Isabella Velásquez
@ivelasq3.bsky.social
💭 pipe dreams #RStats #Python 💜 @Posit.co (formerly RStudio) || ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ ||
I spent a bit of time this weekend updating my #Quarto listing for talks and workshops 🤗
Check it out here: ivelasq.rbind.io/talk
Many thanks to Meghan Hall for sharing the template and CSS code! 💜
Check it out here: ivelasq.rbind.io/talk
Many thanks to Meghan Hall for sharing the template and CSS code! 💜
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I spent a bit of time this weekend updating my #Quarto listing for talks and workshops 🤗
Check it out here: ivelasq.rbind.io/talk
Many thanks to Meghan Hall for sharing the template and CSS code! 💜
Check it out here: ivelasq.rbind.io/talk
Many thanks to Meghan Hall for sharing the template and CSS code! 💜
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
I'm reminded of how handy the usethis::browse_*() functions are and thought I'd remind people they exist. Choose from a menu of links or go straight to CRAN or GitHub. #rstats
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm reminded of how handy the usethis::browse_*() functions are and thought I'd remind people they exist. Choose from a menu of links or go straight to CRAN or GitHub. #rstats
I don't know how I missed this, but the blog post on ggplot2 extensions was an R Weekly highlight last week! Thank you so much to R Weekly and the curators! 💜
Here is the post if you would like to see it: rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...
Here is the post if you would like to see it: rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...
R Weekly 2025-W46 Custom ggplot2 geoms, data.table, NYC election
https://rweekly.org/2025-W46.html
#rstats #datascience
https://rweekly.org/2025-W46.html
#rstats #datascience
R Weekly 2025-W46 Custom ggplot2 geoms, data.table, NYC election
Summary: Custom ggplot2 geoms, data.table, NYC election topics explored with R and related tools.
rweekly.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I don't know how I missed this, but the blog post on ggplot2 extensions was an R Weekly highlight last week! Thank you so much to R Weekly and the curators! 💜
Here is the post if you would like to see it: rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...
Here is the post if you would like to see it: rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...
Woo, the post is on Data Elixir! It's a really great data science newsletter if you are looking for one!
dataelixir.com
dataelixir.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Woo, the post is on Data Elixir! It's a really great data science newsletter if you are looking for one!
dataelixir.com
dataelixir.com
I had a great time presenting at the 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series on "Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto" and #RStats!
Recording is available on the MAPOR website, and here are the slides if you are interested! 🧡💗
📝 Slides: ivelasq-automating-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud#/title-slide
Recording is available on the MAPOR website, and here are the slides if you are interested! 🧡💗
📝 Slides: ivelasq-automating-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud#/title-slide
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I had a great time presenting at the 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series on "Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto" and #RStats!
Recording is available on the MAPOR website, and here are the slides if you are interested! 🧡💗
📝 Slides: ivelasq-automating-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud#/title-slide
Recording is available on the MAPOR website, and here are the slides if you are interested! 🧡💗
📝 Slides: ivelasq-automating-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud#/title-slide
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
🚀 New blog post: "Lua Best Practices for Quarto Extensions"
Transform your working code into maintainable, robust extensions with proven patterns:
- Modular architecture
- Parameter scoping
Level up your Quarto game!
mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2025-1...
#Quarto #QuartoPub #Lua #DataScience
Transform your working code into maintainable, robust extensions with proven patterns:
- Modular architecture
- Parameter scoping
Level up your Quarto game!
mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2025-1...
#Quarto #QuartoPub #Lua #DataScience
Lua Best Practices for Quarto Extensions: Building Maintainable and Robust Extensions – MCU
This guide explores essential practices drawn from Quarto’s extensions and community standards, covering project structure, error handling, documentation, and release management to help transform your...
mickael.canouil.fr
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🚀 New blog post: "Lua Best Practices for Quarto Extensions"
Transform your working code into maintainable, robust extensions with proven patterns:
- Modular architecture
- Parameter scoping
Level up your Quarto game!
mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2025-1...
#Quarto #QuartoPub #Lua #DataScience
Transform your working code into maintainable, robust extensions with proven patterns:
- Modular architecture
- Parameter scoping
Level up your Quarto game!
mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2025-1...
