributions in the past five years: 4 -> 15 -> 25 -> 64 -> 128 Will I make 256 contributions in 2025? Probably not, but it is crazy that the growth has been more or less 2x each year.

Musk admitted X throttles links, and Threads is only a little better. But social media's quiet war on links has been going on for years. I wrote about how big tech has been draining the open web's lifeblood and giving us "news influencers" instead of the news. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Planning next year with my dearest Helsinki Data Week crew @jkor.bsky.social, @eevamaija.bsky.social & Säde Haveri! Anyway, what are your plans for next fall? 🤓 www.helsinkidataweek.com #HelsinkiDataWeek #VisitHelsinki #VisitFinland #HDW2025

ggplot2 extended continues... The latest published (first version) chapter is about visualizing missing values in your data set. The {naniar} package by Nicholas Tierney et al. is the main character of this one: ggplot2-extended-book.com/data#sec-mis... #ggplot2 #DataViz #Writing #RStats 💙📚 📊

LinkedIn prompts us to "Start a post, try writing with AI". How about "Start a post, try writing without AI"? I know I would be much happier if my fellow LinkedIn users did that instead. Making yourself sound like a bot isn't doing you any favors in the already competitive job market. #Facts #AI

Ready for a holiday challenge that’s more fun than explaining your job? Grab our 📊 Data Viz Holiday Bingo card and see if you can spot all the classic family reactions to what you do for a living. Post your cards and maybe even win bragging rights at the dinner table! @datavizsociety.bsky.social

I'm continuing to write ggplot2 extended, the book. This week I'm writing about ggplot2 extensions that help with the EDA process. What are your favorite ggplot2-related EDA tools? Let me know in the comments! ggplot2-extended-book.com/data#sec-exp... #ggplot2 #DataViz #Writing #RStats 💙📚 📊

What's the purpose and scope of ggplot2 extended? What will you learn by reading the book (when it's done)? What won't you and why? Who is the book for? Who am I to write it? What next? The answers can be found here: ggplot2-extended-book.com/introduction #ggplot2 #DataViz #Writing #RStats 💙📚 📊

THE 2024 MAD LANDSCAPE X WHERE'S WALDO? - The crossover you didn't know you needed! Think you can spot the familiar friendly fellow with a striped shirt? Thank you and sorry Matt Turck! I'm a big fan of the original concept. #FunnyBecauseItsTrue #FridayMemes #MAD2024 #DataBS #Satire

What’s up? This website: www.ggplot2-extended-book.com I’m writing my first book. You can see the progress almost in real-time! It’s about ggplot2 extension packages and how to use them for better data visualizations. What do you think? #FirstTimeAuthor #DataViz #ggplot2 #Writing #RStats