This week's #TidyTuesday data compares baby names in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England & Wales 📊

One of the interesting things about this data is that you can often spot trends related to current events 👸

Code: https://github.com/nrennie/tidytuesday/tree/main/2026/2026-06-16

#DataViz #ggplot2 #RStats #QuartoPub

Recent personal project comparing which baby names are popular in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England & Wales.

This involved pulling together public data across three different national statistics organisations (NISRA, NRS, and ONS).

Link: https://nrennie.rbind.io/data-stories/baby-names/

#DataViz #RStats #QuartoPub #ggplot2

Bist du auf der Suche nach einer Alternative zu den gängigen Office-Anwendungen? Möchtest du Textdokumente strukturierter und effizienter erstellen? Willst du dich von kostenpflichtigen Software-Lizenzen lösen?

Dann ist dieser Kurs genau das Richtige für dich.

Der Kurs findet am 23. Juni um 18:00 Uhr online statt.

Weitere Infos und Anmeldung: https://lnkd.in/eZfrAqRP

#quarto #quartoPub #markdown #yaml #document

📢 Upcoming R-Ladies Rome Workshop
From Data Analysis to Publication: Reproducible Research with R and Quarto

🎙️ With Betsabé Cohen & Jesica Formoso (R-Ladies+ Buenos Aires)

📅 Registration: https://luma.com/j2qxv1pr

#RLadiesRome #RStats #QuartoPub #ReproducibleResearch

📢 Upcoming R-Ladies Rome Workshop

From Data Analysis to Publication: Reproducible Research with R and Quarto

Learn how to combine code, results, figures, and narrative into a single reproducible workflow using R and Quarto.

Perfect for students, researchers, and anyone interested in open and reproducible science.

🎙️ With Betsabé Cohen & Jesica Formoso (R-Ladies+ Buenos Aires)

📅 Registration: https://luma.com/j2qxv1pr

#RLadiesRome #RStats #QuartoPub #ReproducibleResearch #OpenScience

Am I crazy or the preview option in positron doesn't respect the execute-dir option of a #QuartoPub project?

EDIT: Ok, kinda. Turns out that manuscripts projects are wonky. If I just use a plain project, it works.

#rstats

If you have (or are thinking about) moving away from GitHub, GitLab is one alternative. If you're a regular #QuartoPub or #RStats user, you might find it hard to find information about how those work with #GitLab.

So here's a blog post showing you a few different ways to deploy Quarto documents with GitLab Pages!

(Featuring penguins 🐧obviously )

Link: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/deploy-quarto-gitlab/

Used my last week to build a minimal website to show my current #art works. It is built using #RStats and #QuartoPub avoiding any google etc. requests.

https://mxnl.github.io/

This is my most recent work. The popacorn is stamped using an "O", the acorns with a stamp "organize":

Stamp ink on Paper | 100 x 100 cm | 2026