Great R packages for data import, wrangling & visualization

One of the great things about R is the thousands of packages users have written to…

Esri to kick off GIS DevSummit with live stream, new resources

Esri will kick off its Developer Summit tomorrow with a keynote of plenary sessions from 8:30…

Mapping in R just got a whole lot easier

Simple features in R Would you like to make a color-coded choropleth map in R? Until…

Facebook releases ‘Prophet’ — its free forecasting tools — for Python and R

Facebook has open-sourced its Prophet forecasting tool, designed "to make it easier for experts and non-experts…

Create your own Slack bots — and web APIs — in R

One of Slack's greatest appeals is that it's so extensible. While its main purpose is group…

How to really customize your Alexa Flash Briefing

If you've got an Amazon Echo, Dot, or other Alexa-enabled device, you've probably discovered Flash Briefings.…

Computerworld news now available via Alexa Flash Briefing

If you have an Amazon Echo, Dot or other Alexa-enabled device, you can now add Computerworld…

Best tips & takeaways from RStudio Conference

Here are the news, tips & tricks I learned from the 2017 RStudio Conference in Kissimmee,…