I do not have a clear memory of when I started to write or in which language it was. My first written words might have been in English since I lived in Boston (USA) three years during my early childhood.
This week started the English Composition I: Achieving Expertise course (Comer, 2013) that I have been looking forward to. I am not sure yet how long I will last, but I hope to enjoy it as much as I can.
I’ve been thinking about commenting papers in blog posts. I did a few some long time ago, but now I’m thinking of doing this activity more systematically. There are several reasons why I’m thinking of doing this, say for 1 paper a week.
Recently we had to analyze the data of the number of visits per day to SimplyStatistics.org. There were two goals: Estimate the fraction of visitors retained after a spike in the number of visitors Identify (if any) any factors that influence the fraction estimated in 1.
At the beginning of the semester, I decided to go hunting for Mac apps that would help me be more organizing and/or enjoy my Mac even more. After all, I was using the basics –with multiple spaces– and had only customized my favorite editors.
I’ve been using the “Inbox Zero for Life" strategy for a few weeks, and I think that it’s been payed off for me in this short span. As it’s stated in that long guide, one of the major concerns you might have is that it could end up as just changing a current problem for another one.
This semester I’m taking the live version of the Data Analysis class by Jeff Leek. His more popular version of the course is available through Coursera. One of the things that Jeff promotes is reproducibility and sharing code.
I got a question today on how to add a video to a beamer pdf presentation. Well, I had never done it, but I got curious enough to google around for a bit and here is the end product.
To follow my Introducing R and Biostatistics to first year LCG students (2012 version) post, you can now find the presentation online from my site either in presentation format, in a single webpage format, or the raw Rmd file.