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<p>Bill Venables, member of the R Foundation, co-author of the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-intro.pdf" target="_blank">Introduction to R manual</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rdocumentation.org/collaborators/name/Bill%20Venables?tap_a=5644-dce66f&tap_s=10907-287229" target="_blank">R package developer</a>, and one of the smartest <em>and</em> nicest (a rare combo!) people you will ever meet, received some gifts from the user!2018 conference committee in recognition of his longtime service to the R community. He received a book of reminiscences from those whose lives he has touched, and this blanket:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">This morning we took care of some unfinished <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/user2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#user2018</a> business. <img alt="😊" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.4/72x72/1f60a.png" class="wp-smiley"> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/visnut?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@visnut</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/tslumley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@tslumley</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/_jessie_roberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@_jessie_roberts</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/gW0wX2PLF2" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/gW0wX2PLF2</a></p>
<p>— Miles McBain (@MilesMcBain) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/MilesMcBain/status/1019762536399364096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 19, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The design on the blanket is the “Hex Sticker Wall” that was on design during the conference, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.mitchelloharawild.com/blog/user-2018-feature-wall/" target="_blank">created by Mitchell O’Hara-Wild</a>:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hexwall?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#hexwall</a> has been revealed! Read about how it was created in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rstats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rstats</a> on this blog post: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/krYYOQ3N84" target="_blank">https://t.co/krYYOQ3N84</a></p>
<p>A huge thanks to everyone who has submitted stickers and provided feedback. I hope you enjoy the end result as much as I have had creating it! <img alt="🎉" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.4/72x72/1f389.png" class="wp-smiley"> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/GnG9m2cZme" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/GnG9m2cZme</a></p>
<p>— Mitchell O’Hara-Wild (@mitchoharawild) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/mitchoharawild/status/1016867974597074944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 11, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The design for the wall was created — naturally — using R. Mitchell created an <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/mitchelloharawild/hexwall" target="_blank">R script</a> that will arrange a folder of hexagon images according to a specified layout. He then used a map of Australia to lay out the hex sticker coordinates within the map boundaries and plotted that to create the Hexwall. If you have a similar collection of hex images you could use the same technique to arrange them into any shape you like. The details are provided in the blog post linked below.</p>
<p>Mitchell O’Hara-Wild: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.mitchelloharawild.com/blog/user-2018-feature-wall/" target="_blank">UseR! 2018 Feature Wall</a></p>
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