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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 03/09/2026

Recently made a tool to help me receive spreadsheets in the right format (see datareceipt.io). I'm not sure how useful this is for others. Thoughts?

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 03/06/2026

I'm starting a new email, every other Thursday called Field Notes on AI. I'll share my thoughts on using LLMs for data work. First issue goes out tomorrow. Sign up → rfor.us/email

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 18/05/2026

What used to take 30 minutes can now be done in 30 seconds. R is changing. Announcing something new on Wednesday.

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 12/02/2026

Case in point: Currently building this in Laravel (a PHP framework I'm only sort of familiar with).

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 16/01/2026

One of these reports was made in InDesign. The other was made in Quarto + Typst. Can you tell which is which?

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 01/12/2025

Ever since we started making documents in Quarto and Typst, I've wanted to make EVERYTHING in Quarto and Typst. Curious to learn how make documents like these? Boy, do I have the blog post for you! #rstats rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 07/11/2025

AI note takers do many things well. Irony is not one of them.

Screenshot of notes saying: Trump administration increased enforcement of accessibility laws

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 27/10/2025

I'm writing a blog post on making high-quality reports with Quarto and Typst like the ones we recently made for the Johns Hopkins University International Vaccine Access Center. Anything in particular you want to know about how we make reports like these? #rstats

Screenshot of reports showing status of childhood immunization in Colorado

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 16/09/2025

Are you attending posit::conf this week in Atlanta! 👋 If you spot me, come say hi. I’ve got R for the Rest of Us and Clarity Data Studio swag to share. #rstats

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 10/09/2025

So smooth (if you get that joke, you are an #rstats nerd).

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 29/08/2025

Of course @kylewalker.bsky.social already had a solution that I missed! walker-data.com/census-r/cen...

Screenshot from Kyle Walker's book with text:

Over the years I have been developing tigris, I have gotten multiple inquires akin to “why does this area look so strange when I download it?” Michigan, with its extensive shoreline along the Great Lakes, commonly comes up. The TIGER/Line shapefiles include water area for geographic features, connecting the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with the southern part of the state and giving an unfamiliar representation of Michigan’s land area. Using the cartographic boundary alternative resolves this. Let’s use patchwork to compare the TIGER/Line and cartographic boundary shapefiles for counties in Michigan as an illustration.

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 29/08/2025

Does anyone know why shapefiles for Michigan often end up looking oversimplified like this? #rstats code in the alt text.

An oversimplified map of Michigan made with ggplot. Code:

library(tigris)
library(tidyverse)
library(janitor)

options(tigris_use_cache = TRUE)

michigan <-
states(cb = FALSE) |>
clean_names() |>
filter(name == "Michigan")

michigan |>
ggplot() +
geom_sf()

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 22/07/2025

🎉 Big news! After 5+ years of consulting work under the R for the Rest of Us name, I'm launching Clarity Data Studio. The name confusion was real – people thought we only did courses, not knowing about our consulting work building reports, websites, and more.

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 20/06/2025

Cascadia R Conf is tomorrow! I'll be giving the keynote: Twenty-Five Things You Didn't Know You Could Do with R. #rstats You can still register for the virtual conference: cascadiarconf.com

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 15/04/2025

These are just some of the resources I share in the Learn More sections of lessons in the fully revamped Mapping with R course. It's coming out next Tuesday! Sign up to be notified: rfortherestofus.com/email

Screenshot of learn more section from a lesson in the R for the Rest of Us course Mapping with R

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 09/04/2025

Join me and many others in the #rstats community this June at Cascadia R Conf!

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 13/03/2025

Kicking off the 9th (!) cohort of R in 3 Months today with participants from around the world!

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 26/02/2025

R in 3 Months info session tomorrow! We're chatting: - What is R? - What can it do? - How can R in 3 Months help you learn R Join us! rfortherestofus.com/3months

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 27/01/2025

Using AI with R is out tomorrow and it's 100% free! #rstats If you're on the R for the Rest of Us email list you'll get all the details. If not, sign up at rfortherestofus.com/email

Screenshot of course page for Using AI with

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 10/01/2025

What it's like making a course on AI in 2025.

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 30/12/2024

It's been quite a year for R for the Rest of Us! ✔︎ 1 book ✔︎ 36 blog posts ✔︎ 46 YouTube videos ✔︎ 10 podcast episodes ✔︎ 1,339 people signed up for courses ✔︎ 113 R in 3 Months participants ✔︎ $2,000+ donated rfor.us/2024yearinreview

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 20/12/2024

Putting together a year in review for @rfortherestofus.com. Check out all of the people who have signed up for courses in 2024!

Map of people who have signed up for R for the Rest of Us courses in 2024

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 18/12/2024

Recently had the opportunity to chat with Jon Schwabish on the PolicyViz podcast about my book, R for the Rest of Us: A Statistics-Free Introduction. Episode is out today! #rstats policyviz.com/podcast/unlocking-dat…

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 12/12/2024

#rstats in today's New York Times crossword.

Screenshot of New York Times crossword with a clue referencing R.

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 10/12/2024

Finally got set up to share my code live while I teach. #rstats

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 22/11/2024

Here's what I ended up with. Not too shabby!

Chart showing life expectancy of Asian countries over time

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 22/11/2024

Going live on YouTube in 30 minutes, attempting to recreate this Financial Times graph in ggplot. #rstats Join me! youtube.com/live/mHyjToTTdqQ

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 21/11/2024

I also see a sort of intermediate approach from Urban Institute. Their {urbnthemes} package has a set of custom geoms they make that override the default geoms. urbaninstitute.github.io/urbnthemes/r...

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 21/11/2024

This is sort of like the approach that the {tidyplots} package takes: rather than having the user create plots from scratch with ggplot, it offers a set of helper functions to make plots for them. jbengler.github.io/tidyplots/

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 15/11/2024

Thinking about doing some live streaming next week to recreate this Financial Times graph in ggplot. #rstats

Financial Times chart showing rise/fall in vote share for governing parties in national elections

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 03/11/2024

Making a grocery list for election week

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 29/10/2024

Teaching my son to use ggplot by making a chart of top soccer goalscorers of all time. The data might not be 100% accurate. #rstats

Graph of top soccer goalscorers of all time with one person added who does not belong there (my son)

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