rainbowR conference 2026 - YouTube The inaugural rainbowR virtual conference brought together LGBTQIA+ users of R, and their allies, to promote their work and foster connections within the com...

▶️ Videos from the rainbowR conference are now on YouTube 🎉

Catch-up with talks on wide-ranging subjects in R, Shiny, and working with LGBTQ+data, from our fabulous speakers (listed in next post)

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

By design, not default a free one hour panel on intentional AI adoption with Daly Analytics and friends

I’m very excited about this AI webinar that I’m doing with Friends from Skeleton Key Strategies on March 19.

🎟️ Registration: luma.com/4ptehcvw

rainbowR Conference 2026 Feb. 25 – 26, 2026

📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉

The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend.

pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...

#RStats #LGBTQ

– rainbowR conference

We have a fantastic programme of talks, workshops, and socials.

Speakers include @hadley.nz, @daphna.bsky.social, @frick.ws, @oberman.bsky.social, @jasminedaly.bsky.social, @ryantimpe.bsky.social, @ursula.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy

Full details at conference.rainbowr.org

Before You Build a Dashboard: Four Things Nonprofit Leaders Need to Know | Daly Analytics Most nonprofits say "we need a dashboard" without realizing that word means wildly different things - from simple BI tools to full platforms with AI features. The real first question isn't about tools...

Before building a dashboard, the first question isn't "what tool should we use?" It's: What decisions will you make differently once you can see this data?

🆕 blog post for nonprofit leaders getting started in planning a dashboard initiative → www.dalyanalytics.com/blog/what-no...

Tufted Titmouse bird

Resuming work this week after a lovely holiday break and enjoying the new bird feeder #birds

Christmas swag hanging decor with red bows on gathered pine branches

It’s my second year of making these little Christmas swag decor to hang on our fence! 🌲 #StepAwayFromTheComputer

Thank you!

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

{shinyfa} is on CRAN 🎉 I’ll be chatting more about its origins in my talk this Thursday at R+AI conference!

I’m so happy to have more brain space back to think strategically about how to develop more #rstats packages with AI-assisted development!

#databs

Lilo Dallas Multipass!

AI-Assisted R Development: Speaking at the Inaugural R+AI Conference 2025 | Daly Analytics Join my for my talk: ‘ Me, Myself, & Claude ’ on AI-Assisted R Development and lessons from my consulting practice at the Inaugural R+AI Conference virtually on November 12, 2025 🎉

✨ I'm really excited to be speaking at the inaugural R+AI 2025 Conference organized by @rconsortium.bsky.social!

I'll be sharing my journey of leveraging AI-Assisted R Development in my consulting practice at Daly Analytics & for fun!

🧵More details: www.dalyanalytics.com/blog/ai-assi...

I would love to sell you on CT! and central CT specifically. I live in the woods on 2 acres in a small old farm house in an incredibly agro-focused town. Not on the shore but close enough for occasional trips 🦞 🌊 equal distance from NYC and Boston but there is so much here. Happy to chat more!

GitHub - Cghlewis/freelancing_resources: Resources for data freelancers Resources for data freelancers. Contribute to Cghlewis/freelancing_resources development by creating an account on GitHub.

Over the last 3 years I've been collecting resources to share with people interested in data freelancing. I've recently compiled those resources in a GitHub Repository.

If you are interested in data freelancing, these resources may help you navigate that transition.

github.com/Cghlewis/fre...

Wow those looks great!

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So cool!

I just started using @supabase.com for a client project and I’m having such a fun time setting things up!

It’s so user-friendly and intuitive ✨

screenshot of Googlesheets data from Simon's Posit Conf 2025 Talk

I absolutely *love* that @simonpcouch.com mentioned using Google Sheets to easily supply input(s) and target(s) for evaluating #LLM quality {vitals} 🧸

Sometimes selecting right-sized solutions means deviating the "serious" data science techniques to get things done, creatively!

#positconf25

Yay! So glad you got them!

The Reluctant Leader Why Independent Consultants Need to Embrace Leadership

🔖 Here is another lovely morning read about leadership in consulting: samlandenwitsch.substack.com/p/the-reluct... and it fits the theme of a book recommendation that I recently received too 'Choosing to Lead Against the Current': bookshop.org/p/books/choo...

Yay 👏

Watercolor sketch of the renv package

I used to think using {renv} in projects wasn’t worth the headache as a solo developer, but after a recent conflict w/ GitHub Actions vs local package versions have converted me into an renv fan! 📦✨

Also trying a new watercolor technique with white crayon outlines 🎨

#rstats #databs #rpkgwatercolor

🗽I’m in NYC today for the Data Science & AI Conference by @landeranalytics.com @dataconf.ai

Please come say hi if you see me bopping around 👋

📦 I have a few hex stickers too!

#rstats #databs

Two recent articles on freelancing, for those who are interested:

From Joseph Barbier: barbierjoseph.com/blog/lessons...

Thanks to @jasminedaly.bsky.social for sharing this one: samlandenwitsch.substack.com/p/report-the...

Gotta love a tech-savvy school. Our preschool just uses carrier pigeons 😭

Your shirt is amazing 👏

Re-investing in myself can be:

- ☕️ coffee & reading
- 🕊️ birding
- 📝 writing blog posts
- 🚴‍♀️ riding my bike
- 🧑‍🎨 Sketching

I don’t plan out each morning block of time. I often wake up (before my kids) and give myself permission to indulge in some restorative time ☮️

Highly recommend!