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You really otter be at #cascadiaRconf....

May as well try to thread tweets. You are killing me with all these otter puns....  Since I ca
Governments can deliver service value. They can also generate public goods in data and analysis! Look at this amazing collection! #cascadiaRconf

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Move at the speed of `trust`! What a great mantra for data science team leads internally and data science groups in bigger organizations! @stephhazlitt gives a recipe for success in incorporating R into BC government. #cascadiaRconf

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Next up, sharing R with pagedown...
#cascadiaRconf
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R Users are not designers... I feel seen!

#cascadiaRconf
Though that does not mean that designers are not SUPER welcome [saves so many blushes for people that are terrible at it like me]

#cascadiaRconf
The solution: {pagedreport} an accessible beautiful package and template collection for .pdf reporting from R

#cascadiaRConf
Now to gaps in data accessibility using R Shiny....

#cascadiaRConf

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Putting data on the internet doesn't mean it is actually publicly accessible, it often means publicly available [at great cost to potential users]

#cascadiaRConf

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Solving those barriers....
#cascadiaRConf

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Reproducible research with NMFS Reports....
#cascadiaRConf

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The to-do list...
#cascadiaRConf What we need to automate a large report: data download autom
The glory of markdown....
#cascadiaRConf Using RMarkdown for output flexibility replete with bibliogr
Q and A. accessible through and through.... The presenters taking questions with @tladeras facilitating.
A new session: Shiny

#cascadiaRConf Title page for talk on designing contagious shiny apps -- He
Spreadable
Adaptable
Reliable
Desirable
yield SARD, a quartz rock, that can be shined to make it Shiny!!!!
#cascadiaRConf
The capture for the aforementioned text....
#cascadiaRConf
{ggirl} ggplots in real life by @skyetetra A slide on how to get ggplot2 plots into real life forms
And, come Tuesday, it will apparently be able to handle generative aRt!!!! Missed the slide.

#cascadiaRConf
Next up, Joe Cheng shows how to extend Tableau using R and Shiny
#cascadiaRConf
Why do we care about Tableau is a question that I have often asked.
#cascadiaRConf Companies are tableau shops and it is expensive.
{shinytableau} oh my.... tableau can violin plot [but not without R] an R [ggplot2] violin plot embedded in tableau
200+ lines in two languages or 67 in R. Personally, still asking the why tableau question.....
#cascadiaRConf
And the Q&A to conclude this session....
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oohhhh.... {shinyvalidate} never seen that.
#cascadiaRConf

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New session: sharing R love....

#cascadiaRConf
First up, Kate Hertwick on coordination and collaboration in teams using R. Teams of all kinds....

#cascadiaRConf
@k8hert says: facilitate participation by all in a distributed tech product.... Everyone should be able to participate with the carpentries
It is tech and people and you have to pay attention to both....
#cascadiaRConf
Next up is @kdillmcfarland on being the first bioinformatician in a department. First of her name: Fostering R usages as the first bioinform
R users know how wonderful it is. Marketing it internally is important: @kdillmcfarland discusses the importance of getting buy-in through workshops, office hours, and making things accessible and obviously useful.
#cascadiaRConf
Experts have to model vulnerability and learning because no one knows everything. So true.
#cascadiaRConf
Next up is Chante Davis presenting her work with Emily Markowitz and Diana Dishman on teaching colleagues to use R.
#cascadiaRConf
Find community and identified needs:
#cascadiaRConf
The good kind of conspiracy:
#cascadiaRConf
A great talk! The recipe for success:
#cascadiaRConf
Now to the Q&A

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LiveThread of #cascadiaRConf afternoon session [with apologies to @tladeras for missing the first lightning talk; my dog needed food]. Now building a college basketball simulation by Kevin Floyd.
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Today, I'll fulfill a long-standing goal to visit the only football ground in England with pubs on all four corners. Brentford's Griffin Park is in a farewell year.
First, a pint of Fuller's London Pride at the Griffin, corner of Brook Road South and Braemar St.
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