Data Playground

I built this site using the Beautiful Jekyll template, created by Dean Attali. Beautiful Jekyll is an elegant and attractive starting layout, but I identified and incorporated three features to improve my site’s overall appearance: animations when loading a new page, favicons, and improved mobile layout. [Read More]

While brainstorming of new projects to explore, I came across a couple of interesting article about automating R scripts to save time spent on repetitive tasks. Inspiration strikes! With each new research project or dataset, my first step is always data exploration. Instead of manually repeating the same functions for... [Read More]

Effective data visualization is as much an art as it is a science; color choice is an important example. From manual color selection, to basic functions, to entire packages dedicated to color, there are multiple methods to specify the colors used in visualizations made with R. We will explore the... [Read More]

In part 1, I designed an interactive map of my favorite cross-country ski trails using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Here, I describe the final steps of recording trail videos and creating the final map. [Read More]

With user-friendly, portable, and affordable cameras at our fingertips and an abundance of digital storage space, we can document things anytime, anywhere…and it is all too easy to take far too many photos and videos. Cross-country skiing is one of my favorite winter pastimes, but due to improvements in cellphone... [Read More]