{
  "title": "This is a very powerful post from @xieyihui - it made me that-much-more appreciative of my #rstats fam. For me, well worth the quiet cup of coffee to read properly. https://t.co/PpjxcRVyJk",
  "date": "2018-02-18"
}

# blogdown

> **Alison Hill** (@apreshill; 22/5): #knitr + #purrr 🐱 + #ggplot2 📈 -&gt; GIF. Example on the #blogdown demo site: https://t.co/9e9mMEuTQM #rstats https://t.co/GcYqF3EQtd  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/965009256037564416)

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> **Rick Pack** (@rick_pack2; 5/2): Like @pryelluw, @JoseGonz321 &amp; @TiffanyW_412 on @Developeronfire, Yihui Xie ( #rstats, #knitr, #bookdown, #blogdown 📦) speaks candidly about the personal pain so many creatives battle, which has not stopped him from continued innovation with @rstudio. Thank you, @xieyihui! https://t.co/p4YQhlpprJ  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964682120017989632)

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> **Phoebe Wong** (@phoebewong2012; 0/0): @DrJMLuther @rstatsbot1234 Haha! I like ggigraph too, but I am specifically looking for a blog option, like #blogdown but supports interactive plots.  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/965026209980706816)

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> **Dmytro 🇺🇦  🇳🇴** (@dmi3k; 0/0): @ipnosimmia Blogdown + diqus  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964674177365168128)

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# bookdown

> **Rick Pack** (@rick_pack2; 5/2): Like @pryelluw, @JoseGonz321 &amp; @TiffanyW_412 on @Developeronfire, Yihui Xie ( #rstats, #knitr, #bookdown, #blogdown 📦) speaks candidly about the personal pain so many creatives battle, which has not stopped him from continued innovation with @rstudio. Thank you, @xieyihui! https://t.co/p4YQhlpprJ  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964682120017989632)

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> **Katherine Giron Pe** (@kgpcodes; 2/0): Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown https://t.co/LD2DgoYfiK  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964746896081235968)

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# knitr

> **Alison Hill** (@apreshill; 22/5): #knitr + #purrr 🐱 + #ggplot2 📈 -&gt; GIF. Example on the #blogdown demo site: https://t.co/9e9mMEuTQM #rstats https://t.co/GcYqF3EQtd  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/965009256037564416)

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> **Rick Pack** (@rick_pack2; 5/2): Like @pryelluw, @JoseGonz321 &amp; @TiffanyW_412 on @Developeronfire, Yihui Xie ( #rstats, #knitr, #bookdown, #blogdown 📦) speaks candidly about the personal pain so many creatives battle, which has not stopped him from continued innovation with @rstudio. Thank you, @xieyihui! https://t.co/p4YQhlpprJ  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964682120017989632)

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> **sandrineman** (@sandrineman2; 0/0): #2: Dynamic Documents with R and knitr, Second Edition https://t.co/TbzQYQ6qSY  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964671763849162754)

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# yihui.name

> **Ian Lyttle** (@ijlyttle; 124/42): This is a very powerful post from @xieyihui - it made me that-much-more appreciative of my #rstats fam.
>
For me, well worth the quiet cup of coffee to read properly.
>
https://t.co/PpjxcRVyJk  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964895839553540096)

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> **Andrew MacDonald** (@polesasunder; 55/13): read this post out loud to my wife, before reading it myself. For context I said "Yihui is one of the most famous and important R developers" 
I'd say that the honesty and courage in this post is at least as significant a contribution.
you should read it 
https://t.co/wxGOlT97Wl  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964922369730121728)

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> **Alison Hill** (@apreshill; 20/2): Reading most recent @xieyihui post. So very real, human, and inspiring: “Don’t let life randomly kick you into the adult you don’t want to become.” https://t.co/hBdzvqjzYX  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964901383043362817)

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> **Romain François** (@romain_francois; 12/2): Great things I’ve seen these past two days. 
>
@chrisrock’s new special « Tamborine » on Netflix. 
>
@xieyihui’s blog post. https://t.co/MLG5jD4jWL
>
Very different obviously, but I kind of want to see @xieyihui doing stand up 🎤
>
In both, the honesty and humility about failure 🎯  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964924083136880640)

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> **Doctorb Zhian N. Kamvar** (@ZKamvar; 5/2): If you have 20 minutes to spare, sit down and read this post. I would be surprised if a lot of academics and developers don’t identify with these feels. This post gives me a lot to think about for my next transistion. 
>
https://t.co/qIhnyEuV0O  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964931129827577861)

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> **James Blair** (@Blair09M; 3/1): What. A. Post. Thank you @xieyihui for your honesty. Worth the time to read this https://t.co/NzB5AgaEBQ
#rstats  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964954071001001984)

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> **Joseph V. Casillas** (@jvcasill; 3/0): @devnatash @hadleywickham @BecomingDataSci Relevant: https://t.co/PpiHdjbvkL  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964957560376909824)

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> **Alex Pawlowski** (@apawlows; 2/1): As someone marching closer to a comprehensive on the path to a dissertation, my morning feels a little better thanks to @xieyihui. thanks to @ma_salmon for putting it on my TL #rstats https://t.co/jNvy9VlUlF  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964907127092535296)

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> **Luke W. Johnston** (@lwjohnst; 1/0): Incredibly powerful blog about career crisis, procrastination, reflection, and adapting... I will definitely be thinking of this blog for a long time... https://t.co/hdrrU6G0R8 https://t.co/2FHrZ2u1Qk  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964963069746122752)

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> **Lauren Gillespie,PhD** (@LGillesp13; 0/0): “Don’t let life randomly kick you into the adult you don’t want to become”. https://t.co/DlW76tJ8cZ  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/965032796657012736)

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> **Michał Małaj** (@mawhy; 0/0): Wzruszyłem się.... https://t.co/SwmlzBbbEh  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964671854370836485)

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> **Michał Małaj** (@mawhy; 0/0): A painful transition of a fresh PhD from academia to industry, and from selfish open-source to product-oriented… https://t.co/j39wbzOBxr  [&#8618;](https://twitter.com/xieyihui/status/964671460936704001)

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