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With x-axis range from January 2021 to January 2022, shows relatively steady increase in cumulative sum of books read over time (from zero to ~200, where y-max = 188).

What I read in 2021

R
data visualization
My year in books, by the numbers.
Dec 31, 2021
Mara Averick

yadm in large letters with yet another dotfiles manager written beneath in smaller letters.

Madam, I’m yadm

yadm
dotfiles
Why yadm (Yet Another Dotfiles Manager) is anything but just another dotfiles manager.
Dec 30, 2021
Mara Averick

An annotated line chart illustrates the 8th stage of the 2017 Tour de France cycling race from the start point in Dole to the finish line at Station des Rousses. Altitude is plotted on the Y-axis, and distance is plotted on the X-axis.

{highcharter} and the accessibility module: Part 5

R
data visualization
accessibility
highcharter
Highcharts
The final installment of our series on using the Highcharts accessibility module with {highcharter}, in which we re-create an area chart with lots of annotations.
Nov 16, 2021
Mara Averick

Scatterplot of the palmerpenguins dataset showing data points clustered by species (Adelie, Chinstrap, and Gentoo) using the highcharter package making it possible to focus on one cluster and identify the x and y values of a specific data point. In this case the data point is a Chinstrap penguin observation mapping to a flipper length of 201mm and bill length of 54.2mm.

Accessible {highcharter}: Part 4

R
data visualization
accessibility
highcharter
Highcharts
In which we discuss the screen-reader metadata generated by Highcharts’ accessibility module using {highcharter} with {palmerpenguins} data.
Nov 15, 2021
Mara Averick

Pie chart demonstrating some accessibility features of Highcharts. The chart shows which screen reader is used as the primary screen reader by the respondents, with NVDA currently being the most popular one. The JAWS screen reader is following closely behind.

Highcharts accessibility module with {highcharter}: Part 3

R
data visualization
accessibility
highcharter
Highcharts
Re-creating Highcharts’ accessible pie chart using the {highcharter} R package.
Nov 13, 2021
Mara Averick

Line chart demonstrating some accessibility features of Highcharts. The chart displays the most commonly used screen readers in surveys taken by WebAIM from December 2010 to September 2019. JAWS was the most used screen reader until 2019, when NVDA took over. VoiceOver is the third most used screen reader, followed by Narrator. ZoomText/Fusion had a surge in 2015, but usage is otherwise low. The overall use of other screen readers has declined drastically the past few years.

{higcharter} and the Highcharts accessibility module: Part 2

R
data visualization
accessibility
highcharter
Highcharts
Re-creating Highcharts’ demo accessible line chart using the {highcharter} R package, resulting in an interactive visualization with keyboard navigation and built-in features for screen readers.
Nov 12, 2021
Mara Averick

Highcharts bar chart entitled Fruits. Arrow keys point to bars before and after the active bar, while a tab key points to the Count item in the key.

Adventures with the Highcharts accessibility module: Part 1

R
data visualization
accessibility
highcharter
Highcharts
An introduction to a series of posts using the Higcharts data visualization library’s accessibility module through the {highcharter} R package.
Nov 10, 2021
Mara Averick
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