blog

phillymetaldata R package

R

R package

metal

In April 2022, I launched phillymetal.net as a way to stay connected to the local music scene that I’ve rarely engaged with since COVID-19 ruined everything.

A Sort(a) Useful Trick

R

snippet

My blog is depressingly stagnant and I want to make more of an effort to just post things without putting too much thought into it.

Using {foreach} to Speed up Parameterized RMarkdown PDF Report

R

reporting

RMarkdown

Microsoft Access

Recently, I have been working on a project to find alternate methods for creating PDF score reports for assessments that have typically been made using Microsoft Access. As someone who has literally never had a fun time working in Access, I was thrilled to be assigned to this project, and was then quickly humbled by the task at hand.

52 Different Ways to Rename a Column in R

R

cats

I haven’t posted for a while, and came across a tweet from Angie Jones that I really related to.

doubleheadR

R

survey

SurveyMonkey

The past few months of work-life have been constantly busy with survey design and analysis. COVID has really changed the landscape for just about everything, and leaders of projects and departments want and need to implement change quickly, and survey research is helping to inform speedy decision making.

Tidying The Survey Monkey Doubleheader

R

survey

SurveyMonkey

Infinite Rummy in the Age of Quarantine

R

dataviz

cats

In these unprecedented times, my wife Molly and I have been playing infinite rounds of Rummy ♠️ ♥️ ♣️ ♦️. Since I don’t have any high-quality posts yet (and probably won’t any time soon💩), I’m just going to graph our endless rounds until we’re out of the weeds. My friend and former colleague (and data pro!) Steph showed me how she was graphing nightly games of Rummy 500 with her wife, and I found the idea too fun to not steal 😺!