CommunityData:Resources

This page collects resources for Community Data Science Collective members. Pages of interesting include:


 * CommunityData:Email — Information on email aliases and their management.
 * CommunityData:Hyak — Using the Hyak supercomputer system at UW for reserach.
 * CommunityData:Hyak setup — Getting an account and getting setup on Hyak.
 * CommunityData:Zotero — How to use our shared Zotero directory.
 * CommunityData:TeX — Installing/ Mako's LaTeX templates
 * CommunityData:Beamer — Installing/using Mako's beamer templates
 * CommunityData:Build_papers — Both the TeX and Beamer templates above come along with a Makefile that makes some assumptions about your workflow. Learn about that here.
 * CommunityData:Git — Getting set up on the git server
 * CommunityData:Backups (nada) — Details on what is, and what isn't, backed up from nada.
 * CommunityData:Knitr — Using Knitr with Tex to build graphs, tables, insert and format numbers in tex documents.
 * CommunityData:Tmux — Using tmux (terminal multiplexer) to keep a persistent session on a server.
 * CDSC Logos — Logo with name/text (SVG, PDF); Logo without name/text (SVG, PDF)
 * Stickers:
 * Custom laptop sticker from skinit.
 * Regular logo sticker from websticker.
 * CommunityData:Exporting from Python to R
 * CommunityData:Advice on writing a background section to an academic paper — Once upon a time, Mako and Aaron submitted a paper with a mediocre introduction to a journal. Mac Parks, the editor of that journal at the time, set us straight with some very clear pointers. Save yourself the trouble and learn to follow these today!

Chat on IRC
A number of us are idling in #communitydata on OFTC (irc.oftc.net). If you're not familiar with IRC, ask someone else in the group and they can try to get you started.