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<p>For our July 13th 2018 LIBD rstats club meeting we decided to check as much as we could the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://user2018.r-project.org/" target="_blank">useR!2018</a> conference. Here’s what we were able to figure out about it in about an hour. Hopefully our quick notes will help other <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23rstats" target="_blank">rstats</a> enthusiasts, users and developers get a glimpse of the conference. Although there’s bound to me more videos and material about the conference coming out in the following days.</p>
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<h3>Main links:</h3>
<p>First of all search all the Twitter history for tweets related to the conference by checking the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23user2018" target="_blank">user2018</a> hashtag.</p>
<p>Next, check the videos of the talks. There are more videos there than we can check right now but we hope to come back sometime later and check more talks.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">All of the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> presentations (unless specifically requested not), including tutorials are being recorded. These will be available at some point after the meeting, we think at this channel <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/lq6E2XnXP9" target="_blank">https://t.co/lq6E2XnXP9</a></p>
<p>Live streaming is a challenge, hope to attempt one keynote.</p>
<p>— useR!2018 (@useR2018_conf) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/useR2018_conf/status/1016816371533938688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 10, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<h3>Talks</h3>
<p>From checking Twitter, we can say that there lots of great talks and tutorials. Here are some of the main ones we found in this hour.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/rdpeng" target="_blank">Roger Peng</a> talking about <em>Teaching R to New Users</em> got lots of attention. Here are some tweets about it:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/rdpeng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@rdpeng</a> doing a better job of describing the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tidyverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#tidyverse</a> design philosophy than I ever have! <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/o3KunXe6qq" target="_blank">https://t.co/o3KunXe6qq</a></p>
<p>— Hadley Wickham (@hadleywickham) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hadleywickham/status/1017553911782076416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 12, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last day of <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> kicking off with <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/rdpeng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@rdpeng</a> &quot;Teaching R to new users&quot; <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/yIJfiU7s8I" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/yIJfiU7s8I</a></p>
<p>— Luke Zappia (@_lazappi_) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/_lazappi_/status/1017559295355846657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is the narrative from my <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> keynote <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/SbrlShNaDL" target="_blank">https://t.co/SbrlShNaDL</a></p>
<p>— Roger D. Peng (@rdpeng) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/rdpeng/status/1017608009789259778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Roger Peng’s <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> keynote this morning resonates with me, as another long time user/developer/instructor. Useful, opinionated take on where we are now in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rstats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rstats</a> and how we got here. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/rdpeng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@rdpeng</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/bOLSoaFupd" target="_blank">https://t.co/bOLSoaFupd</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/ejc9yFYGVA" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ejc9yFYGVA</a></p>
<p>— Jenny Bryan (@JennyBryan) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/JennyBryan/status/1017579549435912194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/JennyBryan" target="_blank">Jenny Bryan</a> talked about <em>Code Smells and Feels</em> which was one of the major highlights. We wish we could have been there. Here are some tweets about it:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Code Smells and Feels<br>^^ my keynote talk at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a><br>Materials at: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/e7dZRMZuSL" target="_blank">https://t.co/e7dZRMZuSL</a><br>It was a great honour to speak and the Brisbane crew upheld the fine tradition of fun and informative useR! meetings <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/2XkJ64NgsM" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/2XkJ64NgsM</a></p>
<p>— Jenny Bryan (@JennyBryan) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/JennyBryan/status/1017697356479729665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A really nice keynote to close <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/user2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#user2018</a> “Code smells and feels” <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/JennyBryan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@JennyBryan</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rstats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rstats</a><a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/3pzXUhE9xh" target="_blank">https://t.co/3pzXUhE9xh</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/BCDcMPKfXj" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/BCDcMPKfXj</a></p>
<p>— Mickaël CANOUIL (@Coeos_) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/Coeos_/status/1017772842371317761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Check out her presentation materials on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/jennybc/code-smells-and-feels" target="_blank">github</a></p>
<p>The talk was centered around the idea of writing good code. Using senses such as smell and feel as an extended metaphor, Bryan explains that coding is a sense that is developed through experience. Taking a very supportive tone, she provides pro-tips to writing efficient and effective code, such as writing simple conditions and functions instead of relying on complex function and “Tip #1: Do not comment and uncomment sections of code to alter behavior.”</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/thomasp85" target="_blank">Thomas Lin Pedersen</a> talked about the <code>gganimate</code> package which seems to have included gifs in the talk.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">First keynote for the second day of <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/thomasp85?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@thomasp85</a> &quot;The Grammar of Animation&quot; <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sketchnotes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#sketchnotes</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/tvNjvbr4ag" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/tvNjvbr4ag</a></p>