#Quarto #QuartoPub #Lua #DataScience
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
My election night R code worked last night! 🎉! Inspired by @andrew.heiss.phd & @gosterhout.bsky.social 's #PositConf2025 talk re Idaho's website built with R, Quarto & the {targets} #RStats 📦
My results page: www.district2framingham.com/posts/2025-1...
Their repo: github.com/andrewheiss/...
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My results page: www.district2framingham.com/posts/2025-1...
Their repo: github.com/andrewheiss/...
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Framingham 2025 Election Results – Framingham District 2
See complete results for all the contested city races including interactive tables and precinct maps! Plus turnout data! All results unofficial from the City Clerk’s office.
www.district2framingham.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My election night R code worked last night! 🎉! Inspired by @andrew.heiss.phd & @gosterhout.bsky.social 's #PositConf2025 talk re Idaho's website built with R, Quarto & the {targets} #RStats 📦
My results page: www.district2framingham.com/posts/2025-1...
Their repo: github.com/andrewheiss/...
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My results page: www.district2framingham.com/posts/2025-1...
Their repo: github.com/andrewheiss/...
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I wrote a lil post on the amazing work that
@ginareynolds.bsky.social does championing ggplot2 extension developers and teaching others to build their own!
The post features the Scrollytelling Quarto extension and the group's cute #RStats hex 🐱:
rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...
@ginareynolds.bsky.social does championing ggplot2 extension developers and teaching others to build their own!
The post features the Scrollytelling Quarto extension and the group's cute #RStats hex 🐱:
rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...
An Introduction to Writing Your Own ggplot2 Geoms – R Works
The ggextenders club provides inspiration and resources for those venturing into the exciting world of creating custom ggplot2 extensions.
rworks.dev
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I wrote a lil post on the amazing work that
@ginareynolds.bsky.social does championing ggplot2 extension developers and teaching others to build their own!
The post features the Scrollytelling Quarto extension and the group's cute #RStats hex 🐱:
rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...
@ginareynolds.bsky.social does championing ggplot2 extension developers and teaching others to build their own!
The post features the Scrollytelling Quarto extension and the group's cute #RStats hex 🐱:
rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
I'm looking forward to this talk! Thanks for the invite for this great conference
Anunciamos nuestra segunda keynote para #LatinR2025: @statsteph.bsky.social, Senior Research Statistician en RTI International & R-Ladies RTP, será una de las ponentes principales de esta edicióna
🗓️ Agenda del 1 al 5 de diciembre de 2025 – online y gratuito
🚀 Pronto abriremos inscripciones
🗓️ Agenda del 1 al 5 de diciembre de 2025 – online y gratuito
🚀 Pronto abriremos inscripciones
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm looking forward to this talk! Thanks for the invite for this great conference
I'm super excited to give a workshop during next week's R/Pharma conference! Join me if you'd like to discuss the ✨beautiful✨ outputs you can create with #Quarto and #RStats.
📅 Tuesday, November 4 at 9 am CT
🔗 Free to register, too! events.zoom.us/ev/Ai-geyS63...
📅 Tuesday, November 4 at 9 am CT
🔗 Free to register, too! events.zoom.us/ev/Ai-geyS63...
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'm super excited to give a workshop during next week's R/Pharma conference! Join me if you'd like to discuss the ✨beautiful✨ outputs you can create with #Quarto and #RStats.
📅 Tuesday, November 4 at 9 am CT
🔗 Free to register, too! events.zoom.us/ev/Ai-geyS63...
📅 Tuesday, November 4 at 9 am CT
🔗 Free to register, too! events.zoom.us/ev/Ai-geyS63...
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
Happy logical Halloween
October 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Happy logical Halloween
I loved discussing "Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction" with @simisani.bsky.social & R-Ladies Gaborone!
Check out the recording and materials:
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOQ...
📝 ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro...
I hope this intro is better than the one between my three cats 😹
Check out the recording and materials:
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOQ...
📝 ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro...
I hope this intro is better than the one between my three cats 😹
October 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I loved discussing "Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction" with @simisani.bsky.social & R-Ladies Gaborone!
Check out the recording and materials:
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOQ...
📝 ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro...
I hope this intro is better than the one between my three cats 😹
Check out the recording and materials:
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOQ...
📝 ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro...
I hope this intro is better than the one between my three cats 😹
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
Messy folders haunting your R projects? 👻
This Wednesday Oct 29 at 4:00 PM PDT, I'll lead a workshop on Efficient File Management in R with {fs} hosted by @r-ladies-stl.bsky.social. Let's clean and organize a spooky messy folder together!
