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There seem to be a lot of ways to write about your R package, and rather than have
to decide on what to focus on I thought I’d write a little bit about everything.
To begin with I thought it best to describe what problem rdhs tries to solve,
why it was developed and how I came to be involved in this project. I then give a
brief overview of what the package can do, before continuing to
describe how writing my first proper package and the rOpenSci
review process was. Lastly I wanted to share a couple of things that I learnt along
the way. These are not very clever or difficult things,
but rather things that were difficult to Google, which now I think about it should probably
be the best metric for a difficult problem....
Do you know what that sound is, Highness? Those are the Shrieking Eels — if you don’t believe me, just wait. They always grow louder when they’re about to feed on human flesh. If you swim back now, I promise, no harm will come to you. I doubt you will get such an offer from the Eels.
Vizzini, The Princess Bride
European eels (Anguilla anguilla) have it tough. Not only are they depicted as monsters in movies, they are critically endangered in real life. One of the many aspects that is contributing to their decline is the reduced connectivity between their freshwater and marine habitats. Eels are catadromous: they live in freshwater, but migrate to the Sargasso Sea to spawn, a route that is blocked by numerous human structures (shipping locks, sluices, pumping stations, etc.). Pieterjan Verhelst studies the impact of these structures on the behaviour of eels, making use of the fish acoustic receiver network that was established as part of the Belgian LifeWatch observatory. This animated video gives a quick introduction to his research and the receiver network:
...We are pleased to announce the release of our new Code of Conduct. rOpenSci’s community is our best asset and it’s important that we put strong mechanisms in place before we have to act on a report.
As before, our Code applies equally to members of the rOpenSci team and to anyone from the community at large participating in in-person or online activities.
What’s new?
- A Code of Conduct Committee: Stefanie Butland (rOpenSci Community Manager), Scott Chamberlain (rOpenSci Co-founder and Technical Lead) and Kara Woo (independent community member). We are responsible for receiving, investigating, deciding, enforcing and reporting on all reports of potential violations of our Code.
- Greater detail about acceptable and unacceptable behaviors
- Clear instructions on how to make a report
- Information on how reports will be handled
- A commitment to transparency with our community while upholding the privacy of victims
Our new Code of Conduct has been influenced by and adapted from many sources including the Open Source and Feelings talk by Audrey Eschright, the R Consortium Community Diversity and Inclusion Working Group’s draft Code of Conduct, the Geek Feminism anti-harassment policy, our own Community Call, How do I create a Code of Conduct for my event/lab/codebase?, incident reporting forms from NumFOCUS & Jupyter, and perhaps most importantly, by community members from whom we learn so much.
...🔗
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<p>The process of maintaining a CV can be tedious. It’s a task I often forget about - that is until someone requests it and I find that my latest is woefully out of date. To make matters worse, these professional updates often need repeating across variety of sites (such as ORCID and LinkedIn).</p>
A bit more than one year ago, rOpenSci launched its new website design, by the designer Maru Lango. Not only did the website appearance change (for the better!), but the underlying framework too. ropensci.org is powered by Hugo, like blogdown! Over the last few months, we’ve made the best of this framework, hopefully improving your browsing experience (and trapping you into binge reading). In this note, we’ll go over the main developments, as well as give some Hugo tips....
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