<p>— Luke Zappia (@_lazappi_) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/_lazappi_/status/1017198068360347648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 12, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><img alt="😬" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.4/72x72/1f62c.png" class="wp-smiley"> I said I wasn't gonna gif it, but I also don't want you to miss it…<br>&quot;The Grammar of Animation&quot; <img alt="👨‍🎨" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.4/72x72/1f468-200d-1f3a8.png" class="wp-smiley"> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/thomasp85?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@thomasp85</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/t2HYRTtHwO" target="_blank">https://t.co/t2HYRTtHwO</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rstats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rstats</a> <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/gganimate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#gganimate</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/YOyuNn5p1g" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/YOyuNn5p1g</a></p>
<p>— Mara Averick (@dataandme) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/dataandme/status/1017393683379949568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 12, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/StephdeSilva" target="_blank">Steph de Silva</a> started the useR!2018 keynotes with her <em>Beyond syntax, towards culture</em> talk which covered different R communities and how we all interact.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kicking off the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> talks with <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/StephdeSilva?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@StephdeSilva</a>'s keynote &quot;Beyond syntax, towards culture&quot; <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sketchnotes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#sketchnotes</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/vgBsfOIFJU" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/vgBsfOIFJU</a></p>
<p>— Luke Zappia (@_lazappi_) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/_lazappi_/status/1016904394103668736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 11, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Late to the party, I was a little busy: my slides for my talk <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a><a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/OzqcSTEx2v" target="_blank">https://t.co/OzqcSTEx2v</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/RNnCm6K2ym" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/RNnCm6K2ym</a></p>
<p>— Steph de Silva (@StephdeSilva) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/StephdeSilva/status/1017757332254515201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The slides and video for the <code>workflowr</code> talk by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/jdblischak" target="_blank">John Blischak</a> are already online too which got the big thumbs up by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/PeteHaitch" target="_blank">Peter Hickey</a>!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here are the slides for my <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> presentation on my <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rstats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rstats</a> package <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/workflowr?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#workflowr</a> for reproducible research <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/O2yZ7RemN6" target="_blank">https://t.co/O2yZ7RemN6</a></p>
<p>— John Blischak (@jdblischak) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/jdblischak/status/1016912611529510913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 11, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I feel like <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/jdblischak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@jdblischak</a> has read my mind with workflowr. It's like my current workflow but, like, actually good and reproducible! Will be especially great for collaborative and consulting type projects <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/tZtqyH3sc2" target="_blank">https://t.co/tZtqyH3sc2</a></p>
<p>— Peter Hickey (@PeteHaitch) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/PeteHaitch/status/1016920426792943616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 11, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>If you are starting out with the tidyverse, this tutorial about <em>Wrangling with the Tidyverse</em> by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/drsimonj" target="_blank">Simon Jackson</a> seems interesting!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great to meet everyone today who attended my <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/rstats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rstats</a> tutorial, &quot;Wrangling with the Tidyverse!&quot;</p>
<p>Missed out or forgot anything? Get all the material at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/YfYZBlkwMs" target="_blank">https://t.co/YfYZBlkwMs</a></p>
<p>Special thanks to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/Rhydwyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Rhydwyn</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/orchid00?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@orchid00</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/SayaniGupta5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@SayaniGupta5</a> for their support too <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/5MnXLSQxq9" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/5MnXLSQxq9</a></p>
<p>— Simon Jackson (@drsimonj) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/drsimonj/status/1016592786865287169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 10, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Did anyone else think about the Diablo game with the <code>deckard</code> package? This new package by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/VergeLabsAI" target="_blank">Verge Labs</a> could be very useful when working with large datasets.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Introducing deckard for large scale visualisations in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rstats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rstats</a>! If you want to hear more about it come catch us present this Thursday at 4:30 at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/user2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#user2018</a>. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/sIcd3ztqVl" target="_blank">https://t.co/sIcd3ztqVl</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/ggu0N7JMWH" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ggu0N7JMWH</a></p>