Register at www.meetup.com/rladies-st-l...
#RStats #DataBS
This Wednesday Oct 29 at 4:00 PM PDT, I'll lead a workshop on Efficient File Management in R with {fs} hosted by @r-ladies-stl.bsky.social. Let's clean and organize a spooky messy folder together!
Register at www.meetup.com/rladies-st-l...
#RStats #DataBS
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Messy folders haunting your R projects? 👻
This Wednesday Oct 29 at 4:00 PM PDT, I'll lead a workshop on Efficient File Management in R with {fs} hosted by @r-ladies-stl.bsky.social. Let's clean and organize a spooky messy folder together!
Register at www.meetup.com/rladies-st-l...
#RStats #DataBS
This Wednesday Oct 29 at 4:00 PM PDT, I'll lead a workshop on Efficient File Management in R with {fs} hosted by @r-ladies-stl.bsky.social. Let's clean and organize a spooky messy folder together!
Register at www.meetup.com/rladies-st-l...
#RStats #DataBS
Next week! I am giving a webinar on "Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto" as part of the 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series!
Save serious time and eliminate errors by letting Quarto do the heavy lifting 🏋️
I would love to see you there 💚💛💙
www.mapor.org/2025-mapor-f...
Save serious time and eliminate errors by letting Quarto do the heavy lifting 🏋️
I would love to see you there 💚💛💙
www.mapor.org/2025-mapor-f...
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Next week! I am giving a webinar on "Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto" as part of the 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series!
Save serious time and eliminate errors by letting Quarto do the heavy lifting 🏋️
I would love to see you there 💚💛💙
www.mapor.org/2025-mapor-f...
Save serious time and eliminate errors by letting Quarto do the heavy lifting 🏋️
I would love to see you there 💚💛💙
www.mapor.org/2025-mapor-f...
Looks like the Revolutions Analytics blog is down 😔 Used to be on my regular bookmarks rotation in the early 2010's. End of an #RStats era.
blog.revolutionanalytics.com
blog.revolutionanalytics.com
Typepad - Closed for Business
blog.revolutionanalytics.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Looks like the Revolutions Analytics blog is down 😔 Used to be on my regular bookmarks rotation in the early 2010's. End of an #RStats era.
blog.revolutionanalytics.com
blog.revolutionanalytics.com
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
There is a new monthly release of #Positron available, and it delivers fresh new features for the Data Explorer! In this screencast, I walk through how to interactively explore a recent #TidyTuesday dataset on literary prizes 📚📖🏆 using some of the Data Explorer newness.
youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
Explore literary prizes with Positron’s Data Explorer
YouTube video by Julia Silge
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
There is a new monthly release of #Positron available, and it delivers fresh new features for the Data Explorer! In this screencast, I walk through how to interactively explore a recent #TidyTuesday dataset on literary prizes 📚📖🏆 using some of the Data Explorer newness.
youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
Quarto has a way to collapse code, but what if you want to collapse code OUTPUT?
The amazing @mickael.canouil.fr created an extension that does just that!!!
Check it out! github.com/mcanouil/qua...
The amazing @mickael.canouil.fr created an extension that does just that!!!
Check it out! github.com/mcanouil/qua...
October 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Quarto has a way to collapse code, but what if you want to collapse code OUTPUT?
The amazing @mickael.canouil.fr created an extension that does just that!!!
Check it out! github.com/mcanouil/qua...
The amazing @mickael.canouil.fr created an extension that does just that!!!
Check it out! github.com/mcanouil/qua...
Love reading Posit's AI Newsletter as a nice, quick way of getting AI news without feeling overwhelmed.
Today's edition is now out!! 😄 posit.co/blog/2025-10...
Today's edition is now out!! 😄 posit.co/blog/2025-10...
ICYMI, @sara-altman.bsky.social and I have been writing a biweekly newsletter on AI and open source data science on the @posit.co blog!
A bit about how that came to be on my #rstats blog: www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2025-10...
A bit about how that came to be on my #rstats blog: www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2025-10...
October 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Love reading Posit's AI Newsletter as a nice, quick way of getting AI news without feeling overwhelmed.
Today's edition is now out!! 😄 posit.co/blog/2025-10...
Today's edition is now out!! 😄 posit.co/blog/2025-10...
