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YouTube Music vs Spotify: Why I’m Sticking With YouTube
A breakdown of YouTube Music vs Spotify, covering pricing, features, sound quality, and which platform offers more flexibility.
23 Feb 2025
2025 Reading Challenge: January
A quick read with big insights, The Dip by Seth Godin teaches when to push through challenges and when to walk away.
18 Feb 2025
Build a Basic, Personalized Valentine's Day App with R/Shiny
Create a personalized digital Valentine’s Day love letter with R Shiny. Learn how to build an interactive app step-by-step.
14 Feb 2025
From Streamlit to Shiny: Visualizing My Goodreads Reading Journey
In 2023, I was bored and started a project to understand my reading habits better. I used Streamlit to create a simple app that visualized my Goodreads data.As someone who loves books and enjoys working with data, this was a fun way to explore trends in my reading journey. I wanted to see my favorite books and how my reading changed over time.In 2024, over the Christmas holiday again, I decided to take things further by upgrading the app to a Shiny application.This process taught me so much abou
5 Jan 2025
Why You Should Document Your Writing Process as a Technical Content Writer
As writers, we often focus on crafting the final piece, whether it’s an article, blog post, or white paper. But the journey to that polished work is full of valuable insights.Documenting your process, whether it’s creating a content calendar, experimenting with tools, onboarding new team members, or drafting a distribution plan, can be transformative.It offers a way to reflect, refine, and share your process transparently, making you a more effective writer and collaborator.When I started docume
27 Dec 2024
A Guide to R Package Validation in Pharma: A Summary
A summary of R package validation in pharma, covering GxP compliance, reproducibility, traceability, and risk-based tools like {riskmetric}.
17 Nov 2024
Exploring the Top 5 pharmaverse Packages
A quick tour of five essential pharmaverse R packages, {rtables}, {admiral}, {teal}, {riskmetric}, and {tidyCDISC}, for clinical data analysis.
17 Nov 2024
Shiny Express: Blending the Best of Shiny and Streamlit for Dashboard Development
Shiny Express is a Python framework from Posit that pairs the simplicity of Streamlit with the power of Shiny for building web dashboards.
17 Nov 2024
GoodNotes 6, Notability, CollaNote, and KiloNotes: Which Note-Taking App Should You Pick?
Discover the pros and cons of GoodNotes 6, Notability, CollaNote, and KiloNotes. Find out which digital note-taking app is the best.
29 Sept 2024
How Much SEO Do You Really Need to Know for Technical Content Marketing?
If you’re involved in technical content marketing, you’ve probably asked yourself: “How much do I really need to know about SEO?” It’s a valid question, especially when your focus is on creating highly specialized content for a discerning audience. While SEO might seem like a marketing buzzword, it plays a critical role in ensuring your technical content reaches the right people.This post will help you understand how much SEO knowledge you need to maximize your content’s impact without getting l
11 Sept 2024