<p>— Verge Labs (@VergeLabsAI) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/VergeLabsAI/status/1016793618051301376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 10, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/jimhester_" target="_blank">Jim Hester</a>’s talk about the <code>glue</code> package was highly recommended by Jenny Bryan. And more likely than not, you are using R packages that Jim has helped in some way or the other.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Slides for my talk at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/7JO8G1nQup" target="_blank">https://t.co/7JO8G1nQup</a></p>
<p>— Jim Hester (@jimhester_) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/jimhester_/status/1017226381082558464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 12, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/tslumley" target="_blank">Thomas Lumley</a> talked about <code>fasteR</code>: ways to speed up R code; check the video of his talk at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2MDIzflp9k" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</p>
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<p>Major takehomes:</p>
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<li>If you repeat a task frequently, it is worth taking the time to optimize it for speed. (See xkcd cartoon!)</li>
<li>Packages are available to measure how “efficient” your code is, in time and/or memory. Options: <code>microbenchmark()</code>, <code>Rprof()</code>, <code>system.time()</code></li>
<li>Reasons your code may be slower than necessary:
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<li>Dataframes are slower than matrices, data.tables, tbls, and lists</li>
<li>Vectorize your code whenever possible</li>
<li>Preallocate for the size of your objects, rather than “growing” your objects.</li>
<li>Linear algebra / matrix algebra functions can be much faster than alternatives because they are coded in C. E.g. for a large matrix, <code>crossprod(scale(x))</code> <em>if you know there is no missing data or NAs</em> is many times faster than <code>cor(x)</code>. If you know the linear algebra, use matrix operations when possible.</li>
<li>Packages exist for modeling large data. Example: <code>biglm</code> for linear models.</li>
<li>Thomas Lumley is a Rosalind Franklin fan <img alt="🙂" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.4/72x72/1f642.png" class="wp-smiley"></li>
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<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
<p>They made an awesome hex wall with the hex stickers from packages represented at useR!2018. It’s awesome!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">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 lang="en" dir="ltr">Controversial choice of wearing a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/python?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#python</a> in front of an <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hexwall?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#hexwall</a> of <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/R?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#R</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/packages?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#packages</a> but hey, we're all friends! <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/rSG1EsH4Wi" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/rSG1EsH4Wi</a></p>
<p>— Anna Quaglieri (@annaquagli) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/annaquagli/status/1016920889101709312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 11, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Here’s a blog post summarizing the conference from someone that was there if you want to check it out.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last blog post for <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a>. What a great week. Thank you to everyone who contributed. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/VA55cZz0VZ" target="_blank">https://t.co/VA55cZz0VZ</a></p>
<p>— Murray David Neuzerling (@mdneuzerling) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/mdneuzerling/status/1017666723015581696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>It’s awesome to see the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesGlobal" target="_blank">RLadies</a> community thriving! A few of us didn’t know about <a rel="nofollow" href="https://r-posts.com/introducing-r-ladies-remote-chapter/" target="_blank">RLadies Remote</a> which everyone can join.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here are amazing <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RLadies?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#RLadies</a> from around the world having dinner after an excellent day at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/useR2018_conf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@useR2018_conf</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesGlobal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RLadiesGlobal</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesBrisbane?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RLadiesBrisbane</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesSydney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RLadiesSydney</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesIstanbul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RLadiesIstanbul</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesIzmir?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RLadiesIzmir</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesAKL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RLadiesAKL</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RLadiesDC</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesRemote?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RLadiesRemote</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesMVD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RLadiesMVD</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rladies?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rladies</a> <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/rstat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rstat</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/aZoSuAU0Gi" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/aZoSuAU0Gi</a></p>
<p>— R-Ladies Melbourne (@RLadiesMelb) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/RLadiesMelb/status/1016604921154584576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 10, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>These are some awesome socks!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Packed my own hex socks for <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/UxPcBp8CGh" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/UxPcBp8CGh</a></p>
<p>— Ben Harrap (@BHarrap) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/BHarrap/status/1017237977599078400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 12, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sock party <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/useR2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#useR2018</a> (trying again with proper spelling) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/gI6zcbTzDW" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/gI6zcbTzDW</a></p>