In June, I gave a webinar at @amstatnews.bsky.social GASP 2025, "Quarto--To Tell Your Story with Data"
and the recording is now online!
🕸️ #RStats & #Python materials: ivelasq-gasp2025-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud
📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Yf...
🐙 GitHub: github.com/ivelasq/2025...
and the recording is now online!
🕸️ #RStats & #Python materials: ivelasq-gasp2025-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud
📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Yf...
🐙 GitHub: github.com/ivelasq/2025...
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In June, I gave a webinar at @amstatnews.bsky.social GASP 2025, "Quarto--To Tell Your Story with Data"
and the recording is now online!
🕸️ #RStats & #Python materials: ivelasq-gasp2025-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud
📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Yf...
🐙 GitHub: github.com/ivelasq/2025...
and the recording is now online!
🕸️ #RStats & #Python materials: ivelasq-gasp2025-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud
📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Yf...
🐙 GitHub: github.com/ivelasq/2025...
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
New blog post on the right and wrong way to rake a survey's data to estimates from another survey. As an example, it shows what can go wrong when we rake data from a poll to benchmark data from Pew's National Public Opinion Reference Survey.
www.practicalsignificance.com/posts/npors-...
www.practicalsignificance.com/posts/npors-...
Raking A Survey to Another Survey – Practical Significance
When raking survey data to improve representativeness, we ideally would have population data to use for raking. But sometimes all we have is data from another survey. What should we do in this situati...
www.practicalsignificance.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New blog post on the right and wrong way to rake a survey's data to estimates from another survey. As an example, it shows what can go wrong when we rake data from a poll to benchmark data from Pew's National Public Opinion Reference Survey.
www.practicalsignificance.com/posts/npors-...
www.practicalsignificance.com/posts/npors-...
Super excited to share what I've learned picking up Positron as a long-time RStudio user! 💙
🚀 Curious about Positron, Posit’s new open-source IDE?
This session shows RStudio users the basics, what’s new, and how it fits your workflow with @ivelasq3.bsky.social (Posit, PBC)
#RStats #DataScience #Positron #rladies
Thursday 09 October, 11am CT | 6:00 PM CAT
www.meetup.com/rladies-gabo...
This session shows RStudio users the basics, what’s new, and how it fits your workflow with @ivelasq3.bsky.social (Posit, PBC)
#RStats #DataScience #Positron #rladies
Thursday 09 October, 11am CT | 6:00 PM CAT
www.meetup.com/rladies-gabo...
Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction, Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Curious about Positron, the new open-source data science IDE from Posit? This session will walk RStudio users through the basics of Positron, highlight familiar features, a
www.meetup.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Super excited to share what I've learned picking up Positron as a long-time RStudio user! 💙
I’m so excited to be your curator this week! Be sure to follow @weare.rladies.org and see you on Monday 😎
September 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I’m so excited to be your curator this week! Be sure to follow @weare.rladies.org and see you on Monday 😎
Reposted by Isabella Velásquez
Excited to announce that our paper with @pingfanhu.bsky.social and Bogdan Bunea on our #rstats package {surveydown} is now published in @plosone.org
The paper compares the benefits of using a code-based approach to survey design, leveraging #quarto and #shiny
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The paper compares the benefits of using a code-based approach to survey design, leveraging #quarto and #shiny
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
surveydown: An open-source, markdown-based platform for programmable and reproducible surveys
This paper introduces the surveydown survey platform. With surveydown, researchers can create surveys that are programmable and reproducible using markdown and R code, leveraging the Quarto publicatio...
journals.plos.org
August 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Excited to announce that our paper with @pingfanhu.bsky.social and Bogdan Bunea on our #rstats package {surveydown} is now published in @plosone.org
The paper compares the benefits of using a code-based approach to survey design, leveraging #quarto and #shiny
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The paper compares the benefits of using a code-based approach to survey design, leveraging #quarto and #shiny
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🤖
Introducing Databot: an AI assistant for exploratory data analysis in #Python and #RStats!
A research preview in Positron, Databot is a tireless pair programmer to help you explore data.
Learn more about this tool and our philosophy behind it:
🤖 posit.co/blog/introdu...
⚠️ posit.co/blog/databot...
A research preview in Positron, Databot is a tireless pair programmer to help you explore data.
Learn more about this tool and our philosophy behind it:
🤖 posit.co/blog/introdu...
⚠️ posit.co/blog/databot...
August 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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