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      Page Animation, Favicon, and Responsive Design!

      Posted on June 4, 2024

      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]
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    • Exploratory Data Analysis Using R

      And Automation with Existing Packages!

      Posted on May 20, 2024

      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]
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    • Color Palettes - R

      Conscious Choice of Color to Improve Visualizations

      Posted on February 13, 2024

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      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]
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    • Interactive Ski Trail Map - Pt. 2

      Overlaying GPS data with the GoPro Quik App!

      Posted on January 8, 2024

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      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]
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    • Interactive Ski Trail Map - Pt. 1

      Combining GPS and Video Data!

      Posted on December 20, 2023

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      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]
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