The Zen of CSS Design was published 20 years ago next week, and I still geekily own my copy.

To mark the occasion, I performed a little CSS magic: modern pseudo-classes add progressive reveal in a WebR learnr tutorial.

http://jmclawson.net/posts/quarto-live/

My zen gardens now grow #RStats, but CSS is perennial.

Proof that I sometimes emerge from the shadows of social media: a blog post about using Python and R to analyze social media posts... about Python and R. https://jmclawson.net/posts/bluesky-sentiment/

Truly, the ouroboros of sentiment analysis. 🐍📊 #Python #RStats

👋 Hi, all! I recently moved accounts, so it's intro time. Along with my Masto-move, I’ve completed a bigger, more exciting transition—moving to Chicago from the South.

Before August, I was a professor at Grambling State University in Louisiana for 15 years, teaching courses in the strange combo of literature, writing, and data analytics. My research focuses on British literature through a #DigitalHumanities lens using data science methods (especially #RStats). I take perhaps-too-much pleasure in cleaning messy data, adding structure where it wasn’t, finding insights in complexity, and explaining difficult things. As my once-midwestern roots grow deeper in familiar-feeling soil, I’m open to new opportunities that tickle all or some of these boxes.

TLDR: I’m a Louisiana has-been who’s (optimistic and) unsure what Illinois’ll be.

You can find me futzing in the kitchen 👨‍🍳, running by the lake 🏃‍♂️, dreaming of travels ✈️, and befriending dogs 🐕 wherever I go.

Happy to join you on hcommons!