Matt Herman

Data Scientist @CSGJC
Formerly: @ACSNYC; @MOA_org; @StoryCorps; @endsmeatnyc_; @RobertasPizza

Just here for the #rstats 📊📈💻

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

I used this today to get fresh ACS data on poverty, rent burden, and health insurance coverage by state. Just had to update one thing in my code and I got new data and 100s of charts!!

[Kyle Walker @kyle_e_walker]

It's release day for the 2023 @uscensusbureau 1-year American Community Survey data!

tidycensus users in #rstats users can get the data *right now* with the arguments `survey = "acs1"` and `year = 2023`; it *just works*, there is nothing new to install!

https://t.co/jluzVpQ5h7

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@JosiahParry I talked about just this at last year's posit::conf! Opening github issues was the beginning of my path into understanding and developing R packages

https://t.co/MHsKLWjr3w

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@mrworthington @JosiahParry @observablehq What's your workflow for developing Quarto with R + observable? I tried it out a bit last year, but wasn't able to make it work as seamlessly as my usual Quarto + R with htmlwidgets and got frustrated

[Kyle Walker @kyle_e_walker]

Now on CRAN: tidycensus v1.6.3, with support for the 2023 @uscensusbureau Population Estimates

Get the data to make maps like this in #rstats!

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@CoreySparks1 Yeah, for our internal stuff, we use Netlify hooked up to GitHub and then set up password protection via Netlify. It's another random password for users to remember but is sometimes easier than dealing with emailing around HTML for us.

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@CoreySparks1 Can you turn them into a quick quarto website hosted on github pages or netlify and send links?

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@CoreySparks1 Carbon! https://t.co/NEEKaOxWZn - you can also generated these from R directly with {carbonate} https://t.co/Q6aFLw7laL

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@JohnFPfaff And some examples of a similar workflow using arrow here: https://t.co/PMWEN8dJR1

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@JohnFPfaff You can use duckdb or arrow to query the csv on disk without reading the entire thing into memory and then filter the rows you want and load into your R session. The second example here shows one way to do itp

https://t.co/dmVf6JgrQd

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@TeslaDuBois @HealthGeography I took a great critical GIS class with Prof Pavlovskaya in grad school - she’s wonderful!

https://t.co/jbi0AQJBMV

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@rappa753 The second edition is even better! https://t.co/FQXDYEK9lR

[Kyle Walker @kyle_e_walker]

tidycensus v1.5 is coming this week! Highlights include:

- Support for the brand-new 2020 Detailed DHC-A file;
- Full mapping support for the 2022 1-year ACS

Spots are running out for Thursday's free webinar where you can learn all about it!

https://t.co/UrxChbGrNW

#rstats

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@elipousson Nice! I’ve done something similar in my internal package at work, tho yours seems a bit better designed. Will def take a look under the hood!

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

I’m in Chicago and very excited to be speaking on Wednesday afternoon! Let me know if you’re here too and want to meet up!

[Kyle Walker @kyle_e_walker]

Tomorrow's a big day for those of us in the data / demographics world: the 2022 1-year ACS data will be released!

tidycensus should support the new estimates out of the box, and we'll take care of needed updates.

Check out the ACS docs in the meantime: https://t.co/DSFKM1H4tV

[Kyle Walker @kyle_e_walker]

A new version of #tidycensus - your #rstats package that gets @uscensusbureau data pre-joined to geometries for mapping - is now on CRAN

This big update gets you the latest Population Estimates, which are not on the Census API, and other 2020 datasets!

https://t.co/jluzVpQ5h7

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@charliejhadley @cararthompson We use the Highcharts free license for non-profits and love the support for many key accessibility features https://t.co/h47XokrqjM

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

I'm stoked to be speaking at posit::conf(2023)! My talk, Becoming an R package author (or how I got rich* responding to GitHub issues), is about how I got deep into R, via tidycensus and @kyle_e_walker. Register now at https://t.co/QvB9bhiYEc to secure your spot. #positconf2023

[Matt Herman @buddyherms]

@positalya the promo video is amazing. i don't run a shul, but i maybe need this https://t.co/AuRsVPf8Yt

[R for the Rest of Us @rfortherest]

If you make a website in R, you can host it for free, as @buddyherms explains.

https://t.co/s4zlqKcGj8