<p>— Dianne Cook (@visnut) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/visnut/status/1016443338331807744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 9, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>And who doesn’t love this image of <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hadleywickham" target="_blank">Hadley Wickham</a> being mobbed by deers? He even meme-fied it himself on this tweet.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">People often ask why dplyr &amp; tibble don't support row names. I've (finally) written up my reasons at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/UmZjaSk7UX" target="_blank">https://t.co/UmZjaSk7UX</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rstats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#rstats</a> (photo credit: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hspter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@hspter</a>) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/IVbaVmKhYp" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/IVbaVmKhYp</a></p>
<p>— Hadley Wickham (@hadleywickham) <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hadleywickham/status/1017562721456275456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>useR!2019 is already lined up, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.user2019.fr/" target="_blank">check it out</a>. It’ll be in Toulouse, France! Follow them on Twitter at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/UseR2019_Conf" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/UseR2019_Conf</a>.</p>
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<h3>Acknowledgements</h3>
<p>We are greatful to everyone that tweeted about the conference and shared their materials online!</p>
<p>This blog post was made possible thanks to:</p>
<ul>
<li><em><a rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=blogdown" target="_blank">blogdown</a></em> <a></a>(<a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/rstudio/blogdown" target="_blank">Xie, Hill, and Thomas, 2017</a>)</li>
<li><em><a rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=devtools" target="_blank">devtools</a></em> <a></a>(<a rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=devtools" target="_blank">Wickham, Hester, and Chang, 2018</a>)</li>
<li><em><a rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=knitcitations" target="_blank">knitcitations</a></em> <a></a>(<a rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=knitcitations" target="_blank">Boettiger, 2017</a>)</li>
</ul>
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<h3>References</h3>
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<a></a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LIBDrstats/~3/eVTz72Mu1ok/#cite-Boettiger_2017" target="_blank">[1]</a><cite> C. Boettiger. <em>knitcitations: Citations for ‘Knitr’ Markdown Files</em>. R package version 1.0.8. 2017. URL: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=knitcitations" target="_blank">https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=knitcitations</a>.</cite>
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<a></a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LIBDrstats/~3/eVTz72Mu1ok/#cite-Wickham_2018" target="_blank">[2]</a><cite> H. Wickham, J. Hester and W. Chang. <em>devtools: Tools to Make Developing R Packages Easier</em>. R package version 1.13.6. 2018. URL: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=devtools" target="_blank">https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=devtools</a>.</cite>
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<a></a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LIBDrstats/~3/eVTz72Mu1ok/#cite-Xie_2017" target="_blank">[3]</a><cite> Y. Xie, A. P. Hill and A. Thomas. <em>blogdown: Creating Websites with R Markdown</em>. ISBN 978-0815363729. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2017. URL: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/rstudio/blogdown" target="_blank">https://github.com/rstudio/blogdown</a>.</cite>
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<h3>Reproducibility</h3>
<pre><code>## Session info ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</code></pre>
<pre><code>##  setting  value                       
##  version  R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)
##  system   x86_64, darwin15.6.0        
##  ui       X11                         
##  language (EN)                        
##  collate  en_US.UTF-8                 
##  tz       America/New_York            
##  date     2018-07-13</code></pre>
<pre><code>## Packages --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</code></pre>
<pre><code>##  package       * version date       source                            
##  backports       1.1.2   2017-12-13 cran (@1.1.2)                     
##  base          * 3.5.1   2018-07-05 local                             
##  bibtex          0.4.2   2017-06-30 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  BiocStyle     * 2.8.2   2018-05-30 Bioconductor                      
##  blogdown        0.7     2018-07-07 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  bookdown        0.7     2018-02-18 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  colorout      * 1.2-0   2018-05-03 Github (jalvesaq/colorout@c42088d)
##  compiler        3.5.1   2018-07-05 local                             
##  datasets      * 3.5.1   2018-07-05 local                             
##  devtools      * 1.13.6  2018-06-27 cran (@1.13.6)                    
##  digest          0.6.15  2018-01-28 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  evaluate        0.10.1  2017-06-24 cran (@0.10.1)                    
##  graphics      * 3.5.1   2018-07-05 local                             
##  grDevices     * 3.5.1   2018-07-05 local                             
##  htmltools       0.3.6   2017-04-28 cran (@0.3.6)                     
##  httr            1.3.1   2017-08-20 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  jsonlite        1.5     2017-06-01 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  knitcitations * 1.0.8   2017-07-04 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  knitr           1.20    2018-02-20 cran (@1.20)                      
##  lubridate       1.7.4   2018-04-11 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  magrittr        1.5     2014-11-22 cran (@1.5)                       
##  memoise         1.1.0   2017-04-21 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  methods       * 3.5.1   2018-07-05 local                             
##  plyr            1.8.4   2016-06-08 cran (@1.8.4)                     
##  R6              2.2.2   2017-06-17 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  Rcpp            0.12.17 2018-05-18 cran (@0.12.17)                   
##  RefManageR      1.2.0   2018-04-25 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  rmarkdown       1.10    2018-06-11 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  rprojroot       1.3-2   2018-01-03 cran (@1.3-2)                     
##  stats         * 3.5.1   2018-07-05 local                             
##  stringi         1.2.3   2018-06-12 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  stringr         1.3.1   2018-05-10 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  tools           3.5.1   2018-07-05 local                             
##  utils         * 3.5.1   2018-07-05 local                             
##  withr           2.1.2   2018-03-15 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  xfun            0.3     2018-07-06 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  xml2            1.2.0   2018-01-24 CRAN (R 3.5.0)                    
##  yaml            2.1.19  2018-05-01 CRAN (R 3.5.0)</code></pre>
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