Luis de Sousa

AI didn’t replace communities. It replaced the pain that drove people into them. After years organising technical user groups, I’ve been reflecting on what this means for craft, identity, and participation in an age of instant answers. Full piece: open.substack.com/pub/luisdza/p/…

🚨 Happening Now! We’re live with a joint meetup by @JHBRUserGroup , CapeTownRUG & @_ORSSA's Public Policy SIG: 🎙️ "From Chaos to Clarity" with Jared Norman on COVID resurgence dashboards 📍 Microsoft (Bryanston & CPT) + Online 🔗 meetup.com/joburg-r-users… #RStats #ORSSA

🚀 Ready to boost your data processing? Join our R User Group event: 📅 Date: 13th August 2024 🕒 Time: 18h30 📍 Location: Hybrid (Microsoft, Bryanston and MS Teams) Optimise your workflows and network with fellow R enthusiasts! 🔗meetup.com/joburg-r-users… #DuckDB #Rstats

.@handre_w taking us through the first part of our Spatial Data Science with Applications in R book series #rstats #rstatsjozi #datascience #ai

Join us on the 13th February 2024 as @handre_w leads us through a three-part series on the book "Spatial Data Science with Applications in R" by Edzer Pebesma and Roger Bivand. More info and RSVP: meetup.com/joburg-r-users… #rstats #rstatsjozi

. @handre_w did a great job at interviewing attendees at the @_ORSSA 2023 conference about their "R usage in Operation Research"🔥🙌

📣 Tonight, we'll cover R usage in Operation Research with Handre Williams, Interviewing attendees at ORSSA 2023. Join us to learn something new and network with like-minded professionals. More info and RSVP: meetup.com/joburg-r-users… #datascience #rstats

A cold Saturday morning couldn't stop the Johannesburg Data Saturday community from learning about @databricks! #DataSaturdays #datacommunity

Luis de Sousa talking about Databricks Lakehouse at #DataSaturdays #ThatTechieGirl

Great turnout for today! Super excited #DataSaturday #DataSaturdayJHB @MicrosoftSA @Entelect @CobaltAnalytics @solarwinds @MikeJohnsonZA @ThatTechieGirl

Jacques Booysen presenting "Evaluating your R-Based Data Science Workflow with @Ploomber" #rstats

📣 This month Jacques Booysen will be speaking about Evaluating your R-Based Data Science Workflow with @Ploomber. Join us to learn something new and network with like-minded professionals on the 11th July 2023. More info and RSVP: meetup.com/joburg-r-users… #datascience #rstats

📣 Join us at the Microsoft Community Night on 13th June 2023 where we’ll discuss some key takeaways from Microsoft Build 2023 for Data Scientists! More info and RSVP: aka.ms/JHB-R-UG

@GarethStep @ispa_za South African ISP map as on Nov 1996 - web.archive.org/web/1996122110…

I wish I had kept my late father's notebook, where he had a print out of the network nodes in @ispa_za. This was the mid 90's, and there were like 15 nodes in total. Tiny compared to what's available now.

📣 Last month there was so much excitement and we ran out of time. Not to be missed!! Join us on the 9th May 2023 where @luis_de_sousa will be speaking about "Databricks for R Developers". More info and RSVP: #rstats" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">meetup.com/joburg-r-users… #databricks #DataScience

📣Exciting news! Join us on the 11th April 2023 where @LeboMadise will be speaking about "GitHub Copilot for Data Scientists using R" and @luis_de_sousa about "Databricks for R Developers". More info and RSVP: meetup.com/joburg-r-users… #rstats #DataScience

.@daan_steenkamp presenting on Automating workflows using EconData at this evenings meeting #rstats

Join us on the 21st February 2023 to learn about R Data Analysis and Shiny for Python in Quarto! More info and RSVP: meetup.com/joburg-r-users… #rstats #rstatsjozi

Join us on the 13th December 2022 to learn about creating, deploying and consuming REST APIs in R! More info and RSVP: meetup.com/joburg-r-users… #rstats #rstatsjozi