This past spring my laptop of 5 years died and had to be replaced. Unlike the more forward thinking experts out there, I failed to hang on to most any installation scripts, so it’s taken some time to re-build my local work environment to my liking. I’ve made a commitment to organizing much more on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu 22.04 jammy jellyfish) instead of Windows this time for speed and code interoperability.

My short list of useful books, courses, and expert blogs. Many are free. These could be departure points for your own learning journey. My hope is that you take and copy sections for sharing with your own community of practice. Yes, I am giving away all of the secrets. One of the things that I spend a lot of time thinking about is how to communicate about data science with other human beings.

Mapbox web services APIs for #rspatial data science projects

The composition of American generations per Pew Research & the US Census

Cycling 🚲 popularity has grown in 2021 as evidenced by local cycling club activity and US national surveys. Some of this may be related to changes like new e-bike configurations and city-wide bike share systems that make it accessible to more people. It’s also possible that post-COVID, many people still want fun & affordable exercise. Bike shops have been busy filling orders and making repairs. Lead times for some models are months long as global supply chains work to catch up.